25 pounder wood seat

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Tony, nine it is.

My reference to Walnut was, of course, to the northern hemisphere species ( Juglans sp.), not Qld walnut (Endiandra palmerstonii).

Like the Canadians, the Australian-manufactured 25-pdr adapted local resources and manufacturing techniques to suit. While most parts were interchangeable, differences did lead to logistics difficulties in the supply of spare parts in some cases. For example, the packings within the Australian buffer & recuperator were different to British production, and not interchangeable.

There are a small number of timber items on or included with a 25-pdr (seat, line mounting block, rammer, oil-can mounting block, parts and tools boxes) but I've not seen specifications which included the type of timber to be used in manufacture.

Mike