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King George V's War Museum

A collection displayed at Windsor Castle by George V following the First World War

Model of a Howitzer shell

1914-18

RCIN 69475

The 9.2 inch howitzer gun was introduced by the British Army in 1914. Over the course of the war around 450 were supplied to troops. Howitzer shells, of which this is a model, were filled with explosives and loaded into the guns.


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