±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 321
Total: 321
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Statistics
02: Member Screenshots
03: Downloads
04: Member Screenshots
05: Downloads
06: Photo Gallery
07: Member Screenshots
08: Home
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: Photo Gallery
13: News Archive
14: Home
15: Downloads
16: Downloads
17: Member Screenshots
18: Community Forums
19: Community Forums
20: Member Screenshots
21: News Archive
22: Your Account
23: Photo Gallery
24: Photo Gallery
25: Member Screenshots
26: Downloads
27: News Archive
28: Downloads
29: Statistics
30: Member Screenshots
31: Home
32: Community Forums
33: Member Screenshots
34: Member Screenshots
35: Photo Gallery
36: Member Screenshots
37: Photo Gallery
38: Member Screenshots
39: Member Screenshots
40: Downloads
41: Community Forums
42: Statistics
43: Photo Gallery
44: Photo Gallery
45: Photo Gallery
46: Home
47: Home
48: Member Screenshots
49: Statistics
50: Member Screenshots
51: Member Screenshots
52: Statistics
53: Member Screenshots
54: Community Forums
55: Community Forums
56: Photo Gallery
57: Member Screenshots
58: Member Screenshots
59: Member Screenshots
60: Member Screenshots
61: Photo Gallery
62: Community Forums
63: Home
64: Statistics
65: Member Screenshots
66: Community Forums
67: News Archive
68: Community Forums
69: Downloads
70: Home
71: Downloads
72: Home
73: Community Forums
74: Home
75: Photo Gallery
76: News Archive
77: Photo Gallery
78: Community Forums
79: Member Screenshots
80: Community Forums
81: Photo Gallery
82: Photo Gallery
83: Photo Gallery
84: Photo Gallery
85: Statistics
86: Community Forums
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Member Screenshots
91: Community Forums
92: Statistics
93: Home
94: Home
95: Home
96: Home
97: Home
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Photo Gallery
102: Home
103: Photo Gallery
104: Member Screenshots
105: Downloads
106: Community Forums
107: Photo Gallery
108: Member Screenshots
109: Member Screenshots
110: Community Forums
111: Member Screenshots
112: Downloads
113: Community Forums
114: Member Screenshots
115: Member Screenshots
116: Photo Gallery
117: Member Screenshots
118: Downloads
119: Member Screenshots
120: Downloads
121: Downloads
122: Member Screenshots
123: Community Forums
124: Member Screenshots
125: Community Forums
126: Member Screenshots
127: Photo Gallery
128: Downloads
129: Statistics
130: Statistics
131: Statistics
132: Member Screenshots
133: Home
134: Photo Gallery
135: Statistics
136: Member Screenshots
137: Home
138: News Archive
139: Member Screenshots
140: Photo Gallery
141: Photo Gallery
142: Community Forums
143: Community Forums
144: Community Forums
145: Community Forums
146: Community Forums
147: Photo Gallery
148: Community Forums
149: Community Forums
150: Member Screenshots
151: Home
152: Community Forums
153: Photo Gallery
154: Member Screenshots
155: Community Forums
156: Member Screenshots
157: Photo Gallery
158: Photo Gallery
159: Downloads
160: Photo Gallery
161: Member Screenshots
162: Photo Gallery
163: Community Forums
164: Downloads
165: Member Screenshots
166: Home
167: Home
168: Downloads
169: Photo Gallery
170: Photo Gallery
171: Member Screenshots
172: Home
173: Member Screenshots
174: Photo Gallery
175: Community Forums
176: Home
177: Photo Gallery
178: Member Screenshots
179: Photo Gallery
180: Community Forums
181: Downloads
182: Photo Gallery
183: News Archive
184: Home
185: Home
186: Downloads
187: Community Forums
188: Downloads
189: Downloads
190: Photo Gallery
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Photo Gallery
194: Community Forums
195: Home
196: Photo Gallery
197: News Archive
198: Statistics
199: Home
200: Member Screenshots
201: Photo Gallery
202: Home
203: Home
204: Photo Gallery
205: Downloads
206: Home
207: Community Forums
208: Photo Gallery
209: Photo Gallery
210: Member Screenshots
211: Community Forums
212: Photo Gallery
213: Community Forums
214: Member Screenshots
215: Home
216: Member Screenshots
217: Statistics
218: Member Screenshots
219: Photo Gallery
220: Statistics
221: Home
222: Member Screenshots
223: Member Screenshots
224: Community Forums
225: Home
226: Home
227: Photo Gallery
228: Your Account
229: Member Screenshots
230: Photo Gallery
231: Member Screenshots
232: Downloads
233: Community Forums
234: Photo Gallery
235: Statistics
236: Member Screenshots
237: Member Screenshots
238: Community Forums
239: Photo Gallery
240: Community Forums
241: Photo Gallery
242: Member Screenshots
243: Community Forums
244: Home
245: Home
246: Home
247: Member Screenshots
248: Member Screenshots
249: Member Screenshots
250: Member Screenshots
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Member Screenshots
254: Community Forums
255: Home
256: Home
257: Member Screenshots
258: Member Screenshots
259: Home
260: Downloads
261: Downloads
262: Community Forums
263: Member Screenshots
264: Member Screenshots
265: Home
266: Photo Gallery
267: Photo Gallery
268: Home
269: Community Forums
270: Home
271: News
272: Home
273: Member Screenshots
274: Statistics
275: Community Forums
276: Member Screenshots
277: Photo Gallery
278: Community Forums
279: Community Forums
280: Photo Gallery
281: Community Forums
282: Member Screenshots
283: Community Forums
284: Photo Gallery
285: Home
286: Photo Gallery
287: Downloads
288: News Archive
289: Member Screenshots
290: Member Screenshots
291: Community Forums
292: News Archive
293: Photo Gallery
294: Home
295: Downloads
296: Photo Gallery
297: Home
298: Community Forums
299: Member Screenshots
300: Community Forums
301: Home
302: Home
303: Community Forums
304: Statistics
305: Community Forums
306: Member Screenshots
307: Community Forums
308: Member Screenshots
309: Home
310: Photo Gallery
311: Statistics
312: Member Screenshots
313: Photo Gallery
314: Statistics
315: Member Screenshots
316: Photo Gallery
317: Community Forums
318: Photo Gallery
319: Home
320: Member Screenshots
321: Member Screenshots

