Limbers etc
Thanks Keith, nice one of the 18/25pdr.
From what I have seen, and I have quite a few photos taken around the Dunkirk evacuation period, and some show fields full of captured British guns, the type 27 limber, shown in your photo was the only one in service for the 18/25pdr. I have yet to see the type 24.
The type 24 was certainly used pre-war for this gun, and usually towed by the Morris CDSW "Toast-rack". There are numeropus shots of the Morris, abandoned in France, also, there are some shots of the Morris FAT and Guy FAT.
This is what makes this particular period with the BEF so fascinating. I think, during the retreat, anything and everything was used. I have one photo of a Morris FAT with 18 pdr, and evidence that the type 27 limber was also used for the 18 pdr.
The limbers I have done though were based on the drawings in the book by Len Trawin, it shows the limbers for the 18pdr and 4.5 howitzer, plus details from Fire-power Woolwich, has some details of those limbers in use with pneumatic wheels.
Most of what I have has come from the Bob Gregory collection, another BEF nut.
George.
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