FAT Fast 17 pounder recovery

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by Rob Fast

My next question? If my choice of #1 troops in the first battery is not A/B/C/D... but E/F/G/H... do I mark my choice H with #1 troop in the tac sign? "H1"...or just the "H"... It is my understanding that all Fat/Limbers/Guns in the first battery were all 1st troop men... So why not just the "H"... Nit Picking here a little bit. Cheers Rob

Rob there seems to be a misunderstanding here. An Anti-tank regiment is made up of four batteries. Each battery has three troops and each troop has three guns. The troops in each battery are as followers;
Senior Battery – A, B & C troops
2nd Bty – D, E, & F troops
3dr Bty – G, H & I troops
Junior Bty - J, K, & L troops

The tac signs shown on the guns consist of a letter and a number. The letter refers to the Troop while the number refers to the gun and not the battery. In the photo you posted the I-2 indicates that it is the No. 2 gun of I Troop

[Rob Fast]

I will be marking the tac sign on the Fat door H1.

http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehi...ticalsigns.htm

[Rob Fast]

We are into the gun restoration trying to free up the traverse/elevating gears after being buried for so long. They are a little gummed up to say the least. I thought I would post some pics out of the manual of some of the parts needed. The gun is quit incomplete so this part search is going to take a couple of decades I figure.
Parts needed first time around: Elevating handle and worm gear part#25,41,49,50,etc...
Seat and attachments...All accessories...and of course ordnance breech and muzzle brake.

Thanks for looking...Cheers Rob and Tony in bloody cold Manitoba!

[Rob Fast]

I just found a Broad C Arrow mark on this made in England gun. Should I be surprised at that? Pardon my ignorance here. Cheers Rob

[Rob Fast]

Thought I would give you guys a look as it came out of the shop. Still looking for P-60 boxes,artillery plotting board small,front bumper hawser hooks Chev, mirrors, tripod,hawsers, anything FAT /17 pounder related. Cheers Rob

[Rob Fast]

A crisp April day.

[Rob Fast]

Good to see a Prairie Command thread/club addition link here on MLU. Thank you Rob Love and Hanno.