Id. british gun

Discussions on all aspects of the The United Kingdom & its Empire and Commonwealth during the Inter-War era and Second World War. Hosted by Andy H
Sturm78
Member
Posts: 17927
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 18:18
Location: Spain

Re: Id. british gun

#391

Post by Sturm78 » 10 May 2022, 21:03

Hi all,

Are this gun a British 18pdr (83mm) gun or an 75mm ex-US M1917 gun ?
Does somebody have any image of the British Mk.4P mount of the 18pdr gun for to can compare ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Attachments
75mm M1917A1 or 83mm 18pdr gun and limber being towed by a CMP FAT artillery tractor2.jpg

LineDoggie
Member
Posts: 1275
Joined: 03 Oct 2008, 21:06

Re: Id. british gun

#392

Post by LineDoggie » 10 May 2022, 21:47

Sturm78 wrote:
10 May 2022, 21:03
Hi all,

Are this gun a British 18pdr (83mm) gun or an 75mm ex-US M1917 gun ?
Does somebody have any image of the British Mk.4P mount of the 18pdr gun for to can compare ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78
British
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach


Sturm78
Member
Posts: 17927
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 18:18
Location: Spain

Re: Id. british gun

#393

Post by Sturm78 » 11 May 2022, 23:02

LineDoggie wrote
British
Thanks LineDoggie
How is possible to differentiate between both guns ?

Sturm78

LineDoggie
Member
Posts: 1275
Joined: 03 Oct 2008, 21:06

Re: Id. british gun

#394

Post by LineDoggie » 12 May 2022, 01:53

Sturm78 wrote:
11 May 2022, 23:02
LineDoggie wrote
British
Thanks LineDoggie
How is possible to differentiate between both guns ?

Sturm78

18 pounder-
Recuperator ABOVE Bore

Image


US 75mm- Recuperator BELOW Bore
Image
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach

reedwh52
Member
Posts: 117
Joined: 31 Mar 2014, 21:42

Re: Id. british gun

#395

Post by reedwh52 » 12 May 2022, 14:59

I believe that LineDoggie is incorrect. The US M1917 was an 18-pounder modified to 75mm. The recuperator remained above the bore, as in the 18-pounder.
The 75mm M1987 had the recuperator below the barrel. See the Handbook of Artillery" of 1921 at

https://archive.org/details/handbookofartill00unitiala

WHR

Sturm78
Member
Posts: 17927
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 18:18
Location: Spain

Re: Id. british gun

#396

Post by Sturm78 » 12 May 2022, 23:08

Yes, reedwh52, both guns had the recuperator above the barrel so this it does not allow to differenciate between both models.

Perhaps the limber used can give us some clue...In my image the limber is different to the typical British limber of the image posted by LineDoggie.
Could this indicate an US-built M1917 gun ? :roll:

Sturm78

Richard Anderson
Member
Posts: 6349
Joined: 01 Jan 2016, 22:21
Location: Bremerton, Washington

Re: Id. british gun

#397

Post by Richard Anderson » 13 May 2022, 00:39

The first photo looks to be an American 75mm M1917, the second is British AFAIK: it has vertical reinforcing straps on the gunshield, which I do not believe appeared on the American. Both have British-pattern wheels and tires though.
Richard C. Anderson Jr.

American Thunder: U.S. Army Tank Design, Development, and Doctrine in World War II
Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Hitler's Last Gamble
Artillery Hell

Sturm78
Member
Posts: 17927
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 18:18
Location: Spain

Re: Id. british gun

#398

Post by Sturm78 » 13 May 2022, 16:03

Richard wrote
The first photo looks to be an American 75mm M1917, the second is British AFAIK: it has vertical reinforcing straps on the gunshield, which I do not believe appeared on the American. Both have British-pattern wheels and tires though.
Ummhhh....I think the gun of my image has also the vertical reinforcing straps on the gunshield. I think that the main difference between both guns is that the US model had a straight shield and with a large skirt at the bottom and the British model an slightly more curved and and with a smaller skirt....

According to this, I would say the gun of my image is a British model.....

