A participant recalls an eight-inch, 120-calibre weapon around 1918. It is described as developed from a sixteen-inch Vickers gun intended for Russia. Its purpose was to outrange German artillery associated with the Paris Gun. The experiment is said to fail when the gun cracked after roughly seven shots. The exact configuration is not fully established.
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An experimental eight-inch gun for extreme range
A recalled 1918 eight-inch experiment pursued extreme range using a Vickers gun originally intended for Russia.