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Discussion in 'Military History and Militaria' started by Hitch, Oct 28, 2005.
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Can anyone put a name to this Barracks, should be one of the Bielefeld barracks taken in 1938?
With the position of the Teutoburger Wald in the background I'd say it is (or rather was) Ripon Barracks. I spent 4 years there. Catterick Barracks has 2, 3 story blocks facing their square. The large block is what was to be known as block 10, the singlies accomodation, abd the 2 story building became the Sgts mess. I have a page on my site with picture in the late 80's and early 90's at http://www.spookyplanet.co.uk/14sqn.htm and here is a view from the main road outside camp (Detmolder Strasse)
In view are blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. I hope this helps.
P.S. I just remebered. My room was the top left window on the large block facing the square!
I passed the photo on to a mate of mine who is still living in Bielefeld and he came up with the suggestion that it's possibly taken at the old Kesselbrink Kasserne, just down the road from Mossbank Bks. The Bks were taken over by the Stadt some time in the distant past and are still used as the Stadt Finance offices.
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You can see the ridge in the old photo. If it was near Mossbank you would not be able to see it. If you look at my colour piccy you will see the ridge directly behind the camp. I'm 99% sure it is Ripon Barracks.
It may be possible Speedy, but the only blocks in Rippon that go perpendicular to the tall ones have completely the wrong windows in the atic. In your photo you can just see them and it has a single row of windows along the front. Not the individual windows in the old photo. I'm as eager to find the right camp as you, but I'm not convinced it's Ripon as to get the old photo you'd need a block on the third side of the square.
Further to my last..... Have you compared the comparitive distances for the ridge in the background? The one in the b/w photo looks a damn sight further away dispite being taken from higher up which should give the perception of it being closer.
Resolved! Its Definately Ripon Bks. Cheers to Speedy and especially Plant-Pilot for the footwork!
Now what about the Muenster photo???
Different barracks but still Bielefeld. Anyone know which barracks this is?
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Catterick Barracks?
That looks like the first block on the right as you drive into Rochdale Bks. It's the one that used to have the NAAFI in it and now is the home of the British Legion.
I take it you mean the Rochdale Barracks that used to be Mossbank Barracks (1 Corps Troops Workshops REME)?
It's definitely not the original Rochdale Barracks.
Yes, the camp that is now Rochdale Bks. The old Rochdale (near the fire station and PC69) used to be the Luftwaffebekeidungsamt before the British used it as an Ord Depot.
Yeah, that's right, it was home to 64 Ord Coy RAOC, who were the last Ordnance Company in the Army, I believe. The single lads in the Company had their billets in Mossbank Barracks, as was.
The old Rochdale Barracks was home to a fuck off Pet Sup depot and the RAOC Bakery, remember RAOC bread?
There were also several very large warehouses holding, IIRC, a very large part of the Compo ration holdings for 1(BR)Corps/BAOR.
And, also, home to a section of the Slime who were located in the Building to the right immediately after entering through the gate.
I was CQMS at 64, and it wasnt the last, 61 Ordnance Company RLC, Mansergh Bks Gutersloh was the last, (I left 64 to go to 61 as CSM) and the pic isnt the orginal Rochdale Bks.
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American 105-mm M3 howitzers shelling German forces retreating near Carentan, France, summer 1944.
105-mm M3 Howitzer, Serial No. 2080, dated 1943. Town Hall, 1 Main Street.
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(John Phelan Photo)Ayer Town Hall with the 105-mm M3 Hoitzer on the right, on 1 Main Street.
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German Great War 7.7-cm FK 16 Field Gun, Belmont Center First World War Memorial.
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SBML 24-pounder (TBC) Gun, mounted on a wood naval gun carriage, War Memorial standing across from the Belmont Lions Club.
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SBML 24-pounder (TBC) Gun, mounted on a wood naval gun carriage, No. 1 of 2, Belmont Lions Club.
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Gatling Gun, Model 1805, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta.
Gatling Gun. (TBC). Anthony's Pier Four Restaurant.
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Gatling Gun in the Halifax Citadel Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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42-pounder gun smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1845, Cyrus Alger & Co., Boston, weight 8,500-lbs, No. 2 of 2 being used as a bollard near Dry Dock No. 1.
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IX-inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, No. 1 of 4.
IX-inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, No. 2 of 4.
IX-inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, No. 3 of 4.
IX-inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, No. 4 of 4.
Eleven IX-inch Dahlgren Shell Guns being used as bollards at Dry Docks No. 1 and No. 2.
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Boston Harbor Lighthouse Gun, ca 1914.
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SBML 24-pounder Gun (TBC), dated 1700. Boston Harbor Lighthouse Gun, mounted on a wood naval gun carriage inside the Lighthouse Museum. In 1719, America's first fog signal, this gun, was installed beside the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island where it remained until the early 1960s, when it was moved to the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. In 1993, it was brought back to the island, where it is currently on display.
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Fort Andrews aerial view, ca 1932. At right are the three concrete gun batteries: Battery Rice (never armed) at top, Battery McCook (2 6-inch guns M1900), and Battery Bumpus (two 3-inch guns) at the extreme right edge of the photo.
Fort Andrews was created in 1897 as part of the Coast Defenses of Boston, Massachusetts. Construction began in 1898 and the fort was substantially complete by 1904. The fort was named after Major General George Leonard Andrews, an engineer and Civil War commander, who assisted in the construction of nearby Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. It occupies the entire northeast end of Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor, and was originally called the Peddocks Island Military Reservation. Once an active Coast Artillery post, it was manned by hundreds of soldiers and bristled with mortars and guns that controlled the southern approaches to Boston and Quincy Bay. The fort also served as a prisoner-of-war camp for Italian prisoners during the Second World War, who were employed as labourers following the Italian surrender to the Allies in 1943. Today, the fort is abandoned, and is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, as part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
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At the height of its armament, the fort had sixteen M1896 mortars in four pits of four mortars each. This photo most likely depicts Pit A of Battery Cushing at Fort Andrews. Fort Andrews' gun and mortar batteries as built were as follows:
Battery Cushing with eight 12-inch M1890 coast defence mortars mounted on M1896 barbettes; Battery Whitman with eight 12-inch M1890 coast defence mortars mounted on M1896 barbettes; Battery McCook with two 6-inch M1900 guns mounted on M1900 pedestals; Battery Rice with two 5-inch M1900 guns mounted on M1903 pedestals; and Battery Bumpus with two 3-inch M1902 guns mounted on M1902 pedestals.
