"Was the 13 Pounder Upgraded with Rubber Tires?" Topic
4 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Remember that you can Stifle members so that you don't have to read their posts.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Interwar (WWI to WWII) Message Board
Areas of InterestWorld War One
World War Two on the Land
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Showcase Article These "puzzle tanks" are good quality for the cost.
Featured Workbench Article Pete is back - this time, with early-war WWII Germans LMG teams.
Featured Profile Article At long last, the Stalingrad winners have been revealed.
|
Bunkermeister  | 09 Feb 2019 8:34 p.m. PST |
After WWI the US Army upgraded many of their 75mm guns with rubber tires. Did the UK or Canada upgrade their 13 pounder guns to rubber tires? If so, pictures would be nice. Thanks. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| bsrlee | 09 Feb 2019 11:51 p.m. PST |
The 13 pounder was on the way out during WW1, a lot were repurposed as early AA guns. I doubt that any got rubber tyres as rubber tyres were used for motorised transport and the 13pdr was a cavalry gun (still in use in the UK for ceremonial troops). Even the surplus 18 pdrs were not upgraded as such, but there was a Mk IV(p) carriage with pneumatic tyres and a split trail (it remained in service in the Pacific with Australian troops at least till 1945 in Borneo). |
| Dave Holden | 17 Feb 2019 3:52 a.m. PST |
The WW2 Fact File title `Light & Medium Field Artillery' by Chamberlain & Gander includes both the 13 and 18pdrs. However while it lists all the various marks of 18pdr with upgraded carriages and wheels, there is nothing to suggest the 13pdr was modernised. Both photos of the 13pdr show metal rimmed, spoked wheels. |
| Bunkermeister | 20 Mar 2019 11:12 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the info. Mike Bunkermeister Creek |
|
