Landships II

PDA · Legend

Another "Trophy Gun" in Britain

mtaylor · Sergeant

Not just in Britain but another one for Scotland. Its rural location may have prevented scrapping I guess. I wonder how many more may be tucked away?

mtaylor · Sergeant

And another - Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland. Pic from the local website http://www.s1millport.com/memories/

brad · Corporal

I think if I saw that lying in the field like that, I would want to dig it up - whoever owns that land does not deserve to have this on it and needs some educating.

cheers,

bj

-- Edited by brad on Thursday 24th of April 2014 02:03:29 PM

PDA · Legend

That's a great find, Michael.

Brad, I understand your sentiment, but at least the gun still exists. Around 3 out of 5 trophy guns have gone missing in Ontario, and almost every trophy gun in England is missing.

mtaylor · Sergeant

Saw the Campletown, Argyll Minenwerfer yesterday. The heritage centre had decided to restore it but it seems to be mainly rust. Tube is primed but they are still considering how to reassemble to look something like the original carriage. Marked SMF Nr 5134, 1917. Can anyone tell me what 'SMF' means?

Great War Truck · Brigadier

Stumbled across this the other day. In for sand blasting.

-- Edited by Great War Truck on Saturday 27th of September 2014 07:38:38 PM

mtaylor · Sergeant

To answer my own query - thanks to Herr Herbert Jager - SMF = Sächsische Maschinen Fabrik

mtaylor · Sergeant

Was told about this one yesterday. It's amazing that despite my (I thought) thorough search for examples this one had escaped me. In the yard of Tomintoul Museum, Scotland (Scotland's highest- and possibly most isolated, town). 77mm leichte Feldkanoe 16 I think. Anyone know how it got there? Museum is closed for the winter so may not be able to crack the mystery in the near future though I'll try! Pic is from web page at http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/tomintoul/museum/

Museum Rear and Artillery Piece

mtaylor · Sergeant

Finally got to Tomintoul this week. Pics attached. Trail has suffered an attack by oxy-acetylene at some point. Wheels rotted (or possibly cut) away but hubs in place. Possibly once embedded in concrete. Still, it's the only 77mmFK16 in Britain.

Ralph Lovett · General

There is a 7,7cm lFK 1916 in very poor condition in a private collection near Chichester.

R/

Ralph Lovett

mtaylor · Sergeant

Ralph - thanks for that. Private collections of artillery are not very common over here! I don't suppose you know its provenance. Was it a trophy gun?

Mike