In its heyday, the fort's armament was impressive. Fort Andrews was the site of one of Boston Harbor's two 12-inch coast defense mortar complexes (the other was Fort Banks), meant to protect the southern approaches to Boston Harbor. The two pits of Battery Whitman at the northwest end of the fort were initially planned to be the first two pits of a four-pit (16-mortar) battery, in a so-called Abbott Quad design. With a range of 7 miles, these batteries could in fact have reached both the northern and southern channels into the harbor, interlocking with the fire of Fort Banks' mortars.
As it was, only two pits (in a north-south alignment) were built for Battery Whitman (Whitman Pit A is the southerly one, with Pit B behind it), and two more, of a slightly different design, became Battery Cushing (built just to the east and in an east-west alignment). When fully equipped, these pits contained 16 12-inch coast defense mortars, able to bombard the southern approaches to the harbor with projectiles weighing over 1,000 pounds (450 kg) each. Three of the mortar pits are still visible. The fourth (the most easterly of Cushing's two pits - Pit A) has been partially filled with debris from the recent demolition of other structures at the fort.
The Boston press reported that when the mortars were test-fired in the 1920, they literally blew doors off of nearby barracks buildings and broke windows at the fort. Island residents also told of the blast from the mortar barrels igniting brush fires on the grassy slopes of the mortar pits.
In addition, the fort had two 6-inch guns of Battery McCook (and until 1917 two 5-inch guns of Battery Rice) and two 3-inch guns of Battery Bumpus in concrete emplacements at the top of the bluff northeast of the fort, overlooking Nantasket Roads (the main channel to Quincy Bay), the shipyards beyond, and (formerly) the southern entrance to Boston Harbor itself. The gun emplacements can still be seen, but they are seriously deteriorated and somewhat dangerous to visit.
Fort Andrews was constructed in 1898-1904, one of many forts of the Endicott program, including an initial seven forts in the Boston area. Fort Andrews was one of two Endicott period forts of this size in Boston Harbor, the other being Fort Strong, on Long Island, and after the demolition of almost all of Fort Strong's wooden structures in about 2005 to make way for a children's camp, Fort Andrews is the sole survivor of its type in Massachusetts.
In 1910 the four M1890 mortars of Battery Whitman, Pit A, were removed to provide half the armament for Battery Geary at Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the Philippines. In 1913 Pit A was rearmed with four M1908 mortars.
The First World War brought further changes to Fort Andrews' armament. In February 1917 Battery Rice's two 5-inch guns were transferred to Fort Story at Cape Henry, Virginia for an emergency battery. The 5-inch gun was withdrawn from Coast Artillery service shortly after the war, and these guns were never replaced. In August 1917, Battery McCook's two 6-inch guns were ordered dismounted for potential service on field carriages on the Western Front. It appears these guns never left the fort, and they were remounted in 1920. As part of a forcewide re-alignment, almost half of Fort Andrews' mortars were removed in early 1918. It was determined that attempting to simultaneously reload four mortars per pit was inefficient, and that a similar rate of fire could be obtained with only two mortars per pit. Also, many 12-inch mortars were needed as railway artillery for potential service on the Western Front. None of these mortars were shipped to France before the Armistice, but many were retained as railway mortars through the Second World War. The result at Fort Andrews was that Battery Cushing was reduced to four mortars and Battery Whitman was reduced to six mortars. For some reason, Pit A of Battery Whitman retained its four M1908 mortars. By the 1920s, Fort Andrews consisted of some 30 structures (see map at left), ranging from large brick barracks buildings that housed over 100 soldiers each to elegant officers' quarters and a 50-bed hospital. The fort had a radio transmitting station, one of the Army's earliest.
After the First World War, Fort Andrews was put on caretaker status ("mothballed"), and was brought back into action again during the Second World War. By the 1930s the fort's mortars were superseded by the long-range guns of Fort Ruckman and Fort Duvall. In 1942 the fort's massive coast defense mortars were scrapped, but its 6-inch and 3-inch guns served out the war guarding the southern approaches to Boston Harbor. In 1946, Ft. Andrews was decommissioned by the Army, and in the 1970s it was purchased, along with the rest of Peddocks Island, by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Wikipedia)
Boston Harbor, Castle Island, Fort Independence
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Aerial Fort Independence on Castle Island in Boston harbour, ca 1942.
(National Parks Service Photo)
Fort Independence.
(Chris Wood Photo)
Fort Independence, view from the water.
Fort Independence is a granite star fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston. Located on Castle Island, Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States. The first primitive fortification was placed on the site in 1634 and replaced in 1701 with a more substantial structure known as Castle William. Re-built after it was abandoned by the British during the American Revolution, Castle William was renamed Fort Adams and then Fort Independence. The existing granite fort was constructed between 1833 and 1851. Today it is preserved as a state park and fires occasional ceremonial salutes. Fort Independence was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. (Wikipedia)
Fort Independence Battery looking North East, four of five guns shown in 1941.
15-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 15-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), fibreglass replica, mounted.
10-inch Rodman, fibreglass replica, mounted.
8-inch Siege Mortar M1861, Fort Warren.
(Hal Jespersen Photos)
3.67-inch (20-pounder) Parrott Rifle, No. 1 of 2.
3.67-inch (20-pounder) Parrott Rifle, No. 2 of 2. These guns were used in the American Civil War by the Navy and were converted to breechloaders in the 1880's.
Bronze SBML Spanish Gun.
SBML 24-pounder replica gun from the USS Constitution.
SBML 24-pounder guns on wood naval carriages, USS Constitution.
(USS Constitution Facebook Page Photo)
USS Constitution underway off Castle Island for the 200th anniversary of her victory over HMS Guerriere, 19 August 2012.
Boston Harbor, Lovell's Island, Fort Standish
(Fish Cop Photo)
3-inch gun emplacement of Battery Williams at Fort Standish.
Fort Standish was a coastal fort completed in 1907 and located on Lovell's Island in Massachusetts. Named after Myles Standish, the fort would serve to host up to 7 batteries until it was disarmed and deactivated in 1947. It was also named Lovell's Island Military Reservation during the early part of its existence. It was part of the Coast (later Harbor) Defenses of Boston. Along with Fort Warren, Fort Andrews, Fort Banks, Fort Strong, and others, it was among the first modern defenses of Boston Harbor. The fort was de-activated in 1947 and in 1962 became part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Fort Standish was built 1899-1907. The gun batteries over its history through 1947 included:
Battery Burbeck, with two 10-inch M1900 guns mounted on disappearing M1901 carriages; Battery Morris with two 10-inch M1900 guns mounted on disappearing M1901 carriages; Battery Terrill with three 6-inch M1897 guns mounted on disappearing M1898 carriages; Battery Whipple with two 6-inch M1900 guns mounted on M1900 pedestal mounts; Battery Vincent with four 3-inch M1898 guns mounted on M1898 masking parapets; Battery Weir with two 3-inch M1902/M1903 guns mounted on pedestals; Battery Williams with three 3-inch M1898 guns mounted on M1898 masking parapets. Two or three Anti-aircraft Batteries mounted 3-inch M1917 guns on AA pedestals; and Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Battery (AMTB) 943 was equipped with four 90-mm M1A2 anti-aircraft guns, two fixed M3 and two towed.
