some artillary for you, very pic heavy

[angrysoldier]

here are some peices of my friend mike's collection. these are all legal and he is classed as a museum. enjoy!

an old ram tank minus its gun. removed to prevent theft

soviet 37 mm aa gun

soviet 45 mm at gun. shes pretty sweet. his friend imported 10 of these. i think he wants 5 grand each for them.

90 mm aa gun. found behind a fire hall in ont.

the breech end

soviet 76 mm. he has 4 of these i think from the former yugoslavia. nice eh?

ram tank, it was used as a snowplow in rural ont until mike found it. i think he is gonna trade it to the war museum and they are going to mak it into a kanaroo.

the man himself and his quad 20mm what a sweet peice. the gun that is.

14.5 mm hmg's he's got 2 of these but both are dewat.

collection of 20 mm cannons

one of his 2 british apc's

his m 48 tank turret. the 90 mm gun is laying next to it in the grass

not sure about this one but its some sort of mountian gun.

his 40mm bofors, he's got 2 of these. this is the one i cut my head open on.

his second british apc.

his amtrac, a little rusty but who else do you know who has one?

his 17 pounder, what a nice peice of kit.

and last but not least, i think its a soviet gun but it could be a jap gun. hope you like the pics! any questions just ask!

 

[Dr.Lector]

Thanks for posting.

 

[MapleSugar]

Nice pics!

I'm curious as to how one acquires museum status?

I'd like to set up a repository for all of the F/A guns that will likely get smelted down when their current owners pass on.

 

[angrysoldier]

im not sure, mike has been at this now for 30 years. id call your local museum and ask them. mike also has quite a collection of small arms too. i tried to buy his 14.5 hmg from him but he wouldent budge on it. price was no problem.

 

[Jwirecom109]

u think u can get that status and park a tank in the drive way?

 

[angrysoldier]

its not illeagal to own a tank, finding one for sale is.

 

[TheTooner]

here are some peices of my friend mike's collection. these are all legal and he is classed as a museum. enjoy!



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90 mm aa gun. found behind a fire hall in ont.
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Hmm, I left mine behind a fire hall in Ontario and when I came back it was gone ...

 

[scott585]

any chance that 17 pounder is for sale? also who do i contact to buy one of those little 45mm guns? any brass/ ammo available?

 

[sf]

Wow, your friend Mike must be loaded. I see half of a 6 pder next to the Bofor AAA.

 

[Alonzo]

Awesome stuff...somewhere in eastern Canada I assume??

 

[recce]

Neat stuff. I was the Transport Sgt when the Armour School got rid of the last of the M548 carriers in 05. Of course we had to make sure they were in as good shape as possible before they were scrapped. Seen a lot of FV 432 hulls and parts scattered on the ranges in Wain-hole.

 

[angrysoldier]

thats where the 2 apcs came from. but these 2 are runners. where are the m548's at now? sold for scrap or just used as targets somewhere?

 

[lawn gnome]

I think that mountain gun is Italian.

 

[tbhupe]

I miss my M113. I wish I could find one. Oh yeah... and afford it.

 

[Colin]

Great pics. the first one is a late Ram II, the camo AT gun looks like a Pak 37 not a soviet 45mm, going by the re-enactor behind it, I think I am correct. the quad 20mm is a Polestin mount, fairly rare and nice find.
the 4x4 appears to be one of 4 (?) Landrover 101 forward controls brought over for trials and fitted with a cab. The amtrac is a very early model and non-armoured, I will look in my books for the mark.
The British APC is fitted with the turrets that were made for the Vixen Scout Car to replace the Ferret, the prgramme was cancelled but the turrets were already made, so they put them on their APC's. One of the turrerts appears to be a early mark M60 US tank turret.

 

[angrysoldier]

Great pics. the first one is a late Ram II, the camo AT gun looks like a Pak 37 not a soviet 45mm, going by the re-enactor behind it, I think I am correct. the quad 20mm is a Polestin mount, fairly rare and nice find.
the 4x4 appears to be one of 4 (?) Landrover 101 forward controls brought over for trials and fitted with a cab. The amtrac is a very early model and non-armoured, I will look in my books for the mark.
The British APC is fitted with the turrets that were made for the Vixen Scout Car to replace the Ferret, the prgramme was cancelled but the turrets were already made, so they put them on their APC's. One of the turrerts appears to be a early mark M60 US tank turret.

the little cammo at gun is a finnish capture (soviet)45 mm at gun, the guy behind it is ith the group that is out of the pic to the right ( the germans). the turret is an m 48 and the 90mm gun is laying on the ground next to it. mike the owner of all of this kit is a major in the canadian artillary and knows his stuff quite well. the rest of the items you dear sir are quite correct on. the 45 mm at guns , i believe 10 were imported are for sale for 5000 each last time i talked to him and the m48 turret is up for trades if interested.

 

[The Kurgan]

Great photos, very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

 

[recce]

thats where the 2 apcs came from. but these 2 are runners. where are the m548's at now? sold for scrap or just used as targets somewhere?

The M548's went back to 202 work shop, probably to me made S class before being scrapped or sold to someone else. Not sure who would buy them though as they were beyond tired.

 

[Craig67]

There are a bunch of M113's, Queen Marys and M548s sitting on the old parade square in Farnham.

Waiting to be sold to Turkey ?

 

[AdamP]

I think I have driven by your friend's house before. Excellent collection. If I'm not mistaken he has a number of other military vehicles as well (trucks etc)?

Thanks for the pics!

Adam