105mm C1 howitzer

[rob love]

Thanks to a lucky find by a fellow MLUer in Alberta (he can ID himself if he wishes to do so), I recently came into possession of a Cdn C1 howitzer recoil mechanism. Items like these are normally sent for rebuild to the US, or demilled (cut up) however in this case the recoil mech along with it's history book was released as surplus.

I also lucked in that just days after working out the deal to trade for one of the recoil mechs (while in a tent in Afghanistan no less) another MLUer was able to pick it up in Alberta and drop it at my shop in Shilo, where it was waiting for me when I got home.