(Library of Congress Photo)
10-inch Gun at Fort Standish, Boston Harbor, Circa 1918.
Batteries Burbeck and Morris were originally combined as Battery Burbeck, but were administratively separated in 1909. The 10-inch guns were the fort's main armament against enemy battleships; the 6-inch guns could fire more rapidly against cruisers. The 3-inch rapid fire guns were intended to defend an underwater mine field against minesweepers. One source states the fort was first garrisoned in 1909, and at that time the 10-inch guns had not yet been mounted and Battery Williams' guns were not on site.
After the American entry into the First World War in early 1917, the fort was expanded to include temporary structures such as quarters and additional storehouses. The 10-inch guns of Batteries Burbeck and Morris were earmarked for potential use as railway artillery but never left the fort. Battery Whipple's two 6-inch guns were removed from the fort in September 1917 for potential use on field carriages, but apparently were not sent overseas and were returned to the fort in April 1919. An anti-aircraft battery of two guns was on the island 1917-1923. After the war the fort's support buildings were reduced to three "permanent" buildings.
In 1920 Battery Vincent was disarmed as part of a general removal from service of its 3-inch M1898 Driggs-Seabury guns. Official plans of the fort indicate that Battery Williams was also armed with this type of gun, but the battery was not removed from service until 1946. Both batteries are listed with "BP" (balanced pillar) carriages; this was a retractable carriage used for 5-inch guns that was functionally identical to the "masking parapet" carriages that were Driggs-Seabury's patent. In 1926 Battery Weir was disarmed and abandoned due to beach erosion; it is possible that Battery Williams was disarmed in 1920 and rearmed with Battery Weir's guns, or rearmed from some other source. In 1925 two of Battery Vincent's vacant positions were converted for an antiaircraft battery of two 3-inch M1917 AA guns; a third gun was added in 1938.
Prior to the American entry into the Second World War in December 1941, the fort also included many new temporary structures as it had previously in the First World War. In addition, the fort's complement increased to around 800 men, including 14 officers and 4 NCOs. In 1942 the fort's 10-inch guns were scrapped; they were superseded by the long-range guns of Fort Duvall and Fort Ruckman, soon to be augmented by Battery Murphy at the East Point Military Reservation. Battery Terrill's 6-inch disappearing guns followed in 1943, leaving only Batteries Whipple and Williams active. That year Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Battery (AMTB) 943 was built, with two fixed and two towed 90-mm M1A2 anti-aircraft guns. Fort Standish's guns were scrapped and the fort abandoned in 1946-1947. The island was transferred to the state in 1958 and became part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area in 1962.
Boston Harbor, George's Island, Fort Warren
(Doc Searls Photo)
Aerial view of Fort Warren on Georges Island in Boston Harbor.
(Zandcee Photo, left, and AlexiusHoratius Photo, right)
Views of the sallyport or entrance to Fort Warren, pictures taken from the guardhouse.
Fort Warren is a historic fort on Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is a pentagonal star fort, made with stone and granite, and was constructed from 1833–1861, completed shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War. Fort Warren defended the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1861 through the end of the Second World War, and during the Civil War served as a prison for Confederate officers and government officials. The fort remained active through the Spanish-American War and the First World War, and was re-activated during the Second World War. It was permanently decommissioned in 1947, and is now a tourist site. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 as a masterpiece of coastal engineering of the pre-Civil War period, and for its role in the Civil War. It was named for Revolutionary war hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The name was transferred from the first Fort Warren in 1833, which was renamed Fort Winthrop.
(Zandcee Photo, left, and AlexiusHoratiius Photo, right)
10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), Fort Warren.
The fort was originally designed for over 200 guns, including some mortars and flank howitzers. During the Civil War it was armed with 10-inch Rodman Guns, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), and 15-inch Rodman Guns, (Columbiad, 15-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861). In the 1870s Fort Warren was upgraded with new barbette batteries on the parapets, and a six-gun external battery was added; these were armed with Rodman guns. From 1892 to 1903 Fort Warren was rebuilt to accommodate modern breech-loading rifled guns under the Endicott program.
Five batteries were added to the fort, replacing some of the older gun positions, as follows:
Battery Adams, one 10-inch M1888 gun mounted on an M1894 disappearing carriage; Battery Bartlett, four 10-inch M1888 guns with mounted on M1894 disappearing carriages and two mounted on M1896 disappearing carriages; Battery Lowell with three 3-inch M1898 guns mounted on M1898 masking parapets, Battery Plunkett with two 4-inch M1896 guns mounted on M1896 pedestal mounts and Battery Stevenson with two 12-inch M1895 guns mounted on M1897 disappearing carriages.
12-inch gun M1895 on a disappearing carriage, M1896.
The gun shown in this photo is in the "from battery" position, with its breech lowered (for loading) to a level just above the gun platform. After loading, the tripping lever (seen here slanting back and down from the front of the carriage) was released, letting a 9 foot tall, 82-ton pile of lead weights (the counterweight) descend into a pit beneath the carriage, and rotating the gun, suspending from the two massive gun levers, up and forward so that its muzzle rose above the parapet for firing. After firing, the gun's recoil was damped primarily by the two large recoil cylinders, one on each side of the top carriage, and also by the work of lifting the counterweight back into position, where it was held until the tripping lever was released again. The two long bars running back to the carriage from near the breech of the gun are the gun arms, which guided the breech during recoil and were used to elevate the gun. The bright white object at top center-left is the telescopic sight for the gun, covered by a protective tarp. The soldier sighting the gun did so from the catwalk on the top left side of the piece. From here he could control the motors that traversed the gun carriage and changed the elevation of the gun. He could also fire the gun electrically. (Wikipedia)
The two 12-inch (305-mm) and five 10-inch (254-mm) guns were Fort Warren's main armament against enemy battleships. For defense against smaller vessels, particularly to defend nearby mine fields against minesweepers, two 4-inch (102-mm) and three 3-inch (76-mm) guns were included. The 4-inch guns were a Navy design by Driggs-Schroeder, and in the whole US Army coast defense system only Fort Warren and Fort Washington in Maryland had this type of gun. Battery Adams was built of low-quality concrete and was disarmed and abandoned due to deterioration in 1914.
