Great day out

[Wayne Henderson]

Hi Bob, Good looking gun. Great to see original tools displayed. I noticed the piece has been thru the upgrade, muzzel brake and counterweight. Was this gun ever fitted with the front pintle assembly as we have here in the west?
Wayne.

[Bob McNeill]

Normally towed by C15a with limber if big show, this trip I had the C15. The old man is always on my case about retrofitting the early barrel. none of 2/9th gun fitted with pintle but several in district show signs. Would be great I could tow the short behind instead of the limber. C15 going to Corowa.

[CWO (ret) Gilles Aubé]

Hi Bob, very nice display.
We own one C15A, and a caisson and 25 PDR as well.
Could you take a picture how the clinometer case is attached on the howitzer. We just bought one.
It i situated above the zero line plastic plate.
On our gun there are 4 holes and that all.
I would like to be as accurate as possible.

Gilles

[Col Tigwell]

Bob and My Chief Warrant Officer.

Whilst the limber may make it more difficult to tow, is it not a lovely combination to display.

Both set ups are a credit to you both.

I presume yours Bob was demilled before you got it, does than mean you cannot fire blanks.

Best wishes to you both.

Regards

Col

[Bob McNeill]

Stuffed if I know how I,d get the turntable up on the No27 limber mine has the spare wheel on top, easier to just clip it undernearth where it belongs, the clino box is some times available as Spare clinometer without the brass clips [see light brown unit ]. do you have the Field clino fitted RHS near dial sight box, the sooner the No9 is ready and the limber parked up the better it really makes the job so much harder on man and machine. The RTA here has directed me not to roadtrain east of Dubbo, NO limber except on parades.

[Col Tigwell]

That seems strange request what is the RAT's logic on that decision.

The army had those sort of combinations, long before road trains were common down southern parts of Australia.

Regards

Col

[CWO (ret) Gilles Aubé]

Bob, thank for the pictures, this is exactly what I was looking for.
We will install it over the zero line plastic plate, as per your black case.

We fire our howitzer about 10 times a year at different events even during the winter and as you know in Montréal we have a real winter.
Last week we fired the departure shoot for an events called “ Les tuques blues” for “les Amis de la Montage”, en anglais: The Bleu Toques, for the friends of the Mont-Royal.
This is a park right in the middle of the City of Montréal, in the Québec Province of Canada, and” les Amis” protect all the trees and grass that builders would like to destroyed in order to build housing.
Again thank you for the great help and I can help please let me know.
Gilles

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by CWO (ret) Gilles Aubé

Hi Bob, very nice display.
We own one C15A, and a caisson and 25 PDR as well.
....
I would like to be as accurate as possible.

Gilles

Is that Cote de Neiges armoury?

[CWO (ret) Gilles Aubé]

Yes it is Côte-des-Neiges Armoury.
Were are you located?

Gilles

[maple_leaf_eh]

Believe it or not I was in the Cote de Neiges Armoury only twice. I'm in the next big city to the west of your fine city.