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The British 60-pounder was a medium 5 inch (127 mm) artillery gun designed in 1904. The 60-pounder was the mainstay of British medium artillery during the First World War, being operated by batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery and used mainly for counter-battery fire. It could fire a 60 lb (27.3 kg) shell 10,300 yards (9.4 km). Weighing 4.4 tonnes, the 60-pounder required a team of 12 horses to move it. The Mark II that came in from 1918 was modified with a new carriage and breech which added another tonne to the gun's all-up weight such that it could only be towed by a caterpillar tractor. The gun was one of two types that could be carried by the Gun Carrier Mark I. The 60-pounder remained in use by the British Army until 1944, though its last combat action was in the Western Desert. See also
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