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Originally Posted by rnixartillery
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
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I recall seeing a photo of a 6" in a yard on this MLU (edit...I found the photo), it may have been a discussion about the Bellfield collection, it also had the "scout carrier" featured as well. IIRC it has the 13.50 x 20 tyres.
The Firepower example...I would love to find out the history of this one, it has a completely different axle and brake set up to anything else in any of the manuals.....I think it was something that ROF Woolwich put together, as I have not seen any other like it in photos etc. It may have been an experimental set up, using parts of the original brakes acting on a drum and the axletree modified to take the pneumatic tyres and wheels. Here are some close ups of the arrangement, it's possible to see the way it was fabricated to use the "old" style brake system, it all looks to be a bit of a lash up.
......"never seen anything like it in me life".
George
22-03-13, 18:06
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