Skip to main Skip to content Skip to menu

Com-Central.net

`±`Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

`±`User Info-big

Welcome Anonymous

Membership:

Latest: cgsimpson

New Today: 0

New Yesterday: 0

Overall: 6645

People Online:

Members: 0

Visitors: 1085

Total: 1085

Who Is Where:

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!

Forum FAQ

Moderators

Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
A forum dedicated for the discussion of all kinds of artillery topics.

Forum Index › Artillery Forum

View previous topic :: View next topic

Author

Message

CharlieC
Power User

Offline
Joined: Oct 24, 2012
Posts: 58

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:50 pm Post subject: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
I know there are surviving 6-inch M1908 howitzers at Fort Sill, Lima, Ohio and Greenville, SC. Are there any others? Regards, Charlie _________________ landships.info

Rick_Eshleman
Power User

Offline
Joined: Apr 26, 2011
Posts: 909
Location: Lewes, Delaware, USA

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
There's also one listed at: 7th Ave. East, North St. Paul. MN at: 45.00 deg. 53.95N x 92 deg. 59' 12.95W. I verified this in Google, and Google Earth. Rick

CharlieC
Power User

Offline
Joined: Oct 24, 2012
Posts: 58

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:00 am Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
Thanks. John Anderson on the warmemorial.us website says there's another one at Kenosha, WI but no details about location. Regards, Charlie _________________ landships.info

Rick_Eshleman
Power User

Offline
Joined: Apr 26, 2011
Posts: 909
Location: Lewes, Delaware, USA

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
I Saw John Anderson war memorial, but could not verify it. There are probably others around! Rick

armyjunk2
Power User

Offline
Joined: Sep 22, 2006
Posts: 1416

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:25 am Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
Lima has two, Ft Sill, North St Paul, Greenville, and Kenosha each have one, anyone have a pic of the Kenosha one?

CharlieC
Power User

Offline
Joined: Oct 24, 2012
Posts: 58

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:31 am
Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers

I found one of the Lima, OH guns at the corner of S.Shawnee St and E.Elm St (40.737909,-84.087538) - where's the other one?

The Greenville, SC M1908 is at North Academy Street, (34.856373,-82.394337) - it's under trees but can be seen with Google street view.

I'm writing up the M1908 howitzer for Landships II (landships.info) and I like to add surviving guns to the article if there are any.

Regards,

Charlie

_________________
landships.info

armyjunk2
Power User

Offline
Joined: Sep 22, 2006
Posts: 1416

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:38 am Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
Here you go Charlie, 40° 44.272'N 84° 5.247'W Lincoln Park Lima 40° 43.968'N 84° 7.655'W Faurot Park Lima Both are nicely painted, the wheels were off the Faurot Park one the day I saw it. Lima also has a 6pdr MkX tube only downtown at 40° 44.245'N 84° 6.383'W W Elm/ S Elizabeth

CharlieC
Power User

Offline
Joined: Oct 24, 2012
Posts: 58

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:00 am
Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers

Thank you.

I have an image of the Faurot Park howitzer with the wheels off. I haven't found an image of the Lincoln Park howitzer and there's no Google street view in that neighbourhood.

The Kenosha howitzer may have left the state - there's a reference on the website of the Russell Military Museum to an M1908 gun. The Museum used to be called the Kenosha Military Museum but moved across the border to Zion, IL.

Regards,

Charlie

_________________
landships.info

vagabond
Power User

Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Surviving 6inch M1908 howitzers
Charlie - do you need photos of the Greenville, SC M1908?

Forum Index › Artillery Forum
Page 1 of 1

All times are GMT - 6 Hours

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum

Com-Central.net

Select Language

Login

`±`Recent Visitors

`±`User Info-big

Com-Central.net

Select Language

Login

±Recent Visitors

±User Info-big

`±`Recent Visitors

`±`User Info-big