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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by karlik » 13 May 2011, 08:56

Clive Mortimore wrote:
Hi Karlik
It is rare for me to venture into this part of the forum so sorry about not giving you an answer sooner. All the guns in your photos are prototypes. The 1906 Armstong 14.3 pdr shows a similar design features found on both the 13 pdr horse artillery gun and the 18 pdr field gun. The Vickers 14.3 pdr field gun has features found on the 15 pdr field gun that was in service before the 18 pdr. The Coventry Works 4.625 inch Howitzer was developed into the 4.5 inch Howitzer. The others I have no idea what they became, if anything.
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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 08 Aug 2011, 10:48

Hi all,

Two more images of 18/25pdr guns (or 18pdrs) abandoned in France:

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 09 Sep 2011, 11:48

Hi all,

I found this image of a 114mm 4.5in Gun Mk I abandoned in France. 1940.
It is the same gun that my image posted on 27 Dec 2009 in this thread.

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 27 Sep 2011, 00:15

Hi all,

Does somebody know the british designation for these 40mm AA guns? :?

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by verdenpark » 27 Sep 2011, 12:42

I could be wrong, but it looks like a Vickers Mk.I 'pom pom'. Sorry, do not know the correct designation for it though.
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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by redcoat » 27 Sep 2011, 22:53

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Does somebody know the british designation for these 40mm AA guns? :?

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QF 2 Pounder Mk II.

The term 'Pom Pom' was normally added at the end but, as far as I know, it wasn't an official designation.

They date from WW1 and were normally used on small naval vessels, during WW2

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 28 Sep 2011, 14:01

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QF 2 Pounder Mk II.
They are naval mounts, therefore. I have been looking for more images of this gun and I think there are some differences between these guns and the guns of my images. :?

See the handwheels and the front metal plate of the pedestal mounting, for example

Are you sure?? :?

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 06 Oct 2011, 13:23

Hi all,

I think I found it: 2pdr on Mark 8 mount.
Does anyone have more information about this mounting? static or mobile :?

See http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 8&start=30

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 09 Oct 2011, 21:14

Hi Sturm

The gun inthe post from 26 Sept are 2 pdr MkVIII guns on Mk VIII single mounts. This was a naval mount. The British Army did have a few MkVIII guns on Mk I or Mk II twin mounts, and this was static. These were sighted near to naval bases for ammunition supply. As soon as the Bofors was available in enough numbers the guns were handed over the the Royal Navy. Do not know what they done with the mounts as the MkVIII gun was either in eight barrel mount, quad mount or single mount on board ship. :? Info from Hogg, British and American Artillery of WW2 and Cambell's Naval Weapons of WWII.

The guns in the post from 28th Sept I think are Italian 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni 1915/1917. They look the same as the ones in Cambell's book and from the NAV Weapons site. The railway wagon is not British and does not look very " British" Colonial. The axel boxes look very European and the use of swing links on the springs was not British railway practice of the time period. I do not know what Garantiea painted on the end of the wagon means but it is not a British railway word. The uniforms could be either Italian or British early war but the use of goggles by the gunner suggest Italian not British.

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 08 Nov 2011, 13:02

Hi all,

Wartime or postwar image??
94mm Vickers AA guns

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 10 Nov 2011, 02:14

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Wartime or postwar image??
94mm Vickers AA guns

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Hi Sturm

Post war, dark berrets (only the 86 (Hertford shire Yeomany) Field Regiment Royal Artilley(TA) wore black berrets during the war), ties worn with battledress (some officers wore ties with battledress in the war but not other ranks), the medals being worn (look like WW2 defence and war medals are being worn by most men in the photo) and the general bull.
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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 11 Nov 2011, 13:18

Thank you for your help, Clive.

I also need help with this image. What gun?? :?

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by AVV » 11 Nov 2011, 13:51

Hello!
3.7 inch mountain howitzer, I thnk.
http://ww2db.com/weapon.php?q=132

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Nov 2011, 22:17

Aleks wrote,

3.7 inch mountain howitzer, I thnk.
Are you sure? I see some differences, the most obvious of which are the wheels. :? :?

An the other hand I also need help with this british coastal gun.

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Re: Id. british gun

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 17 Nov 2011, 02:06

Sturm78 wrote:
Aleks wrote,

3.7 inch mountain howitzer, I thnk.
Are you sure? I see some differences, the most obvious of which are the wheels. :? :?

An the other hand I also need help with this british coastal gun.

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Thanks in advance. Sturm78
The small howitzer is a3.7 inch mountain gun in full recoil. There were several types of wheel for this gun depending on its role. Those used by 1 Light Regiment RA in Holland winter of 1944-45 had rubber tyres as they were motor towed. Most of the Indian guns had wooden wheels as they were for mountain artillery use. The limber in this photo has the same wheels as the gun your photo. http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=11631

The coast gun is an ex naval 5.5 inch BL Mk1 http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_55-50_mk1.htm
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