Fort Warren was the headquarters of the Coast Defences of Boston in the First World War. In 1917-1918 the four 10-inch guns of Battery Bartlett were removed for potential service as railway artillery on the Western Front. Contrary to some references, no 10-inch railway guns were mounted in time to be shipped to France for the First World War. Different 10-inch M1888 guns, including two from Battery Reilly at Fort Adams in Rhode Island and two from storage, replaced these weapons in 1919. In 1920, with the First World War over, several weapon types were withdrawn from Coast Artillery service. These included the 4-inch Driggs-Schrode guns of Battery Plunkett and the 3-inch Driggs-Seabury guns of Battery Lowell. The 4-inch guns at Fort Warren remained as display pieces at least through 1941. None of these were replaced.
During the Second World War, the fort served as a control center for Boston Harbor's south mine field, a precaution taken in anticipation of potential attacks by Kriegsmarine U-boats. At that time, Fort Warren was garrisoned by the 241st Coast Artillery Regiment (Harbor Defense), a Massachusetts National Guard unit that was federalized in September 1940. As new 16-inch batteries were built, particularly Battery Murphy at the East Point Military Reservation, Fort Warren's remaining guns were scrapped in 1942-1944. Fort Warren was permanently decommissioned after 1950. (Wikipedia)
(Hal Jespersen Photos)
3-inch Ordnance Rifle Model 1861 converted to breech loaders, on a stationary mount, likely used as a saluting gun at the fort, No. 1 of 2.
(Ten Twenty One Brewing Photo).
RML 4.2-inch (30-pounder) Parrott Rifle, mounted on a concrete stand, No. 1 of 2 in front of the Civil War Memorial.
RML 4.2-inch (30-pounder) Parrott Rifle, mounted on a concrete stand, No. 2 of 2 in front of the Civil War Memorial.
SBML 6-pounder Field Gun, Cyrus Alger & Company. 1838 S B I Co on the left trunnion, possibly S B F Co, referring to the South Boston Foundry, and CA PATENT on the right trunnion. The upper breach markings read "1 568 GT". This gun is mounted on a concrete stand and is located near the memorials at the northwest corner of Burlington Common in Burlington. According to the plaque affixed to the base, it was a gift from Samuel E. Walker, presented by Col. Wilford A. Walker, to Milligan-McKenzie Post 273 American Legion, 29 May 1957.
(British Redcoat Photo, left, CaribDigita Photo, right)
SBML 42-pounder Gun, 50 cwt, British Naval Gun, mounted on a naval gun carriage. No. 1 of 3. Town Common.
SBML 42-pounder British Naval Gun, 50 cwt, mounted on a naval gun carriage. No. 2 of 3. Town Common.
SBML 18-pounder Gun, mounted on a naval gun carriage. No. 3 of 3.
The three guns on display in the Cambridge Common near the intersection of Garden Street and Appian Way, were recovered from Castle William when the British Army evacuated Boston and abandoned the fort in today's South Boston. A stone marker by these guns has the following text: "THESE CANNON were abandoned at Ft Independence (Castle William) by the British Forces when they evacuated the City of Boston March 17, 1776". Castle William was an early fortification on an island off what is now South Boston and provided protection - and control - of Boston's inner harbor. Today, Castle Island as its now known as, is joined to the mainland by a causeway and is a park run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Ft. Independence, a pentagon shaped fort, stands over the spot Castle William occupied.
(CaribDigita Photo, left, Sswonk Photo, right)
Marker concerning General Henry Knox turning over these guns to General George Washington in a park along Garden Street away from Harvard University. These guns were brought to a hill at Dorchester Heights - now South Boston - and led to the British evacuation.
Cambridge, Fort Washington
Fort Washington, also known as Fort Washington Park, is an historic site at 95 Waverly Street in Cambridge. It was built by soldiers of the Continental Army under the orders of George Washington in November 1775. It is the oldest surviving fortification from the American Revolutionary War and the only surviving fortification from the Siege of Boston. Fort Washington was placed on the List of Registered Historic Places in Massachusetts on 3 April 1973.
SBML 18-pounder Gun, weight 30-0-17 (3,377 lbs), Serial No. 36, mounted on an iron seacoast top carriage, No. 1 of 3.
SBML 18-pounder Gun, weight 30-0-16 (3,376 lbs), Serial No. 40, mounted on an iron seacoast top carriage, No. 2 of 3.
SBML 18-pounder Gun, weight 30-0-13 (3,373 lbs), Serial No. 45, mounted on an iron seacoast top carriage, No. 3 of 3. These three guns on display in Cambridge Common near the intersection of Garden Street and Appian Way, were recovered from Castle William when the British Army evacuated Boston and abandoned the fort in today's South Boston. The three 18-pounders were among those over-age cannon that were removed from the original Fort Warren on Governor's Island, when a new Fort Warren was built on George's Island. Mr. Marcus Morton, of Cambridge, learned by correspondence with the Historical Section of the Chief of Ordnance in Washington, in 1942, that the gun carriages were cast by the West Point Foundry on the Hudson River, and he discovered in the city records that it cost the city $13.50 to bring these guns from Governor's Island to Cambridge. (Wikipedia)
Charlestown, Bunker Hill
(Chensiyuan Photo)
The Bunker Hill Monument stands 221 feet tall at Breed's Hill, the site of the first major battle of the American Revolution fought on June 17, 1775. Control of this high ground near the harbor was important to the British occupation of Boston. When colonial forces chose to fortify Charlestown, they bypassed the more dominant "Bunker Hill" and dug in on Breed's Hill which was lower and closer to the water. (Wikipedia)
(Author Photos)
Bronze Gun, "Adams Cannon" heavily engraved and severely battle damaged on the barrel, inside the Bunker Hill Monument at the top level. This gun has been part of the monument for more than 160 years. It is currently undergoing preservation. A matching gun called the "Hancock Cannon" also hung in that chamber until the 1970s, when it was taken to Metropolitan District Commission police station. The "Hancock Cannon" was turned over to the National Park Service, which had in the meantime become the custodian of the monument. The cannon then went into "preservation storage" at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Apparently these two guns disappeared from armories in Boston under redcoat guard in September 1774, and were then smuggled out of town to Dorchester by early 1775. From there they were moved to James Barret's farm in Concord, where General Thomas Gage got word of them again. The "Hancock" cannon is currently on display in the Minute Man National Historical Park Visitor Center in Concord. (J.L. Bell)
View of Boston Harbor from the top of the Bunker Hill Monument.
(Edward Bellamy Memorial Association Photo)
Bronze SBML Model 1841 6-pounder Field Gun, Chicopee.
