rallyman46 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Question - does anybody know what Mark or Model of Oerlikon was used on MGB's in the Second World War (we hopefully are going going to need one : the plan is to restore (to Original) MGB 45 / later Polish S3 / later still M V Freelance ) 2) following that, does anybody know where there is one?? Peter Horscroft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 My father was involved after WW2 taking gun's and mounts off HSL'S and MTB's in the Gair Loch and pushing them overboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 11 hours ago, rallyman46 said: Question - does anybody know what Mark or Model of Oerlikon was used on MGB's in the Second World War (we hopefully are going going to need one : the plan is to restore (to Original) MGB 45 / later Polish S3 / later still M V Freelance ) 2) following that, does anybody know where there is one?? Peter Horscroft Do you have any photos? Would be interesting to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 MGB 75 is the closest number that I have been able to find, and Mark V Oerlikon is given as the secondary armament. https://wiki.warthunder.com/MGB-75 I don’t know the source or accuracy of of the War Thunder information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, rallyman46 said: 2) following that, does anybody know where there is one?? In the early 1980s I played with one they had at the Sea Cadet Corps in Potters Bar. Who knows it may still be there? It was a single gun mount and it looked like this: Edited January 4, 2023 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyman46 Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 exactly the one - was it on a tapered metal mount or a 3-leg one, please i have their phone number so shall phone in the morning and see if they've still got it thank you peterh (Mid and G.O HMS Hubberston 1965) (I see you now live in the Netherlands - may we stay in touch, please since I am Crew on a Southerly and in normal conditions we come over to the Netherlands every year perhaps to meet-up??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 11 hours ago, rallyman46 said: was it on a tapered metal mount or a 3-leg one, please A tapered metal cone, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyman46 Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 Brilliant - again "that's the one I want" - (Olivia "Neutron Bomb" in "Grease") - p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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