Trying to ID these guns...

[Peter Mossong]

Hi Mike. That confirms my suspicion that they were the 6 inch howitzers going by the length of the barrels. Now I'll have to order one of the Resicast 1:35th scale models to go with the new ICM Leyland Retriever kits I now have.



Resicast also do a 60-pdr but it appears to only come with the early WWI type wheels. The photo I have of our 60-pdr's shows they were also fitted with the strengthened wheels.

My thanks, Peter Mossong.

[David Burr]

Hi Peter,
Here are a couple more photos of Leylands towing the old artillery. It shows the two types (6 inch and the 60Pdr I believe).
NZ did their own unique pneumatic wheel conversion for the 60Pdr as seen in the attached photos

[Mike Cecil]

Hi David,

Those fascinating images of the 60-pdr on carriages with pneumatic wheel assemblies appear to be a very heavy version of the complicated British Woods Carriage proposed for the 25-pdr in the mid-1930s. The wheel assemblies on each side pivoted forward/backward and locked into a radial position to provide for 360-degree quick-traverse of the carriage while in action, then were pivoted back to parallel on each side for towing. The British Army rejected the idea for the 25-pdr, but a small number were manufactured by Morris Motors for 18-pdrs and exported to Egypt, according to Gander (1983).

I've never seen this 'heavy duty' version before and wonder if these were manufactured in NZ or manufactured in the UK and imported? I suppose some diligent digging in the NZ archives might answer that question.

Mike