BL 5.5 inch gun

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BL 5.5 inch gun

Summary

BL 5.5 inch gun is an artillery model[1]. It draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_model category, ranking #190 of 968).[2]

Key Facts

  • BL 5.5 inch gun's image is recorded as Ordnance bl55 140mm gun hameenlinna 1.jpg[3].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's operator is recorded as British Army[5].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's subclass of is recorded as field gun[6].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's subclass of is recorded as rifled breech loader[7].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's Commons category is recorded as BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun[8].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BL 5.5 inch gun[10].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[11].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Korean War[12].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's participated in conflict is recorded as South African Border War[13].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Angolan Civil War[14].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Iran–Iraq War[15].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/067m02[16].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's service entry is recorded as +1941-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's service retirement is recorded as +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's ammunition is recorded as 5.5-inch high explosive[19].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's described by source is recorded as Twentieth-Century Artillery[20].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+4358'}[21].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+510'}[22].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+6190'}[23].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's field of view is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+60'}[24].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's effective firing range is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14813'}[25].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's slope is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45'}[26].
  • BL 5.5 inch gun's slope is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-5'}[27].

Body

Physical Characteristics

BL 5.5 inch gun's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+4358'}[21]. Its speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+510'}[22].

Designation and Status

BL 5.5 inch gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].

History and Context

+1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BL 5.5 inch gun[10].

Why It Matters

BL 5.5 inch gun draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_model category, ranking #190 of 968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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