Here an image of a 75mm M1917 US gun

Sturm78
Attachments
75mm M1917 (18pdr) US field guns in 1941-.jpg

apollo111
Member
Posts: 124
Joined: 30 Mar 2017, 11:37
Location: minsk

Re: Id. british gun

#399

Post by apollo111 » 13 May 2022, 16:53

Compare:
11 22Безымянный.jpg

Richard Anderson
Member
Posts: 6349
Joined: 01 Jan 2016, 22:21
Location: Bremerton, Washington

Re: Id. british gun

#400

Post by Richard Anderson » 13 May 2022, 18:04

Good catch. I should have looked at the first photo more closely.
Richard C. Anderson Jr.

American Thunder: U.S. Army Tank Design, Development, and Doctrine in World War II
Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Hitler's Last Gamble
Artillery Hell

Sturm78
Member
Posts: 17927
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 18:18
Location: Spain

Re: Id. british gun

#401

Post by Sturm78 » 15 May 2022, 17:11

apollo111 wrote
Compare
Thanks apollo111....It seems that there were some differencies in the brake/recuperator mechanism cylinder ....

Sturm78
Attachments
jvb.jpg

Claudio_C
Member
Posts: 34
Joined: 29 Sep 2012, 10:26

Re: Id. british gun

#402

Post by Claudio_C » 22 May 2022, 23:32

Hello everyone
Thanks apollo111....It seems that there were some differencies in the brake/recuperator mechanism cylinder ....
Sturm78
For what I know the different brake/recuperator cylinder is a modification for the MarkI* that introduce the hydro-pneumatic recuperator

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_18-pounder_gun when speak of MkI* on Mk.II carriage

My two cent ...

PS. very interesting the way suggest to identify the 75mm M1917. In the past I supposed the a way is the two "guide" on the barrel that on 75mm arrived to the muzzle, while on the 18Pdr it are more short...

Claudio_C
Member
Posts: 34
Joined: 29 Sep 2012, 10:26

Re: Id. british gun

#403

Post by Claudio_C » 22 May 2022, 23:47

LineDoggie wrote:
12 May 2022, 01:53


18 pounder-
Recuperator ABOVE Bore

Image
This is a very know IWM photo (F3637). But I need ask you a question ... It is a 18pdr... but the limber seem the 25pdr limber... It's true? It's strange that is used for a 18Pdr ... or not? It is possible storage the 18Pdr ammo in this limber? Lastly it's possible that also some old 18Pdr MkII was converted in 25Pdr?!?
Let me know
Thanks

Sturm78
Member
Posts: 17927
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 18:18
Location: Spain

Re: Id. british gun

#404

Post by Sturm78 » 26 May 2022, 22:51

Hi all,

Any idea about this gun ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Attachments
el-primer-periodo-de-la-guerra-mundial-pistola-costera-inglesa-conquistada-en-belgica-unos-19-metros-de-largo-para-disparos-de-30-5-cm-capturado-por-los-alemanes-antes-de-que-pudiera-2e53aym.jpg

jbroshot
Member
Posts: 251
Joined: 18 May 2009, 02:33

Re: Id. british gun

#405

Post by jbroshot » 27 May 2022, 05:27

The only 12inch (30.5 cm) weapon the British sent to the continent in WW2 were some 12inch Railway Howitzers, which were about 6 meters long.

A guess. Both Vickers and Armstrong exported 12in/46 naval guns to Italy before WWI which armed various Italian battleships (Armstrong the Dante Alighieri and Guilio Cesare class, Vickers the Leonardo da Vinci class). The Italians also used them on land in WWI. Both guns were 14.5 meters long.
Possibly a British export 12 inch (30.5 cm) naval gun used by the Italians for coastal defense and captured by the Germans?
At least one 12in/46 gun was mounted on an ex-Austrian barge as a monitor (ITALIAN WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR I, by Aldo Fraccaroli)

Guns and their use on land described in NAVAL WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR ONE, by Norman Friedman

Post Reply

Return to “The United Kingdom & its Empire and Commonwealth 1919-45”