105mm C1 howitzer

[rob love]

Did they use the carriage number or the breech ring serial as the serial number for the guns?
Interesting to note that all the 105s are listed as 1950. The data plate shown in the photos above for a low numbered Cdn carriage shows a date of 1955 and a recoil mech date of 1957.

I am back in KAF now, and look longingly at the photos in this thread. Not so much for the gun (there are plenty of that kind of stuff out here) but more for the green green grass of home (as the song goes).

[Scott Bentley]

I'm on the road right now but, when I get back to work, I'll pull off a complete screen on the closest one to yours.

Scotty

[rob love]

I checked the EDR viewer today and both the C1 and the C3 guns use the carriage number as the serial number. My CFR number (34110) is now being used by a 1999 forklift.

Interesting to read some of the VMO messages for guns that have been given away as monuments. The one I was reading showed the gun as being given away to a US museum.

[rob love]

Well, even over here I have been able to watch ebay and acquire a few small pieces for my howitzer. I got the panaramic sight, and a few other small bits. Now if I just had the sight mount to put it in. At this rate, I should have the gun completed in about 50 years.

Anyway, I got some info from higher authority re the Cdn 105s. We bought 36 m2a1s the US to tide us over until the approx 300 C1s were built by Sorel. The US guns were known as the C2. They later went through Sorel for standardisation and eventually became became C1s. The last of the C2s were relegated to ceremonial use in the 70s.

And of course, we know that the C3 was the upgraded C1 with the longer barrel and the muzzle brake.

Still looking for a breech ring and barrel if anyone knows of anything out there. I'll throw in a full wood Longbranch 303 rifle as a finders fee if any tip leads to a purchase. Even cut up parts are fine.

[chris vickery]

Nothing out in the sand outside the wire????
Take care and be safe, I will keep eyes open for you, Chris

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Nothing out in the sand outside the wire????
Take care and be safe, I will keep eyes open for you, Chris

Too bad your not in Kabul.

I could give you the the Grids to find these ones:



Or, if missiles are more your speed:

[rob love]

Tsk tsk: those Russian's. You are never to abandon your guns.


There were one or two of those howitzers kicking around KAF, but I guess some of the other collectors must have beat me to them as they are nowhere to be found now. One was sitting just yards from the courier companies shipping outlet as well.