FAT Fast 17 pounder recovery

[Robin Craig]

Cudos to you guys, seems that there is plenty of military kit out your way and people to help.

Excellent job

R

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Rob

Some people just have really good luck in coming on interesting finds, or you have a good intelligence network scouting parts. Either way congratulations on a nice find.

Now have you got a lead on a limber?

Cheers Phil

[Robin Craig]

Phil,

Knowing that bunch out west they most certainly dont have a lead on a limber but likely have a recovery strop on one as we speak.

I think all their chairs are embedded with horseshoes

R

[rob love]

There is supposed to be the remnants of an old 25 pdr limber in the cambrian yard. But by what I have read the limber did not go with the 17 pdr.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Excellent find guys! I am sure it will look excellent behind the FA(S)T.

Attached is a pic taken in Antwerp, Belgium. source: National Archives Canada 40843
I have also seen a number of pics of 17pdr's being towed by Morris Quads, both the beetle back as well as the the later type.

There is supposed to be the remnants of an old 25 pdr limber in the cambrian yard. But by what I have read the limber did not go with the 17 pdr.

Haven't seen pics of Quads, 17pdr's combined with Limber (yet), but Crusader Gun Tractors did sometimes use the Limber combined with 17pdr gun. Anyone know what the ammo storage looked like?



source: http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208...er+Gun+Tractor


Also in this Pathe movie: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=53625

Alex

[rob love]

I read on a site somewhere that the limbers were towed empty just to make use of the braking system. Did the limbers have a surge brake?

Does 17pdr ammo even fit in a 25 pdr limber?

[kevinT]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Anyone know what the ammo storage looked like?


Alex

I have heard rumours of conversion kits to take the 17 pdr ammunition in some form but yet to see evidence. But that does not mean it is not true.

Cheers
Kevin

[rnixartillery]

I have just taken some pictures in my armoury to show the difference in length between the No 27 limber trays carrying 25 pdr ammunition and the fixed 17 pdr rounds the shortest in length being the APC round,this clearly shows that the 17 pdr rounds are too long to fit the limber box.The only possible way to store 17 pdr ammunition would be to widen the limber box by altering the blast wall and I very much doubt that would happen.


Rob..................rnixartillery.

[Rob Fast]

just to let you know that the stuff is still out there. A 17 pdr. round, but still trying to identify the tracer round that was sold to me as such M62A1...NIce to have the shell. A couple of siege lamps today 1943 marked, and some RCAF items, an 1154 radio, and a service dress WAG tunic. Cheers Rob

[tankbarrell]

Surely it is an M62A1 APC projectile? It's for the 76mm M1 gun and the 3" M7 gun as used in Sherman, Hellcat and M10 respectively. I saw that on Facebook and told him I would have jumped at it had it been this side of the world!

[Rob Fast]

Adrian, a good trader for a 17 pdr. projectile.