Bronze SBML Model 1841 6-pounder Field Gun, N.P. Ames, mounted on a wheeled carriage. This gun was given to Chicopee by the Lavallee family, currently shown here sitting in a storage shed. In the 1970s, John Lavallee purchased this N.P. Ames 6-pounder from a New Jersey Arms dealer. The mustard-colored cannon was one of the few in the country that was in its original form, complete with buckets and plungers. The purchase included a carriage, limber and accessories. The storage carriage was made in 1864 by the Wason Car Manufacturing Co. of Springfield. According to the appraiser, it was one of only 15 privately owned cannons in the country. The weapon was manufactured in 1847 by the Ames Foundry in the Cabotville section of what was still Springfield. The cannon was brought home as a trophy of the Civil War by the founder of the Peekskill Military Academy. It remained in the school's possession until it was purchased in 1959 by Val J. Forgett Jr. of Ridgefield, N.J.
Concord, Minute Man National Historical Park Visitor Center
(Minute Man National Historical Park Visitor Center Photos)
Bronze Gun, "Hancock Cannon" heavily engraved, previously located inside the Bunker Hill Monument alongside the "Adams Cannon". The "Hancock Cannon". Apparently these two guns disappeared from armories in Boston under redcoat guard in September 1774, and were then smuggled out of town to Dorchester by early 1775. From there they were moved to James Barret's farm in Concord. (J.L. Bell)
SBML 32-pounder gun, 57 cwt, Navy Model, weight 57-2-22 (6,462 lbs), Serial No. 343, No. 1 of 4. Miles Standish Gravesite, Depot Road.
SBML 32-pounder gun, 57 cwt, Navy Model, Serial No. 344, No. 2 of 4. Miles Standish Gravesite, Depot Road.
SBML 32-pounder gun, 57 cwt, Navy Model, Serial No, 573, No. 3 of 4. Miles Standish Gravesite, Depot Road.
SBML 32-pounder gun, 57 cwt, Navy Model, Serial No. 575, No. 4 of 4. Miles Standish Gravesite, Depot Road.
East Douglas
3-inch Ordnance Rifle. Serial No. 317 (TBC).
(Mark Pellegrini Photo)
57-mm Anti-tank Gun M1, No. 1 of 2. Armed Forces Memorial Park, Huttleston Avenue, similar to this one at Aberdeen, Maryland.
(Author Photos)
M1 57-mm AT Gun (6-pounder).
57-mm Anti-tank Gun M1, No. 2 of 2. Armed Forces Memorial Park, Huttleston Avenue, similar to this one at the 1st Cavalry Divison Museum, Fort Hood, Texas.
Fairhaven, Fort Phoenix
RML 24-pounder Model 1819, No. 1 of 3. Mounted on a reproduction carriage, dated 1828.
RML 24-pounder Model 1819, No. 2 of 3. Mounted on a reproduction carriage, dated 1828.
RML 24-pounder Model 1819, No. 3 of 3. Mounted on a reproduction carriage, dated 1828.
SBML 24-pounder Model 1819, No. 1 of 2. Mounted on a reproduction carriage, dated 1828.
SBML 24-pounder Model 1819, No. 2 of 2. Mounted on a reproduction carriage, dated 1828.
(Millicent Library Photo)
SBML 12-pounder British gun mounted on a wood naval gun carriage. This gun was captured at Nassau in 1777 by the U.S.S. Alfred in the first combat action of the U.S. Marine Corps. There is an inscription on a brass plate on the breech stating the gun was taken from the British at Nassau in 1777 by the Colonial Ship of War Alfred. It was placed in Fort Phoenix in 1778. It was re-captured by the British and left in the Fort spiked and with its trunnions knocked off. The gun was afterwards mounted in Union Street for Village defence, placed here in 1883. In 1832 the cannon was placed muzzle down at the Four Corners. Around 1847 it was place back in its original upright position at union Street where it remained upon a pair of skids. On 15 July 1885, the Fairhaven Improvement Association placed the inscription on a plate attached to the cannon's breech. In 1950 the cannon was removed to the Southwest corner of the town hall lawn, then later moved to Fort Phoenix.
Fall River
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3397899)
German First World War 21-cm Mörser 10 (21-cm Mrs 10) , built by Krupp and dated 1917. City Park, Opposite Saint Anne's Shrine.
The 21-cm Mörser 10 (21-cm Mrs 10) was a heavy Mortar/Howitzer used by Germany in the Great War. It replaced the obsolete 21-cm Mörser 99 that lacked a recoil system. For transport it broke down into two loads. Some Howitzers were fitted with a gun shield during the war. As it was also intended for siege use a concrete-penetrating shell was also used. Unusually it had two spades, one fixed at the end of the trail and another folding one about half-way down the trail. 216 were in service at the beginning of the war. It was replaced by the 21-cm Mörser 16 also known as the langer 21-cm Mörser since it was merely a lighter 21-cm Mrs 10 with a longer barrel for extra range and other refinements.
Fort Devens, 94th Division Headquarters
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3336982)
British Ordnance BL 60-pounder 5-inch (127-mm) heavy field gun, Valcartier, Quebec, 1914.
(Ernest Brooks Photo, Imperial War Museum, Q13340).
British 60-pounder (5-inch (130-mm)) field gun at full recoil, in action during the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915.
Ordnance BL 60-pounder Howitzer, inside Fort Devens.
The British Ordnance BL 60-pounder was a 5-inch (127-mm) heavy Field Gun designed in 1903-05 to provide a new capability that had been partially met by the interim QF 4.7-inch 72 cwt Gun. This highly accurate heavy artillery gun threw shrapnel and explosive shells approximately 9,150 metres, a range that was later extend by munitions development. This was the Canadian army's main heavy gun throughout the First World War. It was designed for both horse draft and mechanical traction and served throughout the main theatres of the First World War. The BL 60-pounder remained in service with British and Commonwealth forces in the inter-war period and in frontline service with British and South African batteries until 1942 being superseded by the BL 4.5-inch Medium Gun. Two Canadian BL 60-pounder Howitzer batteries were still active on the Western Front at the end of the war.
(Sf46 Photo)
US Model 1905 3-inch Field Gun. Present in June of 2000, this gun has been relocated.
The M1902, a.k.a. M1905 3-inch gun (76.2-mm) was the U.S. Army's first steel, rifled, breech loading, quick-firing field gun. The features of rifling, breech loading and springs to absorb the gun's recoil and quickly return it to the firing position combined to improve the range, accuracy, and rate of fire of the gun, allowing it to be used more effectively in operations with infantry. These new capabilities allowed the gun to provide accurate indirect fire on targets not in a direct line of sight, which provided crucial firepower for infantry attacks. It was also one of the first artillery guns to have an armored shield to protect the crew from small arms fire.
