Canadian 2pr Anti-Tank Gun Carriages

[NORTHDUK]

I have seen a number of references to Canadian production of the 2pr anti-tank gun and carriage on the web. A few of these have mentioned a split trail carriage similar to that used by the 6pr but adapted for the 2pr. One correspondent says that the carriage was designated the Mark IV and another suggests that this was an interim arrangement in which 2pr guns were mounted on early 6pr carriages during the changeover from 2pr to 6pr production.

None of these mentions any source for this information and there appears to be some confusion amongst the correspondents. Can anyone quote or suggest a published source of information or anything accessible on the Internet on these combinations of gun and carriage? Similarly, can anyone provide a photograph or link to one?

With best wishes,

Gordon McLaughlin

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[David Hardway]

There is a trail sitting in a friends workshop that for all intents and purpose's look's like a 6 Pdr trail but is stamped 2 Pdr i'll try and get some photo's and see if it makes reference to a manufacturer

Dave

[rnixartillery]

Originally Posted by David Hardway

There is a trail sitting in a friends workshop that for all intents and purpose's look's like a 6 Pdr trail but is stamped 2 Pdr i'll try and get some photo's and see if it makes reference to a manufacturer

Dave

Dave,

Most carriages have stamped tin plates ( Trail,upper shield,lower shield etc) stateing 6 & 2 pdr.

Quite common.

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

[John McGillivray]

I've downloaded this photo from the IWM site some ago. It shows a 2pdr on the production line in Canada.

[Phil Waterman]

Here is another set of photos and an article from GM internal magazine





These are up on my web site on page http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/CBCandBBCinWWII.html - the GM article is there because I got it in a batch of CBC stuff years ago.

Cheers Phil