§ MR. ARTHUR LEE (Hampshire, Fareham)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the respective weights of the following field guns, complete in each case with carriage and limber filled with ammunition: the 18-pounder quick-firing gun, the 15-pounder converted gun for Territorial Army, and the 15-pounder unconverted gun; also the weight of shield complete as fitted to the 18-pounder quick-firing gun.
§ MR. HALDANEThe figures asked for are as follows. I have also added those for the 5-in. howitzer. The weights do not include gunners or personal kits:—18-pr. Q.F., 38 cwt., 2 qrs., 26 lbs. (with 24 rounds of ammunition, and 183 inclusive of shield); 15-pr. B.L., unconverted, Mark I., 37 cwt., 2 qrs., 17 lbs; Mark IV., 36 cwt., 0 qrs., 12 lbs. (with 42 rounds of ammunition); 15-pr. B.L., converted, Mark I., 41 cwt., 3 qrs.; Mark IV., 40 cwt., 1 qr. (with 42 rounds of ammunition); 5-in. Howitzer, 43 cwt., 1 qr., 8 lbs. (with 16 rounds of ammunition). The weight of 18-pr. Q.F. shield, 1 cwt., 1 qr., 21 lbs.