6 Pounder A/T Gun (Aust)

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Darian Carn

G'day Wayne,

Many Thanks, but we are right for thr rims and hubs. Am looking for tyres though - 8.25 x 10.00's - if anybody can help.

Cheers,

Darian.

Darian, have you read the first posting in This Thread?

I understand your options are solid tyres from a Forklift, cannabalise a 4.2" Mortar, or find some F8/ C8 13" rims and fit 9.00-13s which just clear the sheild.

[Darian Carn]

G'day All,

Thanks for the replies.

Phill,

We have (I believe) all the sheilds and data plates, but missing only the very bottom hinged section of the sheild. Not having seen one I don't know whether this has a data plate or not - is this the section that you have, or is it the section that small vertical section comes up in front of the sloping main sheild?

Mike,

No, I don't have a copy of the 1944 GMH colour movie. Where did you get yours from, and are copies still available? I would love to get a copy for my records. Any further info would be great.

Mr. Smith (Tony),

Yes, I have thanks, both read and kept my eyes on that thread and post, but it soon switches to other size tyres. Just thought I'd ask as not everyone goes back over the old threads and there are some newer forum members that may just have the odd one laying around. You never know!! We do have a 4.2" Mortar, but I don't want to cannabilise that.


Is, or are, there any other 6 Pounder A/T Guns out there?

I remember seeing a thread that was a show up Cooma way where there was a photo of a 6 Pdr but the lower sheild is hidden behind sand bags. Then theres the one at Royal Australia Infantry Corps Museum.

Ours is the one from the Melbourne Tank Museum (ex John Bellfield). There were another two here in South Australia a long time ago, but one went to the Australian War Memorial and the other to the Jacques Littlefield Collection (pictured above).

If anyone can help with the Lower hinged sheild and sighting gear that would be fantastic.

A couple of shots of our gun - back then on a friends place before it finally came back home and in the workshop being dismantled ready for blasting.

Thanks again,

Cheers,

Darian.

[Darian Carn]

A few more shots of the Gun being disassembled.

Darian.

[Philliphastings]

Hello Darian
Sorry the part I have is just one side of the fixed, intermediate shield and not the bottom flap. Probably not much good to you I'm afraid. Even the data plate is rusty steel and oxy welded to the armour section.

Good luck with your project - looking good.

Cheers

Phill

[Mike K]

I put this page together some years back ...on the VMVC web site

http://www.geocities.com/vmvc1au/GMH.html

[Bob McNeill]

this is the only pic I have ,taken in Canberra at an open day a few years back, it,s in private hands, not sure who. there is a twin 6pr at North Fort Museum at Manly [ sydney ].

[Darian Carn]

Hello again All,

Many Thanks for the replies.

I have been "Off-Line" thanks to the kids using up all the Internet usage last month - better try to get some posting in before they do it to me again!

Hello Phil,

Sounds like the piece of sheild you have is one that we already have, but thanks anyway.

Mike,

Great Images from the book. I'll go through my Dad's Books and see if we have the GMH Record.

Bob,

Thanks for the image of the 6 Pdr in Canberra. It appears to be the same gun that was shown in the Cooma Motorfest thread. At least you can see the lower hinged sheild in this shot.

If anyone knows who the owner is and could possibly put me in touch with them to get the dimensions of the Lower Hinged Sheild it would be appreciated.


Work on the Gun has progressed but getting the barrel out of the slipper was a major exercise but we eventually got there. Almost as hard was getting the slipper out of the cradle - many years of sitting still and rust!! Not that they had rusted together but just the smallest amount of rust and expansion in the small tolerances and they took forever to budge.

A few more shots of the works in progress.

Darian.