7.7cm FK16, one of a number of interesting WW1 German artillery pieces collected in a small corner
40hp 'Protected' Simplex armoured petrol powered locomotive for use on the 2 foot War Department Light Railway
Railhead
FWD (Four Wheel Drive) Model B three ton lorry, built in the USA but used by the British Army
FWD Model B with the 6 inch 30 cwt Howitzer - one of the main uses for the FWD Model B in the British Army was as the towing vehicle for the 6 inch 30 cwt, and the later 6 inch 26 cwt Howitzer
13 pounder limber from L Battery at Nery - the battered 13 pounder from the same action is at the IWM Lambeth
GS Wagon Mk X minus the seat
Fiat 15 TER light truck, Italian but used by the British Army in Italy
20hp 'Open' Simplex petrol powered locomotive for the WDLR
British 4.5 Inch Howitzer
American M1917 75mm field gun, based on the British 18 pounder
The FK 96 n.A behind and right of the FK 16 looks like it's in good condition. The back rests for the axle tree seats on the inside of the shield aren't usually preserved.
regards,
Charlie
-- Edited by CharlieC on Saturday 19th of June 2010 01:02:33 AM
Many thanks, Chris - personally I think the new design for IWM Lambeth looks horrific, especially when I considered IWM Lambeth as it was a fine museum and very fit for purpose, but I hope that any exhibits that don't go back to Lambeth are kept on public display at Duxford, perhaps with a little more important put on the WW1 side of things as at Duxford it's given very little (all WW1 German artillery cramped together for example, other exhibits either poorly hung from a roof or shoved in a corner as a prelude to the 1940 Battle of Britain etc)
It's interesting to see the IWM Mk V without the left sponson; the Landships II article says the sponson is a wooden mockup, the reason for which has been lost. Look at the ammo stowage in Lincoln Tanker's photo - 9171 is a lady tank! Perhaps it was desired to display a male tank (surely how we first think of rhomboids, no?) and no genuine sponson was available.
Blimey! So it is - possibly a Hermaphrodite? Annoyingly all the photos I took of the right sponson, where there is a clear panel showing the interior of the Tank, were taken from the wrong angle to show either 6 pounder or Hotchkiss ammunition tin storage, and looking on the internet so has everyone else!
The 6 pounder stowage is also visible - it can be seen in the red painted section below the MG ammo stowage. Further 6 pdr ammo stowage was available under the gun. Nothing to suggest this tank being anything other than a Male.
I think you are probably right. The Fiat was one of the most diversely used trucks and it would make sense to identify it as a British one. But then again isnt that what the arrow was for? Thanks Tim
Yes you are right. But what i meant was that the arrow would signify it was a British War Department vehicle so putting a B in front of the registration signifying it was British wouldnt really be necessary. But the more i think about i think you are almost certainly right and it does stand for British. So far I have only come across it on British trucks in Italy so it must relate to a local issue. Thanks Tim
