25 pounder muzzle covers

[rob love]

Thanks Ed. Exactly what Mike was talking about. I wish I had the Cdn manual.....I have 2 guns, a spare carriage, a limber and 3/4, and a ton of EIS for the guns, but no Cdn manual. I don't get nuthin...


I did have some luck in that, since it is a balmy -4°C today, I cleared away some of the snow to the gun shed, pried the sliding door open, and discovered I have the no49 cover after all. It is likely post war as it is in green, and has no reflector, but it will have to do for now.
Any chance you can show the photo that goes with that part listing Ed? There are a few things on there that I am wondering about.

[tankbarrell]

The No 49 is also specified for 6 pdr with muzzle brake and 17 pdr. Colours varied from light tan to green, sometimes more than one colour in each cover.

[Mike Cecil]

Interesting, Adrian, and thank you.

A 'one size fits all' muzzle brakes, despite some obvious size and design differences. That would account for why someone has pencilled in '17 pdr' on the same line as the No.49 cover in my 1943 Canadian 25-pdr spare parts book.

Mike

[rob love]

It turned out we had the North American (Cdn) 25 pounder manual at work and as well it had already been scanned, so we also have it in electronic form. If anyone would like a copy, PM me with your email information and I'll send you a copy. It is a 21mb file.


There are a few differences between the Cdn manual and the British manual. For instance, rather than that long British wheel brace, the Cdns used a more traditional wheel wrench with bar. I recently bought the brace from Rob Nixon, and it turns out I already have the Cdn wheel wrench. There are also a few other containers listed on the Cdn manual that I have not yet been able to ID.