The gun fired 3inch (76-mm) Shrapnel or Explosive Shells that weighed 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms). This was of a heavier poundage than the older guns, in its role, could cope with (the use of steel provided this benefit) meaning that the M1902 could fire a shell (when taking note of the use of tighter rifling) at a greater muzzle velocity at a greater accuracy than any other field gun of American origin to that point. It had a muzzle velocity of 1,700 ft/s (520 m/s) with an effective range of 6,500 yards (5,900 m), and a maximum range of 8,500 yards (7,800 m). The maximum rate of fire was 15 rounds per minute.
US M1897 75-mm Field Howitzer. This gun is equipped with rubber tires indicating it was modified after the First World War. No. 1 of 2. Similar to the photo of this one in the Louisiana National Guard Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.
US M1897 75-mm Field Howitzer. This gun is equipped with rubber tires indicating it was modified after the First World War. No. 2 of 2.
French 75-mm field gun being fired by Battery C, 6th Field Artillery. This gun fired the first shot for America on the Lorraine front.
The French 75-mm field gun was a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75-mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (French for "75"). Initially, the French 75 had been designed as an anti-personnel weapon system for delivering large volumes of time-fused shrapnel shells on enemy troops advancing in the open. After 1915 and the onset of trench warfare, other types of battlefield missions demanding impact-detonated high-explosive shells prevailed. By 1918 the 75s became the main agents of delivery for toxic gas shells. The 75s also became widely used as truck mounted anti-aircraft artillery. They were also the main armament of the Saint-Chamond tank in 1918. The French 75 is widely regarded as the first modern artillery piece.
The US Army adopted the French 75-mm field gun during the First World War and used it extensively in battle. The US designation of the basic weapon was 75-mm Gun M1897. There were 480 American 75-mm field gun batteries (over 1,900 guns) on the battlefields of France in November 1918. Manufacture of the French 75 by American industry began in the spring of 1918 and quickly built up to an accelerated pace. Carriages were built by Willys-Overland, the hydro-pneumatic recuperators by Singer Manufacturing Company and Rock Island Arsenal, the cannon itself by Symington-Anderson and Wisconsin Gun Company. American industry built 1,050 French 75s during the First World War, but only 143 had been shipped to France by 11 November 1918; most American batteries used French-built 75s in action.
The first US artillery shots in action in the First World War were fired by Battery C, 6th Field Artillery on 23 October 1917 with a French 75 named "Bridget" which is preserved today at the United States Army Ordnance Museum. During his service with the American Expeditionary Force, Captain (and future U.S. President) Harry S. Truman commanded a battery of French 75s.
During the 1930s most M1897A2 and A3 (French made) and M1897A4 (American made) guns were mounted on the modern carriage M2A3 which featured a split trail, rubber tires allowing towing at any speed, elevation limit increased to +45 degrees and traverse increased to 30 degrees left and right. Along with new ammunition, these features increased the effective range and allowed the gun to be used as an anti-tank gun, in which form it equipped the first Tank Destroyer battalions. (Wikipedia)
German Great War 7.7-cm FK 16 Field Gun, Patton Memorial Park, similar to this one on display at Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
M4A2 Sherman tank, Patton Memorial Park, similar to this one on display in the National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.
(US Army Photo)
37-mm M3 Anti-Tank Gun, No. 1 of 2. Park near the Town Beach.
37-mm M3 Anti-Tank Gun, No. 2 of 2, similar to this one in the National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The 37-mm Gun M3 was the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry with its size enabling it to be pulled by a jeep. However, the continuing improvement of German tanks quickly rendered the 37-mm ineffective, and by 1943 it was being gradually replaced in the European and Mediterranean theaters by the more powerful British-developed 57-mm Gun M1. In the Pacific, where the Japanese tank threat was less significant, the M3 remained in service until the end of the war. Like many other light anti-tank guns, the M3 was widely used in the infantry support role and as an anti-personnel weapon, firing high-explosive and canister rounds.
(Woodlot Photo)
57-mm Gun M1A1, dated 1942, at the Grand Army Memorial Hall, similar to this one at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, Forrest County, Mississippi.
The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, or just 6 pounder, was the primary British 57-mm anti-tank gun, in service during the middle of the Second World War, as well as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles. It was first used in North Africa in April 1942, and quickly replaced the 2-pounder in the anti-tank role, allowing the 25-pounder to revert to its intended artillery role. The United States Army adopted the 6-pounder as their primary anti-tank gun under the designation 57-mm Gun M1.
(David Pelland Photos)
Bronze SBML 12-pounder Gun, Hinsdale War Memorial.
Bronze SBML 12-pounder Gun, Hinsdale War Memorial, near the intersection of South Street (Route 8) and Maple Street (Route 143), dedicated in 1923. The cannon was used in the siege and battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
IX-inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, Serial No. 199, mounted on a concrete stand in a small park in downtown Holyoke. A plaque on the gun reads: "Dahlgren Shellgun No. 199, discovered in Springdale Park May 1979, restored 1979, mounted 1980, by Holyoke, Inc. Used as Broadside Guns on mid-19th Century Warships, these Ccnnons could fire a 32-pound shot 1,756 yards. Obsolete by the mid-1880's, they were given to communities for ornamental purposes".
(Remember Hudson When Photos)
3-ton Civil War Gun mounted on a wood naval gun carriage, Library Park.
3-ton Civil War Gun, Veterans of Foreign Wars Monument, Hudson Centre Common along Route 111.
These two 3-ton guns were brought from the New Hampshire Armory on Canal Street in Nashua to Hudson in May 1929 through the efforts of Harry Emerson. One of them was placed on Library Park and the other at the Hudson Center Common. These guns were cast in 1848 in a foundry near Boston and their serial numbers are within 2 digits of each other.
German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 field gun (Serial Nr. TBC), Hudson War Memorial, similar to this one at Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
3.2-inch breech loading rifle Model 1897. The barrel is marked 1895, No. 368 (868?), 796 lbs. trunnion marked - 3.2-inch, Model 1897. Veterans' Memorial Park.
SBML 24 pounder Gun, (ca. 1775 - 1815), weight (corroded), Serial No. corroded. No. 1 of 2, removed from Fort Adams in the 1980's. Fort Revere Park.
SBML 24 pounder Gun, (ca. 1775 - 1815), weight (corroded), Serial No. corroded. No. 2 of 2, removed from Fort Adams in the 1980's. Fort Revere Park.
USS Pivot firing its forward 3"/50 caliber gun,
3-inch 50-caliber Naval gun, Mark 22 Mod 0, dated 1942, Fort Revere Park.
The 3″/50 caliber gun in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (76-mm) in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50 = 150 in or 3.8 m). Different guns (identified by Mark numbers) of this caliber were used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard from 1890 through the 1990s on a variety of combatant and transport ship classes.
