25 pounder

Great finds, 25 pounder and good to see you've joined the hobby again.

Thanks a lot Joris , we're back in battle !!

Those German wheels look like the ones from a tank transporter trailer though I thought they were singles.

they are single wheels , I put them one above another , because of the weight

2 more relics , to close my input on this thread ,

artillery limbers n° 27 , awaiting restoration

another one of my discoveries , a water bowser , poor state but restorable ,

water tank is in perfect condition (interior, outside could use a layer of paint !!)

You probably got that impression because they are stapled one on another ,

I rather think they belonged to an artillery piece ,

also visible , several bullet impacts on the rubber,:-\

they are to big/wide to belong on the Panzer 4

I bought a pair of wheels , plain rubber , on very heavy solid steel rims ,

Tyres are made by "VORWERK" (german manufacturer before WW 2) with inscription "6 m/kg"

Does anybody know what these wheels used to carry ?????

Discovered the remains of a Bedford MW truck , chassis and rear axle , with a pair of genuine WD Dunlop tyres

:-)Hi Davey ,

Welcome to the forum ,

There's an Irish connection with our family ,

The man was a Belgian soldier , captured at Mai 1940 , set free at December 1940 , managed to get to the UK , got to a training base for Belgian soldiers in Ireland , met his future wife over there , Eileen McDaid , who served as an army nurse , they were both sent overseas , acomplished the European campaign , and finally the got married after the war ,

so far my story,

cheers:-)

I'm aware of the fact , muzlle brakes were not used on the 25 PR until late 1941, that's why I said barrel has been changed ,

hi ,

never seen anything alike in German soldiers equipment , they simply didn't need to polish up buttons nor buckles

That the gun has been in combat , no doubt about that , because the inner legs of the cradle were filled up with sand (red brown--desertsand ?), Cradle has plate on it , build in 1940 , made by C &T Weir ---Does anyone ever heard about that company?

Barrel may have been changed , breech has markings "H &W" what stands for Harland and Wollf ( didn't know that , been told by Garrison gunner Mike)

but also has a small sign C42 and broad arrow.

Gun has green paint on , but inside has yellow colour under it.

Ok , not all the same number , so I'll supose they should follow one upon another.

Do you know anything about the "C" prefix ?

Canadian manufacturing perhaps ?

:tup::

while working on our 25 Pr gun , I noticed that almost every part has a "FL" mark followed by 3 or 4 numbers , some smaller parts have a "C" with couple of numbers , and often , the numbers seem to follow on eachother , such as "FL 2556 , FL2557, FL2558,....."

My questions :

what does "FL" stands for , and should all the numbers be the same on the gun ?

What does the "C" stands for on other parts ?

Dez Northover,

TABAP@BTCONNECT.COM

pictures of a 25 Pr gun -the patient restauration !!

www.1stbelgianfieldbattery.be

enjoy!!

Nice to see this old heap - A Peugeot 404, is showing up in some of the snaps from Cauquigny! I haven't been there for a few years. Is it still there, I wonder?

it's not a Peugeot pictured here , it's a Renault 18 stationwagon

Hi , we have a friend , near London , who owns a truck and lowloader ,

He comes to Belgium several times a year , perhaps you can make arangements with him about cost and what time to travel

Hi there , welcome to the club , on behalf of the Flemish section !!

Is your name Goens ? If so , you have a "very Dutch-Belgian " sirname,

Is there anything written on the back of picture 8 or 9 , the Bailey bridge construction ?

All that could be re-used by the German troops(except helmets , uniforms- with the exception of what has happened in the Ardennes , Comando Skorzeny with US uniforms ) , has been used , as the war went to its end , we see more and more pictures of German troops with Us or British equipment , weapons , vehicles ...

I visited the museum last year , magnificent collection that's exposed there

one visit is not enough to see it all !!

Hello.

Enjoy to see an apparatus which returned by far, of the countries

of EST of l' Europe. it has was sifted balls during the events on a aéroport.l' assosciation has réeunis the financial bottom to make it come and restored to CARPIQUET.

I has; is a friend and member of the forum of GMC which responsabilté of it to restore it.

Stephane , it's a member of our group who has installed the museum of the Belgian Brigade Piron (Kris Michiels)in the second bunker on the Merville site

www.1stbelgianfieldbattery.be:n00b:

Thanks for the info I will drop CROC a mail . BTW the people I spoke to on the Register reckoned the complete transporter and trailer had gone to Belgium

Perhaps you can get more information at the BMVT , of André Witmeur , if it has gone to Belgium he 'll know where it has gone to.

www.bmvt.be

a.witmeur@skynet.be

Really fantastic work what you're doing, I'm a big fan of your project , keep on !!

Do we know if the Germans used the same format/design of bunker for each country?