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philthydirtyanimal


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As the title says, is this gun a 60-pdr or 4.7"? It has a similar barrel shape to the 60-pdr, but I can't see the characteristic recuperators, and the carriage looks unusual too.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2624/4125224481_73447b328e_o.jpg

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Hi Phil it does seem to be the 4.7" MK1 on 1900 woolwich carriage, i can say that because exactly the same photo image is here on Wiki so presumable this was used for the original artwork....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/4.7inchGunWesternFront.jpg

AWM caption "Picardie, Somme Pozieres. Australian transport limbers returning down Sausage Valley gallop past a battery of British 4.7 inch quick firing (QF) field guns."

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-- Edited by Ironsides on Monday 23rd of November 2009 01:09:23 AM

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philthydirtyanimal


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That's the fella!

Good to see that the ability of the Daily Mail to miscaption photos hasn't changed over the years!

Thanks, Ironsides.

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Apparantly there were 32 x 4.7"guns (14 batterys?) used on the somme.......

http://www.1914-1918.net/bat15C.htm

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