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MarkHolloway
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
NATIONAL ARCHIVES PHOTO _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
Where is that? I'm curious.. And any idea exactly what type it is? Hmm, this should probably be on the artillery forum... Neil

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
I found it in the National Archives. Don't remember if it says where it was at. I'm mostly impressed with the truck! That gun is heavy! _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
its a 16in tube

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
Okay, I knew that... Sorry, I expect more from you armyjunk2... Neil

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:43 pm
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That was the quick answer.... I believe the pic above is from Fort Funston due to the date and that would make it Battery Davis

A couple of quick pics, these tubes weight 300,000 to 385,000 lbs depending on if its a Navy tube or Army, both were used by the army in coastal defenses. There were mounted in emplacements like these...

1 Rhode Island

2 Panama

3 Fort Funston, CA

4 Peakes or Peaks Island Maine

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
Never mind the finished product, I want to see the rifling cutter!

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: (Off-Topic) Now THIS is towed artillery!
Maple Leaf said: Never mind the finished product, I want to see the rifling cutter! I couldn't find a picture of the rifling cutter, but here's some pictures from "The Watervliet Arsenal", that shows the lathes that they used...

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