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M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:10 am Post subject: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
Saw this on one of my modeling sites: www.armorama.com/modul..._id=204419 Also T1 carriage SN 1 and a replacement recoil mechanism. Anyone have a list of these in the US? I've never seen one, and only know of a handful, this one, one at Ft Sill, and another farther out west IIRC. KL

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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:21 pm
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ID SIZE Field3 NAME LOCATION STATE COUNTRY NOTES
2 4.5in G Gun, M1 (1of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
32 4.5in G Gun, M1 Madison IN 1942
33 4.5in G Gun, M1 Sellersburg IN 1942 VFW
78 4.5in G Gun, M1 (2of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
79 4.5in G Gun, M1 (3of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
80 4.5in G Gun, M1 (4of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
81 4.5in G Gun, M1 (5of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
82 4.5in G Gun, M1 (6of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
83 4.5in G Gun, M1 (7of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
84 4.5in G Gun, M1 (8of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
85 4.5in G Gun, M1 (9of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
139 4.5in G Gun, M1 New Braunfels TX
205 4.5in G Gun, M1 Osgood IN Hwy 421 OM

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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:10 am Post subject: Re: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
Thanks AJ! Looks like there are three in close proximity. There's an error in your list: The Osgood gun is on Hwy 421, not 241. maps.google.com/maps?h...=0CI8BELYD Madison IN, corner of Virginia Ave and North Michigan Rd maps.google.com/maps?q...47250&z=19 KL Last edited by Kurt_Laughlin on Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:49 am; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:01 am Post subject: Re: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
the one in Madison is at the Vet cemetery at the old state hospital. It used to be at the Court House. I changed the 421,my fingers go a lot faster than my brain

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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:47 am Post subject: Re: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
- armyjunk2 the one in Madison is at the Vet cemetery at the old state hospital. It used to be at the Court House. Madison or Sellersburg? You can see one (a cannon of some type) in the Madison google image I liked. It's at a VFW. KL

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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
hi Kurt, I think I see how this got confused, has the 4.5 been moved to the VFW in Madison? It was at the Vet cemetery and before that downtown by the courthouse. The other piece is in Sellersburg at a VFW or AL on New Albany Ave. 38° 24.089'N 85° 45.171'W I can check on the Madison piece later on, its close to here

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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:56 am Post subject: Re: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
I have no idea of the history - I didn't know they existed until you posted! You can see the Madison gun in Google: maps.google.com/maps?q...47250&z=19 Now I see the one in Sellersburg on Streetview - thanks. KL

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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:16 pm
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By the way, the eight 4.5 inch guns at Fort Sill are out at Aiming Circle Hill near the "High Rise" buildings. They are not at the museum site.

They have been used for years to train young artillerymen how to lay (survey) in a battery with an aiming circle.

These guns are all now named for junior Field Artillery Officers killed in service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana
Hello everyone, a short roadtrip figured this all out.... The guns at the VFW in Madison are a 105mm Howitzer and a 40mm Bofors. These are some of the other pieces in the neighborhood 4.5in Gun, M1 Madison IN 1942 Veteran Cemetery 4.5in Gun, M1 Sellersburg IN 1942 VFW 4.5in Gun, M1 Osgood IN Hwy 421 OM

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