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery
A forum dedicated for the discussion of all kinds of artillery topics.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Artillery Forum

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:16 pm
Post subject: Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery

Hi All,

We’ve added a gallery of photos of this M1902 3” Gun that I stumbled upon in New Bedford, MA.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...718_W273mh





Back to top
View user's profile
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:31 pm
Post subject: Re: Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery

Question: Is this not the same type of gun located on the campus of Oak Ridge Military Academy? Pictured with it's caisson.

www.waymarking.com/way...on_Caisson

Click link and small pics to enlarge.

Back in '66, this gun (without caisson) got wheeled during the hours of darkness a few hundred yards down the road and left in the Commandant of Cadets front yard, but I wouldn't know anything about that.... Rolling Eyes

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
lovett155
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jun 14, 2007
Posts: 65
Location: Falls Church/Washington DC
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:19 am
Post subject: Re: Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery

The Oak Ridge 3-Inch M 1902 is not pictured with a Caisson. This is a Limber. A Caisson is only towed behind limbers and is the main ammunition carrier for the field piece. A limber is what the six horse team hooks to in order to tow both guns and caissons.

R/

Ralph Lovett

_________________
lovett155
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:31 pm
Post subject: Re: Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery

- lovett155
The Oak Ridge 3-Inch M 1902 is not pictured with a Caisson. This is a Limber. A Caisson is only towed behind limbers and is the main ammunition carrier for the field piece. A limber is what the six horse team hooks to in order to tow both guns and caissons.

R/

Ralph Lovett


Thanks. Can you tell I'm not arty? Laughing
Back in the '60's, there was only the gun, so the limber is an addition. I also see a note to the effect of a second gun there, but no pic. I may run by some nice day soon since it's only about an hour away.
That gun was fully functional as late as the '60's, and may still be. I've seen some buzz about ceremonial rounds being an issue now that the area around the school has been well developed. Back in the day, it was pretty remote except for the original community down highway 150.

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
lovett155
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jun 14, 2007
Posts: 65
Location: Falls Church/Washington DC
PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:01 am
Post subject: Re: Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery

I was just looking back over the photos of the Oak Ridge 3-Inch M1902 Field Gun Limber. This is absolutely not the correct limber for this gun. It is one of the Russian 76.2cm Field Gun Limbers that were imported a few years back. Notice the wheels have 14 spokes not the 16 of the US Archibald Artillery Wheel. These Russian limbers have been all over the place and have been frequently falsely advertised as German Limbers. (there is almost no similarity between this limber and any US or German WW1 or WW2 Era limber) This is the first time I have seen this Frankenstein combination on a US Field Gun. I know that someone was trying to make the 3 inch gun look more complete by matching it with the Russian Limber but it is about as correct as putting a piper cub engine in a P51.

_________________
lovett155
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:15 am
Post subject: Re: Bourbeau Memorial - 3" Gun - New Bedford, MA - Gallery

- lovett155
I was just looking back over the photos of the Oak Ridge 3-Inch M1902 Field Gun Limber. This is absolutely not the correct limber for this gun. It is one of the Russian 76.2cm Field Gun Limbers that were imported a few years back. Notice the wheels have 14 spokes not the 16 of the US Archibald Artillery Wheel. These Russian limbers have been all over the place and have been frequently falsely advertised as German Limbers. (there is almost no similarity between this limber and any US or German WW1 or WW2 Era limber) This is the first time I have seen this Frankenstein combination on a US Field Gun. I know that someone was trying to make the 3 inch gun look more complete by matching it with the Russian Limber but it is about as correct as putting a piper cub engine in a P51.


Correctness was almost certainly not a priority. I remember when there was only the gun (which was subsequently "secured" from movement"). This addition was probably an effort to achieve the same effect, lest some rowdy cadets get into more hooliganism (of which there were several examples...the temporary disappearance of an M1911 .45 from the arms room being one example. It reappeared upon threats of calls to the FBI being made manifest).

This was a 3rd Army ROTC school, with a very complete arms room back in the day...and unthinkable in today's environment. The standard arms for the cadet corps was M1 Garands...only the drill team had Springfield '03's, all dressed up with white leather slings and some chrome. There was a mortar in the arms room, too. Something on the order of an 81mm. Also a BAR and some Browning MG's. Only thing we ever fired was .22 target rifles on the rifle team...there is a range under the gym.

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Artillery Forum
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


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