6 Pounder 7 cwt MkII 1942

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hello Rod and Mike,

Thank you for your replies. I would very much like to see some pics of your guns .

Rod, I sent you an email about the stuff you have for sale/swap.

Mike, I have a copy of this little booklet. I expected some more info on CES but unfortunately there is none at all. Otherwise nice reading.

Cheers,

Marc van Aalderen

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hello All,

On the 5th of May we participated in the annual parade in Wageningen. This time I took the 6 Pdr for it's first trip since I bought it. We got many great remarks and compliments. These guns are quite rare in Holland except for the ones in museums. You hardly ever see them on the streets. The British veteran in the front of the Carrier was driving a Loyd towing a 6 pdr. during the later part of the war.


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The weekend after Wageningen we went to Opperdoes station to participate in a great show. We took the Dingo, Carrier and 6 Pdr. there.

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Cheers,

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi,

I have sourced some CES to go with my gun. Found the little oil bottle and grease gun for on the inside of the shield.

Got the brass stave ends, post war dated (1971) but part numbers the same as war time manual.
Also obtained the striker with extra parts, shoulder rest for the layer, hook for tackle and block. The Carriage cover I already had for 5 or 6 years.

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Still looking for the spare parts box on the shield and the tool roll. Anybody got these surplus to their needs?

Does anybody have more info on who made these guns in the UK? The carriage is marked VA Ltd. which probably means Vickers Armstrong. As one of the big armament factories they probably also made the guns? There is not much info to be found on the web about this.

Cheers,

[tranham]

Hi Marc,

I have a 1942 US M1 57mm here in the USA. Looking for traversing arm, cleaning staffs, 22c telescope holder tube, etc. Any leads please let me know!
I have a source here in the USA for quite a bit of stuff. Email me for a price list from John Morris.


Robert Nitsche

Tranham@hotmail.com

[kevin powles]

Marc, What does a tool roll look like for one of these?.

Kevin.

[tankbarrell]

A recent acquisition.

[Marc van Aalderen]

Kevin,

Good question and glad Adrian could answer it as I had also no idea up till now.

Any more to be found Adrian?


Cheers,