I am Looking for pictures of the detail behind the shield of the 95mm Infantry gun,the only one I know of in preservation is the example in the Canadian Artillery Museum in Shilo.
Its strange how so many were built yet very few survive even though they were made obsolete in 1944 with the introduction of the recoiless rifle.
If anyone across the pond has some pictures they could share it would be appreciated. :note:

Rob......................rnixartillery collection

Rob
Let me know what detail you want and I can go snap some shots. That gun is just 5 minutes from me. I have been meaning to put some photos of it onto the net.

That would be excellent Rob, its just a bit too far away for me to pop over !
I am after a selection of pics of the gun in general,so what ever you can take really.
I have read quite a few accounts about the gun and studied a few Black and White pictures in books but non are that clear.
I believe it has a modified 25 pdr Ring and firing gear and from what I can see in the B&W pictures it looks like a late pattern sight assembly from the 3.7" pack howitzer (but not sure )

So these pictures would solve a lot of thought !

Cheers :thup:
Rob......................rnixartillery.

RCA Museum Shilo
 

While you are there, Rob, snap a couple of shots of the two AA radar cabins plus close ups of the panel descriptions Brian

Got the shots today, so here we go. I did a complete walk around so there are front, side, back etc shots. The amazing thing about this gun is how small it is. Overall it is no larger than the two pounder sitting next to it, aside from the larger diameter barrel.

I had to change one of the tires on it back in June as the sidewall blew out. We brought in a couple of the STA forklift type tires to install on this gun and the two pounder next to it as most of these tires are getting pretty weather cracked.

The museum has recently had the bulk of the guns blasted and painted, cement pads placed around the building, and information signs placed on each. It looks pretty good, and has attracted a lot of visitors.

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and here is the last of them. If you need any better detail, just ask.


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Note the high carriage number and the late production date.

For Brian (alamotex) I also got the shots you wanted of the trailers. I'll post them separately in a thread on the softskin section of the forum.

Rob,

As Mentioned over on HMVF thanks for taking the time to photograph the gun,the pics are of great interest and you can see where the 6 pdr and 25 pdr aspects came into the design of the gun,I think there is a hint of 17 pdr also.
You would think from the design it was possibly going to have some airborne use !
It would be interesting to find some more surviving examples .
Thanks again :cheers:

Rob......................rnixartillery.

Happy to oblige Rob. Yes, it can be seen where the trails fold over. Weather this was for airborne use or just to allow the gun to fit into the cargo box of a lorry would be the big question, although likely the weight would require a 3 ton to transport rather than a 15cwt so that theory could likely be discounted.

Amazing that out of 7 to 8 hundred guns only one would survive. There must be more out there somewhere.