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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 12:15 am Post subject: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
The breech was particularly unusual . . . What is this? www.com-central.net/mo...c03152.jpg www.com-central.net/mo...c03153.jpg www.com-central.net/mo...c03156.jpg www.com-central.net/mo...c03157.jpg www.com-central.net/mo...c03158.jpg KL

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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
Japanese Model 4 (1915) 150mm Howitzer, these were broken into 2 loads for transport, this one is on the transport carriage, Out of 11 known to me , only one is on the firing carriage. Notice no recoil cylinders

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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:12 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
Huh. I wonder where it is from. How did the breech work? KL

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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
According to Wiki (yeah, we know), if it's the same gun, it did have a recoil system (hydropneumatic). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...m_howitzer _________________ "All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"

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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
What AJ meant was that the arrangement that's preserved doesn't have any recoil mechanism or recuperator, i.e., it can't be fired that way. That indicates that this is just the recoiling parts of the weapon on a transport limber. KL

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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
thanks Kurt, I'm not very clear sometimes

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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
OK, got it. Just checking! _________________ "All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"

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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:52 am
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- armyjunk2

Japanese Model 4 (1915) 150mm Howitzer, these were broken into 2 loads for transport, this one is on the transport carriage, Out of 11 known to me , only one is on the firing carriage. Notice no recoil cylinders

Where is the Type 4 howitzer that is complete?

There's another barrel transport vehicle at Wisconsin Rapids, WI - noted
in John Anderson's warmemorials.us website.

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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Howitzer, Princeton WV
my mistake, I see 2 on the firing carriages, one on Saipan and the other in Beijing. The one on Saipan is in very poor condition, the Beijing one looks ready to fire. None in the US, I wonder if the folks bring this back thought they were complete guns?

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