6 pdr drag ropes

[tankbarrell]

It's Rod Bellars who has both types. Tims are good value but as those are fairly common over here, the shipping kills it.
I don't know what Rod wants for his, I doubt I could afford it.

[tankbarrell]

Rod says that the thinner ones don't have the chains, just the hook on one end and an eye on the other, rather like 18 pdr ones but the eye is not leather lined.

There were two ropes of the 18 pdr vintage, the heavy one in 3" rope which was 30 ft long and the light one in 2" rope and 15 ft 6" long.

The picture I mentioned above of the thinner ropes might indeed show these as I can't see any evidence of the chains. Not saying they are not there, just that you can't see them.

Looking forward to what you find Rob.

[rnixartillery]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

Rod says that the thinner ones don't have the chains, just the hook on one end and an eye on the other, rather like 18 pdr ones but the eye is not leather lined.

There were two ropes of the 18 pdr vintage, the heavy one in 3" rope which was 30 ft long and the light one in 2" rope and 15 ft 6" long.

The picture I mentioned above of the thinner ropes might indeed show these as I can't see any evidence of the chains. Not saying they are not there, just that you can't see them.

Looking forward to what you find Rob.

The thinner Ropes that were being passing off as 6 pdr ropes were ACTUALLY post war drags for the 105mm Oto Malara ,I did send a picture from the manual with the part number at the time.
The 6 pdr rope has the same configuration as the larger type used on 17 and 25 pdr.

Rob......................rnixartillery.

Ps , I have several pairs of standard drag ropes available if anyone is wanting some.

[tankbarrell]

Thanks Rob, good to know.
Just need to get the details.

[rob love]

It was a very busy day at work, but here is what I was able to find. As Rob mentioned, they are indeed the same style as the 25 pounder, but smaller diameter rope and hook and chain. As Adrian mentions, the 25 pdr is 3" rope, and the 6 pdr is 2" dia rope.
I'll show the 25 pdr rope and it's makeup from the parts manual on this post, and on the next post I'll show the 6 pdr rope and it's makeup.

[rob love]

Now here is the 6 pdr. One notable thing is that it does not give the length, but rather a footnote which says "as required". I'll research this further. The rope we had that I thought was a NOS 6 pdr rope turned out to be 50' long, which seems a bit lengthy to me. I had a quick check of the 6 pdr over at the main museum, and it does not have it's drag rope.

When I get a chance later in the week, I'll check the inventory of accessions and see if there are any dragropes hidden away.

[kevin powles]

Gents, interesting thread on drag ropes on another site http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?...=230240&page=2