Big ol' milsurp
- Thread starter Timberlord
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NavyShooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- XMU Local .303
Looks WWI, German perhaps?
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- Location
- south stukely
yes,german,we have one like this in knowlton.i don't remember which model it was...
I too played on our artiliary piece in my hometown as a kid. Kinda looks like the same thing. Haven't seen it in years, so I can't be sure. Anyone from Essex Ont can help me out on this one. I'm talking about the one that sits on the front lawn of the town hall/police office.
Navy Gunner
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- Location
- Eastern Passage NS
Its too bad that all these old gems are rotting away in parks all across in Canada. A little TLC and that old gun could be restored and enjoyed for years to come.
Navy Gunner
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NavyShooter
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- Location
- XMU Local .303
The local artillery park (RA Park in Halifax) sends one gun per year down to the weapons shop in Dockyard for refurbishment/preservation. Last year they did their 6 pdr AT gun, this year, the 25 pdr is down for work. That way they cycle them through about every 10 years.
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When I was a kid, we used to go to Coronation Park in Oakville ON. We'd play on the big artillery pieces there. Well, one day, someone figured out how to release the gun and it started spinning around...a bunch of kids were on the gun like it was a merry go round and it was spinning pretty fast with more kids running around and turning it...probably dangerous but it was sure fun...till some dour guy came out and welded it up...
When I was a kid, we used to go to Coronation Park in Oakville ON. We'd play on the big artillery pieces there. Well, one day, someone figured out how to release the gun and it started spinning around...a bunch of kids were on the gun like it was a merry go round and it was spinning pretty fast with more kids running around and turning it...probably dangerous but it was sure fun...till some dour guy came out and welded it up...
I remember those! There was a 40mm BOFORS and (I think) an '88. I don't remeber them being anything but welded up (unfortunately). Next time I am home visiting I will go and see if they are still there.
Memories!
This one pointed up at about a 40 degree angle...yeah, it was just that one day of freedom...soon to be squashed...
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
That gun is lucky to have survived the WWII scrap metal drives. There was one in my hometown from WWI. My dad tells how some workmen arrived to disassemble it, and one guy started to undo the big nut on the front end ... when 25 years of spring pressure unloaded. The nut he was unscrewing fired across the street and lodged in the wall of the church.
If you want to be a nice guy, volunteer to the town to sand blast and repaint it for them. Maybe they won't write down your name and after the staff change over a few times, it will be yours.
If you want to be a nice guy, volunteer to the town to sand blast and repaint it for them. Maybe they won't write down your name and after the staff change over a few times, it will be yours.
The armoury in Moosejaw has quite a few artillery pieces and some old vehicles.
When I finally buy my quarter section I want to find an old but restorable artillery piece and have the end of the drive dialled in and if it is the WW2 German 88 I really want the local gas station and golf course as well.
You can never be to ready for zombies.
When I finally buy my quarter section I want to find an old but restorable artillery piece and have the end of the drive dialled in and if it is the WW2 German 88 I really want the local gas station and golf course as well.
You can never be to ready for zombies.
I used to play on some old artillery pieces in Dundrin park in Hamilton when I was a kid. One day I fell off one of them & tore open my elbow, still have the scar. They disappeared from the park & I thought they where scrapped. When I went to the war museum in ottawa, they it stood, the elbow mangler. At least it wasn't scrapped.
fat tony
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There was a 40mm Bofors gun in Kiwanis Park in London, Ontario. I don't know if it is still there back then (1989) it was looking pretty rough with apparently parts robbed off of it?