(Kerry Van Ham Photo)
German First World War 7.65-mm MG 08 machine gun, mounted on a Stand, No. 1 of 2. First World War Memorial, Corner of Route 3A and Green Street. Similar to this one on display at Taber, Alberta.
German First World War 7.65-mm MG 08 machine gun, mounted on a Stand, No. 2 of 2. First World War Memorial, Corner of Route 3A and Green Street.
The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in the First World War and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war.
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SBML 6-pounder Gun, Leominster Town Common.
10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), weight 14,980-lbs, mounted on a concrete stand, No. 1 of 2 in Edson cemetery beside the cenotaph,
10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), weight 14,980-lbs, mounted on a concrete stand, No. 2 of 2 in Edson cemetery beside the cenotaph,
This memorial, established in Lowell's Edson Cemetery in 1905, honours the memory of veterans of America's Civil War and the Spanish-American War. The entire memorial consists of a large granite structure, several cannons and anchors and a flag pole, all located around and near the final resting places of veterans of the two wars. The memorial is located inside Lowell's Edson Cemetery, having been purchased from the City of Lowell by the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Association in 1905 for one dollar. Originally, the granite monument that serves as the centerpiece of the memorial had the metal figure of a Civil War soldier mounted on top, but the soldier figure is no longer in place. (Wikipedia)
13-inch Seacoast Mortar, Reg. No. 1172, 1863, weight 17, 280-lbs, in front of City Hall. This mortar was transferred from the Portsmouth, NH Navy Yard to the city of Lowell in 1913 but not mounted until December 1915.
US Model 1905 3-inch field gun. This cannon lies in the center of a traffic rotary in Lynn, Massachusetts. The rotary (named the Donald J. Aliferis Memorial Rotary) lies at the entrance to Nahant, at the intersection of the Lynnway, Nahant Road, and Lynn Shore Drive. Parking is available off of neighborhood streets. A plaque in front of the gun states: "Freedom - Patriotism - Humanity. This cannon was used during the Spanish-American War and is dedicated to honor and commemorate the valor and patriotism of the men of the city of Lynn, who served in the war with Spain, Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition from 1898–1902, under the auspices of General Joseph P. Sanger Camp 15, United States War Veterans Department Massachusetts". It is similar to this one in the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick.
The US Model 1905 3-inch field gun, based on the M1902 was the U.S. Army's first steel, rifled, breech loading, quick-firing field gun. The features of rifling, breech loading and springs to absorb the gun's recoil and quickly return it to the firing position combined to improve the range, accuracy, and rate of fire of the gun, allowing it to be used more effectively in operations with infantry. These new capabilities allowed the gun to provide accurate indirect fire on targets not in a direct line of sight, which provided crucial firepower for infantry attacks. It was also one of the first artillery guns to have an armored shield to protect the crew from small arms fire.
The M1902/5 was used from 1905-1917. During the First World War, the Army used the French 75-mm gun instead of the M1902s, which were mostly kept in the United States for training. Very few of the M1902s were used in combat in Europe. They were phased out of active service in the 1920s. The gun fired 3-inch (76-mm) Shrapnel or Explosive Shells that weighed 15 pounds. It had a muzzle velocity of 1,700 ft/s (520 m/s) with an effective range of 6,500 yards (5,900 m), and a maximum range of 8,500 yards (7,800 m). The maximum rate of fire was 15 rounds per minute. (Wikipedia)
Marblehead, Fort Pickering
(Magicpiano Photos)
Fort Pickering is a 17th-century historic fort site on Winter Island in Salem, Massachusetts. Fort Pickering operated as a strategic coastal defense and military barracks for Salem Harbor during a variety of periods, serving as a fortification from the Anglo-Dutch Wars through the Second World War. Construction of the original fort began in 1643 and it saw use as a military installation into the 20th century. Fort Pickering is a First System fortification named for Colonel Timothy Pickering, adjutant general of the Continental Army and secretary of War in 1795. Today, the remains of the fort are open to the public as part of the Winter Island Maritime Park, operated by the City of Salem.
Winter Island at the time of English settlement in the early 17th century was an island separated from the mainland, held as common land by the Proprietors and used as a fortification and for fishing activities. The old fortification which was named Fort William then renamed Fort Anne (for then Queen Anne), was rebuilt around 1706 under the direction of the Royal Engineers who had originally been sent by King William III to fortify the colonies. It was known as Fort Number Two in Patriot hands during the American Revolution. In 1794, the City of Salem ceded the fort to the federal government and a new fort was constructed in its place. Major repairs to the fort were conducted in 1796 and a restoration in 1799. Later in 1799 it was renamed Fort Pickering in honor of Timothy Pickering, then Secretary of State of the USA.
The fort received its fourth military restoration in 1814. During the 1800s the island was used primarily for fortification and in 1864 the City of Salem again ceded the island to the federal government in support of the Civil War efforts. It was also called Salem Barracks in that war. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In 1994, the National Register designated the entire collection of cultural resources at Winter Island and Fort Pickering as the Winter Island Historic District and Archeological District. (Wikipedia)
(Mark Pellegrini Photos)
155-mm Howitzer Model 1918 GPF, dated 1919. The breech is marked A.B.S. & PDY. CO. The left side of the breech is marked 155-mm Howitzer Model of 1818 SCHNEIDER. VFW Post 2425, U.S. Route 6. This gun was a copy of the French mle.1917 field gun in use with the US Arm and USMC to 1945. It is similar to this one at the United States Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
105-mm M2A1, Woolastook Museum, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
(Marlboro, Peter Phaneuf Photo)
Howitzer, 105-mm, M2A1, 1954. DPW Garage, off Route 85.
5-cm Panzerabwehr Kanone 38 (L/60) Anti-Tank Gun, aka PaK 38. American Legion Post 367, similar to this one at CFB Borden, Ontario.
The 5-cm PaK 38 (L/60), (5-cm Panzerabwehr Kanone 38 (L/60)) was a German Anti-Tank Gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG as a successor to the 3.7-cm PaK 36. This weapon was in turn followed by the 7.5-cm PaK 40. The PaK 38 was first used by German forces in April 1941
(Photos courtesy of Ernie Jones)
German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15-cm sFH 13), (Serial Nr. 7534), 1918, in front of Memorial Hall on the corner of School and Spruce St.
(Photos courtesy of Ernie Jones)
RML 4.2-inch (30-pounder) Parrott Rifle, mounted on a concrete stand, in front of Memorial Hall on the corner of School and Spruce St.
(Photo courtesy of Ernie Jones)
Cast Iron Smoothbore Muzzleloading Gun, strapped to a concrete stand, Confederate Army, in front of Memorial Hall on the corner of School and Spruce St.
