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BenjaminLiottel · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 47

These pictures are often labelled as "A Carden-Loyd Mk.VI hauling troops and an anti-tank gun." But what type of gun is that? The mounting seems too flimsy for a heavy-recoil weapon - which means it must be recoiless, but then what's up with the magazine? A recoiless magazine fed weapon?

---Vil.

JimWeb · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: What type of gun is this ?

its an early 20mm oerlikon they were used by the British Army as anti-tank guns until the introduction of the 2pdr.

Cool

BenjaminLiottel · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 47

Ah! So i guess the large diameter of the barrel must be due to a cooling jacket - similar to the Finnish Lahti 20mm anti-tank guns. Very cool.

Was there ever an attempt to fit a Carden-Loyd with this gun as its primary armament? Sort of a very light Tank-Destroyer? There were quite a few Mk.VI's converted to Self Propelled Guns, usually around 47mm.

Here is a picture of a Swedish Carden-Loyd Mk.VI captioned: "Vagnen ÃƒÂ¶verfÃƒÂ¶rdes till ArmÃƒÂ©museum 1939 i samband med nedlÃƒÂ¤ggning av I 2. Den togs dock fram under beredskapen fÃƒÂ¶r att utgÃƒÂ¶ra plattform fÃƒÂ¶r fÃƒÂ¶rsÃƒÂ¶k med 57 mm rekylfri pvkanon (bakblÃƒÂ¥sare)." - I know no Swedish, but I am presuming this is an image from 1939 of a Carden-Loyd is equipped with a 57mm Recoiless gun.

(From the Swedish "Pansarmuseet" museum site)

---Vil.

Rikard_Hufschmied · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: Re: What type of gun is this ?

- BenjaminLiottel

Here is a picture of a Swedish Carden-Loyd Mk.VI captioned: "Vagnen ÃƒÂ¶verfÃƒÂ¶rdes till ArmÃƒÂ©museum 1939 i samband med nedlÃƒÂ¤ggning av I 2. Den togs dock fram under beredskapen fÃƒÂ¶r att utgÃƒÂ¶ra plattform fÃƒÂ¶r fÃƒÂ¶rsÃƒÂ¶k med 57 mm rekylfri pvkanon (bakblÃƒÂ¥sare)." - I know no Swedish, but I am presuming this is an image from 1939 of a Carden-Loyd is equipped with a 57mm Recoiless gun.

(From the Swedish "Pansarmuseet" museum site)

---Vil.

Translation: This vehicle was transfered to The Army museum in 1939 when the regiment I 2 was disbanded. It was reactivated during the war to serve as a platform for tests with the 57mm recoilless AT gun.

Cheers,
Rik

Dontos · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: What type of gun is this ?

- BenjaminLiottel

....Here is a picture of a Swedish Carden-Loyd Mk.VI captioned: "Vagnen ÃƒÂ¶verfÃƒÂ¶rdes till ArmÃƒÂ©museum 1939 i samband med nedlÃƒÂ¤ggning av I 2. Den togs dock fram under beredskapen fÃƒÂ¶r att utgÃƒÂ¶ra plattform fÃƒÂ¶r fÃƒÂ¶rsÃƒÂ¶k med 57 mm rekylfri pvkanon (bakblÃƒÂ¥sare)." - I know no Swedish, but I am presuming this is an image from 1939 of a Carden-Loyd is equipped with a 57mm Recoiless gun.

(From the Swedish "Pansarmuseet" museum site)
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Hmmmm,....That looks real familiar....( Mr. Green