Modified 25-pounder guns

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rnixartillery

Yes please Hanno ! how many Narrow MkII 's and MkIII's do you know of in Belgium and Holland ?

Rob,

Here you go. This 25-pdr is on display at the base museum at the Oranjekazerne ("Orange baracks"), Schaarsbergen (near Arnhem), The Netherlands.

Full views of the gun, note it does not have the characteristic muzzle brake:
SAM_3405 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg SAM_3408 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg

Gun barrel and breech details:
SAM_3413 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg SAM_3414 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg

Gun carriage details:
SAM_3412 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg

I am not an artillery expert, so please us know if this combination of gun and carriage is correct.

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some more views of the 25-pdr on display at Schaarsbergen:

SAM_3421 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg SAM_3422 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg

SAM_3415 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg SAM_3409 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg

As far as I know, the draw bar elongation attachment was added to enable the 25-pdr to be used with the DAF YA-328 artillery tractor post-WW2:

SAM_3417 25-pdr Oranjekazerne Holland.jpg

H.