Help to Id. US artillery
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Don't see any photos.
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What happened to my photos????
Try this again with a different method
Try this again with a different method
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Hmmph. Have posted these on three web sites & nothing usefull. It might be a pre 1914 US naval gun between 3 & 6 lbs is the only suggestion. I need to cast the net wider.
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Any nameplate data? Anything stamped on the breech or muzzle face?
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No. As per my earlier post: " No data plate, no stamped or engraved information. The muzzle plug prevented a accurate measurement of the caliber."
Elsewhere I've collected the opinion it might be a USN naval gun, pre 1914, & in the three to six pounder range... maybe.
Elsewhere I've collected the opinion it might be a USN naval gun, pre 1914, & in the three to six pounder range... maybe.
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Dear CS,Carl Schwamberger wrote:No. As per my earlier post: " No data plate, no stamped or engraved information. The muzzle plug prevented a accurate measurement of the caliber."
Elsewhere I've collected the opinion it might be a USN naval gun, pre 1914, & in the three to six pounder range... maybe.
Couldn't it be a Coast Artillery piece about 90 mm? It looks like some AT guns I have seen in the past.
Strike Swiftly,
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90mm caliber seems a bit large. I was thinking 60mm or smaller for the bore. The concrete pedestal is slightly above waist height, if that gives you any sense of scale. The trunions might be between 2 & 3 cm diameter, the entire length less than three meters, perhaps 2.5 meters. I really regret no being able to take measurements, but we took Jims vehicle & he had no tools aboard that day.
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Dear CS,Carl Schwamberger wrote:90mm caliber seems a bit large. I was thinking 60mm or smaller for the bore. The concrete pedestal is slightly above waist height, if that gives you any sense of scale. The trunions might be between 2 & 3 cm diameter, the entire length less than three meters, perhaps 2.5 meters. I really regret no being able to take measurements, but we took Jims vehicle & he had no tools aboard that day.
As I tell my clients: you don't live your life gathering evidence.
Strike Swiflty,
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Ah but this is my passion. Wonder what the owners would say if I showed up with a can of paint remover
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I think it is a 47mm or 57mm weapon, but there were many marks and mpanufaturers. Possibly a 47mm 3 pounder Driggs gun, like the one in the DC naval museum?
or this one:
http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3pounder_m1.htm
or this one:
http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3pounder_m1.htm
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It does have that operating bar or linkage on the right side. Perhaps that will help...
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Comes close:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss
https://www.google.com/search?q=3pdr+de ... 24&bih=607
this not:
http://www.steelnavy.com/3PdrQFDPiper.htm
So, Hotchkiss or Driggs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss
https://www.google.com/search?q=3pdr+de ... 24&bih=607
this not:
http://www.steelnavy.com/3PdrQFDPiper.htm
So, Hotchkiss or Driggs?
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Roanoke sister
http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2009/ ... ure-taken/
and Peterborough cousin (A Driggs Seabury):
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1E ... borough_NH
Now over to you guys
http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2009/ ... ure-taken/
and Peterborough cousin (A Driggs Seabury):
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1E ... borough_NH
Now over to you guys
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I'll have to take a close look at the breech of each in those links. At a quick glance they dont appear quite right
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Hi all,
I found this image on Ebay. First I though 75mm M51 Skysweeper but this gun have not radar and the carriage box and the barrel mechanisms seems different.
Any idea??
I know this is not a WWII equipment but...... :roll:
Sturm78
I found this image on Ebay. First I though 75mm M51 Skysweeper but this gun have not radar and the carriage box and the barrel mechanisms seems different.
Any idea??
I know this is not a WWII equipment but...... :roll:
Sturm78