Id. british gun

[Sturm78]

Thank you, again, Clive.

Any idea about this?

Sturm78

[Paul_G_Baker]

4in on (probably) AEC Lorry, possibly Mamouth Major 6.

This link (posted on the "3in. gun on German truck - Cherbourg 1944?" thread) discusses them.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/general/27 ... uns-2.html

[Clive Mortimore]

Thank you, again, Clive.

Any idea about this?

Sturm78

It is our old friend the 4 inch BL Mk IX on an AEC lorry, as Pual has already said.

The Fodens seem to have had 4 inch BL MkVII guns.http://www.walberswickww2.co.uk/assets/ ... re_01.html

The Albion BY3 or 5 had the 12 pdr mounted on it.

Clive

[Sturm78]

Thank you for your help, Paul and Clive

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another 40mm 2pdr on Mk VIII mount ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found this image on Ebay. I am not sure but I think thery are 6in 152mm 26cwt howitzer carriages.

Were these horse drawn howitzers towed in only one load or in two different loads??

Sturm78

[Paul_G_Baker]

Hi Sturm,

To answer your written question first, the 6in 26cwt seems to have been towed as one load :-


both by animals

and by tractors:-

(both photos from Wikimedia Commons).

As to what your photo shows, I'm afraid I have no idea - although the file title alleges that they are French!

[Sturm78]

Thank you, Paul

Sturm78

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi all,

I found this image on Ebay. I am not sure but I think thery are 6in 152mm 26cwt howitzer carriages.

Were these horse drawn howitzers towed in only one load or in two different loads??

Sturm78

Hi Sturm

I agree they appear to be carriages and recoil cradle for 6 inch 26 cwt howitzers. The wheels are rubber tyred wooden wheels as fitted to the carriage Mk1R. Most British 6 inch howitzers had been fitted with pneumatic tyres with steel wheels by WW2, carriage Mk1P. I think they could be Dutch or Belgium gun carriages. Soviet and Italian howitzers appear to have retained the old WW1 wooden wheels.

Why the howitzers in the photo have had their barrels removed I have not got a clue as Paul has shown the 6inch was always a one load weapon.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can anyone help me to identify these coastal guns?
According to IWM photocaption, 9.2inch guns, but I do not think so

Any idea?

Image from IWM
Thanks in advance. Sturm78

[Claudio_C]

... ?!? ... I'm not an expert but ... I think that are two 6in gun. The gun without shield seems a 6in Mk.VII coast gun ...

Only my 2 cents ...

Claudio C.

[Sturm78]

Thank you for your reply, Claudio.

I think you are right, and probably both guns are 152mm 6in guns.

Any opinion more will be wellcome.

Sturm78

[ludvig]

Hello Sturm78 ,
Concerning your guns from 02 Nov 2012 20:11
6 - in BL Mark VII at HQF battery at Shoeburyness coast artillery school .
Shoeburyness was also a test center for British artillery testing and development

ludvig

[Claudio_C]

Hello all
looking video on Briti pathe site (http://www.britishpathe.com/) in a video named "The Voice Of The Guns 1940", I found this strange british gun/howitzer

Britishpathe - Unknow gun -014.jpg (227.5 KiB) Viewed 1113 times

Britishpathe - Unknow gun -020.jpg (250.73 KiB) Viewed 1113 times

Can somebody say me what gun it is ?!? I never see this gun. I suppose, from the title of video, that it is a british gun ...

... In the same video there is also this ...

Britishpathe - Unknow gun -038.jpg (230.16 KiB) Viewed 1113 times

that seems a "howitzer" (bigger caliber and shot barrel) on the same carriage ...

Every comment are good
Thanks in advance ...

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi Cauldio

The commetary on the film calls the gun a 105mm (or 4.2 inch) and the howitzer a 6 inch. They both look like the some of the many prototypes that Vickers built between the wars. They did not enter service with the British army.
Have a look at the Vickers photo archive on the Barrow Dock Museum site.
http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/br ... archtype=1

Clive