"British 5.5" Howitzers." Topic
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| Fred Cartwright | 17 Nov 2009 3:25 a.m. PST |
Would the British 5.5" Howitzer on the block trail carriage have had the same carriage as the 6lbr or the 9lbr guns or did it have a unique carriage all its own? |
| Chouan | 17 Nov 2009 3:38 a.m. PST |
It used the conventional twin carriage, rather like the style used by the rest of Europe, not the block carriage. |
| Fred Cartwright | 17 Nov 2009 3:43 a.m. PST |
Not according to Stephen Summerfield. At least for the RHA howitzers. See this topic. TMP link |
| Fred Cartwright | 17 Nov 2009 3:45 a.m. PST |
This is the relevant quote. Edit by me to Stephen's original intention! The Royal Artillery did not us the Block Trail for their 6-pdr foot batteries. The 9-pdrs were always on block trails. The Royal horse artillery always had block trail including the howitzer. This is common error to put the RHA howitzer on a bracket trail. |
aecurtis  | 17 Nov 2009 3:52 a.m. PST |
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| Chouan | 17 Nov 2009 6:05 a.m. PST |
Interesting. The last thing I remember reading on this suggested that a block trail was designed, but never put into production. |
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