Britain’s Secret to Winning ‘Small Wars’ - the Mountain Gun!

Mountain guns sound obscure — until you realise they let the British Army haul artillery up goat tracks and into places the enemy thought were safe. In this episode, friend of the show Chris Brice, speaks to a career Royal Artillery officer whose research traces the story from early improvisation to the formal creation of ten Royal Artillery mountain batteries in 1889 — and why this “forgotten” weapon mattered more than most people realise.

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Britain’s Secret to Winning ‘Small Wars’ - the Mountain Gun! is an episode from The Redcoat History Podcast by Redcoat History.

This episode is 49:20 long.

This episode was published on Jan 26, 2026.

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