15 Pounder BL Gun Mk III (England)

Late 19th century breech loading field artillery piece on a box trail with two wooden spoked wheels. Breech: Welin screw with a three motion action. Firing Mechanism: Friction igniter.

The gun fired separate ammunition (a charge and a projectile). The gun could fire shrapnel and case shot, with either a percusssion or time fuze. The gun barrel's trunnions mount directly onto the carriage. The gun uses a spring operated spade as its recoil system. The gun is painted gloss black.

Six 15 pounder Mark I weapons were taken from Australia to South Africa during the Boer War. This gun is similar to those weapons, but of a slightly later variant. It is one of four 15-prs guns obtained by NSW of the Mk III ordnance on Modified NSW carriages. Queensland had four and South Australia had six of the Mk IV ordnance on Federation. These guns were also used by the Royal Military College, Duntroon, for cadet training. A grand total of 48 15-pr guns were used in Australia. Of the various ordnance marks, the Mark III and IV had steel "A" tubes with steel wire reinforcement and a Welin parallel screw. This gun was sourced from the 7th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery.