2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Rob,

Nice haul, now you DO need a CMP truck to go with it

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[rnixartillery]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Rob,

Nice haul, now you DO need a CMP truck to go with it

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Hanno.

You must know by now about my collection policy of NO engines
Which is the benefit of Artillery, low maintenance and no running costs ,more pennies in the pocket to buy more Artillery !

Seriously though John Bellfield has his 2 pdr portee up for sale ,complete with Gun and the same as in your picture, Australian pattern.

Rob......................rnixartillery

[rnixartillery]

A few better pictures, I have stripped the breech which required the usual amount of heat to move things and I made a frame up from RSJ to use as a press with the use of a hydraulic jack to push the block out.
Need to pull the barrel back through the slipper next to remove the Ring,dont think its going to be easy !

Rob..................rnixartillery

[David Dunlop]

Looking at Hanno's post again, he DOES mention your need of a CMP TRUCK, but he DOESN'T mention it has to have an engine…

Nice 2 Pdr by the way!


David

[rnixartillery]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Looking at Hanno's post again, he DOES mention your need of a CMP TRUCK, but he DOESN'T mention it has to have an engine…

Nice 2 Pdr by the way!

now why didn't I think of that..........................

Rob.................rnixartillery.

[rnixartillery]

I have just spent the day removing the Breech and barrel from the slipper which was a bit of a bitch but to be expected after 70 years or so.
Rigged up the usual set up to force the barrel out with the help of some heat.
I also cleaned the bore with some steel bore brushes and it has come up as good as new.
still need to remove the slipper from the recouperator so that's the next job,I wasn't going to do much to this before next year but things have snowballed so I might take it to bits and store it until my current project is finished.

Rob....................rnixartillery.

[Niels V]

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