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09-10-07, 01:24
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4.2" mortar unit in action at 's Hertogenbosch, Holland, 1944. Note the 10-cwt trailers.
s_Hertogenbosch_1944.jpg http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/show...37060&size=big
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01-07-09, 22:29
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Surviving example of the towed version: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...haosef-4-1.jpg
On display at the Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel
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02-07-09, 18:41
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Hey Hanno,
Great reference picture as that example has the earlier pattern wheels along with some other variations in features compared to most I've seen. The wheel with holes around the edge with 5.00-5.25 tyres are the same as used on airborne trailers and some other WWII GS trailers. It seems these are what the towed mortar first came with and then late in 1945 they began changing the wheels out for the type found on 6-pounder guns with the lower profile wide tyres. One of the features which I'd not seen on one of the mortars is this one has spring clips for the steel pivot bars. Very similar if not the same as those found on airborne jeeps for holding rifles and Bren guns. All others I've seen have hinged clamps to hold the bars and they look like smaller versions of the clamp used to hold the barrel while in transit.
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David Gordon - MVPA # 15292 '41 Willys MB British Airborne Jeep '42 Excelsior Welbike Mark I '43 BSA Folding Military Bicycle '44 Orme-Evans Airborne Trailer No. 1 Mk. II '44 Airborne 100-Gallon Water Bowser Trailer '44 Jowett Cars 4.2-Inch Towed Mortar '44 Daimler Scout Car Mark II '45 Studebaker M29C Weasel
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03-07-09, 21:57
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4.2 mortar
Here are a few photos of the 4.2 inch mortar 1st photo shows them at Larkhill in1953 and the mortar that the firepower museum let me have for 30 mins,so that i could tow it with my Morris. photo of me with my morris and mortar. do you see any for sale?
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03-07-09, 22:05
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more photos of 4.2 inch Mortar
more photos
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03-07-09, 22:20
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more photos of 4.2 inch Mortar
Had to have some one with me from the museum so that i did not take it home. i do have a VHS film 120 Mortar Battery 61st Light Regiment Royal Artillery in Korea
 1951 - 1953 towing them with Morris C8 GS and firing them some of it in colour.
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06-07-09, 09:24
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Did we ever decide if this late war version ever actually saw any war-time service?
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