DesertBlooms88 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Photo of a British Army Artillery position - North West Frontier - 1930's The actual photo looks great with a magnifying glass. Lots of details. I have this on Flickr too. DesertBlooms88 Edited November 25, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Great Pictures, these are British 3.7" Howitzers and became an Airborne Gun during WWII because they can be packed down. I have one of these tucked away in our barn. Rob.................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Werent they originally mule and camel pack guns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Great Pictures, these are British 3.7" Howitzers and became an Airborne Gun during WWII because they can be packed down. I have one of these tucked away in our barn. Rob.................rnixartillery. Thanks for the id on these guns. I think this is the same too. Again the Library of Congress LARGE file can be found via the Flickr link. British Artillery units in 1917 Dec. Closer view DesertBlooms88 Edited November 25, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Werent they originally mule and camel pack guns? Yes thats correct, desigined as a Mountain Howitzer. The Indian regiments used them in great numbers and still have them today as well as the Pakistani government. Rob..................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Nearly 100 years and still in use, now that is value for money :-D Edited November 27, 2012 by ajmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okdoky Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Yes thats correct, desigined as a Mountain Howitzer. The Indian regiments used them in great numbers and still have them today as well as the Pakistani government. Rob..................rnixartillery. Any reason for the red and white dots on the tyres ????????????? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Any reason for the red and white dots on the tyres ????????????? Nige It makes them look Pretty ! :rotfl: :rotfl:Rob.................rnixartillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Thankyou for the responses to this thread. I have just noticed something on another photo from the Library of Congress which looks like dissasembled Mountain Howitzers being carried on horseback during the First World War in Palestine.. Photo World War One - British Army 53rd Division ( Is that dismantled Howitzer Artillery on the horses ? ) on the move in Palestine 1918 To see the original LARGE MB file click here http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2005000680/PP/ Cose-up This is a photo from Wikimedia Commons showing a 3.7 in Mountain Howitzer. By Photographer: Taylor (Lt) War Office official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Mules rather than horses. The Indian Army have the world's biggest military stud, speciffically to breed mules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Another thread on HMVF ref 3.7 Howitzer http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?30776-3-7-quot-Howitzer&p=323486#post323486 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) Another quite good photo from the internet showing a disassembled 3.7 in Howitzer on a mule in a similar position to that shown above - a pretty good image Cant quite make out what i am looking at etc but whatever it is its similar to my photo's. Only differance i can tell is that the latest photo shows the use of a special protective cover. http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p68/vaga_land/16_dvina_front_troitsa_1919_brit_ar.jpg DesertBlooms88 Edited December 11, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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