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28-10-11, 20:15
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If only Alex. If only!
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28-10-11, 21:46
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17 pdr
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. Last edited by rnixartillery; 27-07-19 at 20:59.
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28-10-11, 22:13
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Rob,
I have not said that the trays themselves were used, as you say and show the 17 pdr rounds are too long. But I am sure I have read somewhere that there were conversion kits for the limbers to take the 17 pdr rounds. Perhaps the central dividing panel was removed and some rounds were stored lengthways as opposed to end on. This question about the limbers has been banded around for sometime. Upto yet it has not been confirmed either way that they were used to carry 17 pdr rounds or just used to carry stores and extra kit. Great photos by the way. Cheers Kevin
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01-11-11, 01:34
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Fast 17 pounder
The gun is missing the barrel,breech ring, the guts of the gun are long gone, you take them the way you find them. I had to purchase a Leopard tank barrel as part of the deal, so I have something to fake it with. So the search is on for an orginal barrel/breech/muzzel brake etc....!
Just getting into the rust and seized bearings etc... all stamped "Made in England", I realized I am getting into BSF tap and dies." Shit" would be the right Canadian term to use here. There is a great shot of a Canadian 17 pounder knocking out a water tower in the Canadian News Reels DVD, episode Road to the Reich, Newsreel 44. Anyone have a Canadian source for BSF 1"-10 castle nuts, both axle nuts were gone and I was lucky to get it up on the trailer. Cheers , Rob
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1 Last edited by Rob Fast; 01-11-11 at 01:50.
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02-11-11, 23:31
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Rob.................rnixartillery.
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13-11-11, 19:36
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Whats the story behind finding this and where?
There are 2 x 17pdrs in my town, beside a tiny monument of a WWi soldier. Im sure NO ONE here knows what they are,. Im sure no one would even notice if one or both disappeared. Several years ago, when I first restored my truck, I went to the local (francophone) legion and asked if they wanted me to participate in their ceremony with my restored CMP...kind of equivocal answer..so I showed up anyway...No one seemed interested..I drove behind them as they marched around a couple streets around the legion...waited at the ceremony, afterward no one said anything to me, invited me inside or in fact said a word to me before during or after...rien...nada..nuttin at all...not even a merci. It was as if this very large original wwii vehicle and owner were not even there...very disappointing experience.. I did not return. I later discovered an Anglo legion nearby in the next town..they have a 25pdr on the lawn. but few members, and probably fewer now as Anglo community dies or moves away. I should drive by and see if it even still exists.
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08-01-12, 18:14
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Mil Web 17/25 pounder recuperator...
for sale on Mil Web...I wonder if this was stowed in the FAT? Too far away for me...Cheers Rob
http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/la...ad=60355&cat=6
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1
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