What is this gun??

[Bill Murray]

From an ID contest on another forum. I have spent four hours googling and come up with nothing.

The hints given are that the name of the gun starts with "m" and is also the name of a famous warship.

Supposedly it was an experiment carried out in 1943 and would seem to be either a 17 pounder or a 76mm gun. Oh...it is British.
Also supposedly used a Bedford engine for mobility to move it around once in place.

Any arty experts on this forum??
Bill

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
From an ID contest on another forum. I have spent four hours googling and come up with nothing.

The hints given are that the name of the gun starts with "m" and is also the name of a famous warship.

Supposedly it was an experiment carried out in 1943 and would seem to be either a 17 pounder or a 76mm gun. Oh...it is British.
Also supposedly used a Bedford engine for mobility to move it around once in place.

Bill,

That is a 17 pounder AT gun, SP Carrier. One of Straussler's creations, named Monitor. It used running gear from a Bedford QL. An experimental exercise which proved good in tests.

Richard

[Bill Murray]

Thank you very much Richard.
I spent the day at my daughter's new digs so just picked this up and some chap on the other forum got there before me.
But, I really appreciate the ID.
Bill