F15A with 6-pdr

[Phil Waterman]

Originally posted by Gunner
Hanno and Phil (et al.):

...good brakes.

As Phil has noted, safety chains may not be period but must be used. Muzzles lights, reflectors, turn signals and extra ratchet straps on trail latches all add to the safety factor. Forgive me for lecturing but in my 31 years with the Guns I've seen or been in just about every kind of accident you can have while towing artillery; rollovers, jack knives, snapped wheel spindles, seperated trail legs, muzzles through idiots who follow too close, you name it. Even in parades, we leave the safety chains on as I would never want a loose cannon swerving into the crowd!

Mike it is interesting how these threads tie together. It seems that running up on towed guns has, is, will always be a problem. This thread ties to one Hanno started about The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...&threadid=7615 as I was listening to the history I came across the description of the problems of running up on towed guns in black out convoy conditions.

Cheers Phil