File:Blacker Bombard.jpg

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English: Men of the Saxmundham Home Guard prepare to fire a 'Blacker Bombard' during training with War Office instructors, 30 July 1941. The weapon was a 29mm spigot mortar, designed by a Lieutenant Colonel V V S Blacker, and could fire a 20lb bomb some 900yds.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph H 12299 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by User:Skiff using CommonsHelper.
Author Puttnam (Lt) War Office official photographer

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  • 2011-05-16 16:33 Jncraton 300×272× (24066 bytes) Lossless crop to remove watermark
  • 2009-04-23 17:58 Skinny87 300×300× (27304 bytes) {{Information |Description = Men of the Saxmundham Home Guard prepare to fire a 'Blacker Bombard' during training with War Office instructors, 30 July 1941. The weapon was a 29mm spigot mortar, designed by a Lieutenant Colonel V V S Blacker, and could

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