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19-03-13, 15:56
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I did quite a bit of research on the gun for the master for the Resicast kit. I'm intrigued by your ref 1(P) Aust. So there was an Oz version, can you enlighten me on the changes there may have been. I have details from the 1919, 1924 and 1937 manuals ex Firepower Museum at Woolwich. I know the carriage remained the same pretty much throughout with changes to the towing eye, from a cast eye, then a short attachment bolted through the existin eye, later a whole new assembly and longer towing bar. Wheels were another issue, spoked artillery type, then fitted with "shoes" and again a wider "ring" of felloes bolted to the wheel rim, others had a solid rubber tyre fitted to the original spoked wheel. Pneumatic tyres fitted to inter-war guns had a "Martin Parry" type adaptor to the axletree, then late guns had a revised axle to use the 13.50 x 20 tyres. Interwar on those with the solid rubber tyre, and some fitted with the wider "ring" also had a central brake drum. I am slowly gathering info in the hope of writing a small article on thge gun for a modelling magazine. George. 
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19-03-13, 18:25
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George,
As far as I'm aware, the 1(P) was the Brit pneumatic wheeled carriage. Those imported as such were Mk.1 (P), and those converted locally in Aust (from the pre-war stock) were Mk.1(P)(Aust). I don't know the differences in detail, but the installation of pneumatic wheels on all sorts of items in Australia used the simplest method available from locally available materials. Mike C
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20-03-13, 00:39
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20-03-13, 00:48
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The Ip has 13.50 x 20 tyres, the IPA has 15.50 x 24 tyres. It seems strangs the IPA is an inter-war the IP the later pattern. I dont think I could ever get my head around the designations applied to British equipment. George.
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20-03-13, 02:29
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Cliff & George,
Sorry, you've reached the limit of my knowledge on the 6 inch BL. Time to find some examples and compare them. Don't know of too many survivors in Australia, though. The RAA museum collection is in storage at Bandiana, but that may be a source of info. Mike C
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21-03-13, 00:46
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Just seemed strange having an Aus suffix to the mark of gun. 18pdrs, 4.5" howitzers had slight differences in "Commonwealth" service, particularly wheels/tyres. Might be the old story, as rubber was getting scarce...better to use what was available re civilian stuff......just a thought. George.
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22-03-13, 01:56
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Many, many years ago there was a 6 inch carriage and trail on a farm near Drouin, Victoria. John Belfield beat me to it and located a barrel etc on the range at Pucka and put it together. I do not remember the size of the tyres, but they were certainly wide on quite large wheels.
Regards Rick.
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22-03-13, 02:17
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Here's a few pictures of the 6" Howitzer at 'Firepower' the Artillery museum in London.
Does anyone know what happened to Johns 6" gun ? Rob...............rnixartillery Last edited by rnixartillery; 27-07-19 at 21:59.
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