Cast Iron Smoothbore Muzzleloading Gun, strapped to a concrete stand, also in front of Memorial Hall on the corner of School and Spruce St.
(Magicfingers Photo)
(Daderot Photos)
4.7-inch Gun M1906, weight 2,665 lbs, Serial No. 379, RBH, built by the Northwestern Ordnance Co., mounted on Carriage Serial No. 700, built by the Studebaker Corp 1918.
20-pounder Parrott Rifle (TBC) mounted on a granite stand in front of the Civil War memorial near the center of town.
(Hlj Photos)
Bronze SBML Model 1857 Light 12 Pounder Gun Howitzer "Napoleon", Ames No. 65, No. 1 of 4. Town Square.
Bronze SBML Model 1857 Light 12 Pounder Gun Howitzer "Napoleon", Revere No. 100, No. 2 of 4. Town Square.
Bronze SBML Model 1857 Light 12 Pounder Gun Howitzer "Napoleon", Revere No. 293, No. 3 of 4. Town Square.
Bronze SBML Model 1857 Light 12 Pounder Gun Howitzer "Napoleon", Revere No. 296, No. 4 of 4. Town Square.
M3 105-mm Howitzer. Town Square.
New Bedford, Fort Rodman
(Marc N. Belanger Photo)
Fort Rodman, New Bedford, Fort Taber District or the Fort at Clark's Point is a historic American Civil War-era military fort on Wharf Road within the former Fort Rodman Military Reservation in New Bedford. The fort is now part of Fort Taber Park, a 47-acre town park located at Clark's Point. Fort Taber was an earthwork built nearby with city resources and garrisoned 1861-1863 until Fort Rodman was ready for service.
After the Civil War began in April 1861, it was apparent that the Fort at Clark's Point was still years from completion. Fort Taber, a small earthwork with six cannon, was built nearby with city resources and named after New Bedford's mayor during that period. It provided a temporary defense until the stone fort was garrisoned in 1863. Fort Taber is marked by a stone outline today. However, the outline's position directly behind the stone fort is probably not Fort Taber's original location. The Fort Taber name was unofficially used to refer to the Fort at Clark's Point for many years, even by the garrison in letters home, and is used to refer to the stone fort in some recent references. Also known as the Old Stone Fort, Fort Rodman (known as "Fort at Clark's Point" until 1898) began construction in 1857 under the third system of US fortifications. The fort as built had emplacements for 72 guns in three tiers. Construction was halted in 1871 and the fort as planned was never completed. (Wikipedia)
With new batteries being constructed under the Endicott program in 1898, the U.S. Army officially named the military reservation at the site and the fort as Fort Rodman Military Reservation, in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Logan Rodman, a New Bedford native with the 38th Massachusetts Infantry who died in the assault on Port Hudson, Louisiana in 1863. It was the primary fort of the Harbor Defenses of New Bedford. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The Endicott period batteries at Fort Rodman were built 1898-1902, with other batteries added later as follows:
Battery Walcott with one 8-inch M1888 Gun mounted on an M1896 disappearing carriage; Battery Barton with one 8-inch M1888 Gun mounted on an M1896 disappearing carriage; Battery Cross with two 5-inch M1900 gun mounted on M1903 barbettes, Battery Craig with two 3-inch M1898 guns mounted on M1898 masking parapets; Battery Gaston with two 3-inch M1898 guns mounted on M1898 masking parapets; Battery Milliken with two 12-inch M1895 guns mounted on M1917 long-range barbettes; and one un-named Battery with two 155-mm M1918 towed guns set on Panama mountes.
Battery Walcott was named for William H. Walcott of the 17th US Infantry in the Civil War. Battery Barton was named for William Barton of the Revolutionary War. Battery Cross was named for Charles E. Cross, an engineer officer killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg in the Civil War. Battery Craig was named for Presley O. Craig, 2nd US Artillery, killed at the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Battery Gaston was named for William Gaston, 1st US Dragoons, killed in 1858 fighting Native Americans. Battery Milliken was named for Alfred S. Milliken, an engineer officer killed in the First World War.
After the American entry into the First World War many 5-inch guns were withdrawn from forts for potential service on field carriages on the Western Front. However, Battery Cross's two guns were removed in 1917 and installed on the Army transport ship USAT Kilpatrick. They were returned to Fort Rodman in March 1919, and scrapped in 1921 under a general removal from Coast Artillery service of 5-inch guns. The 8-inch guns of Batteries Walcott and Barton were dismounted for potential service as railway artillery in June 1918, but were remounted later without leaving the fort. In 1920 the Driggs-Seabury M1898 3-inch guns of Batteries Craig and Gaston were removed due to a general removal from service of this type of gun; they were not replaced.
12-inch M1895 on long-range barbette carriage M1917.
Battery Milliken was built 1917-1921 as part of a general upgrade of the Coast Artillery with existing 12-inch M1895 guns on new long-range carriages, initially in open mounts. Compared with disappearing carriages, this increased the range of this type of gun from 18,400 yards (16,800 m) to 30,100 yards (27,500 m). This effectively replaced the fort's previous 8-inch guns, but these were not removed until the Second World War.
In 1938 a battery of two 155-mm guns on "Panama mounts" (circular concrete platforms) was built at Fort Rodman. In 1940-1941 numerous temporary buildings were constructed on site to accommodate newly mobilized units. In 1942 the two 8-inch guns of Batteries Walcott and Barton were scrapped, leaving only the 12-inch Battery Milliken and the 155-mm battery active. Battery Milliken was casemated for protection against air attack during the war. In 1946, with the war over, Fort Rodman was disarmed and subsequently turned over to the Commonwealth.
Several additional small-caliber batteries defended New Bedford and Buzzards Bay during the Second World War. Chief among these was Battery 210 at Mishaum Point Military Reservation in Dartmouth. It had two 6-inch M1 guns in long-range shielded mounts with a large bunker for ammunition and fire control between them. It currently has a private residence built on it. A two-gun 155-mm battery was at the location until the 6-inch battery was completed in 1945, along with the harbor entrance control post for New Bedford.
Defending the passage to New Bedford between Dartmouth and Cuttyhunk Island were two batteries of 90-mm M1A2 anti-aircraft guns, one at Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation and one on Cuttyhunk Island, part of the Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation. These were called Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Batteries (AMTB) 931 and 932, respectively. The AMTB batteries had an authorized strength of four 90-mm M1A2 anti-aircraft guns, two on fixed mounts and two on towed mounts. An additional 90-mm M1A2 anti-aircraft gun battery, AMTB 933, was on Nashawena Island, just east of Cuttyhunk Island.
(AWM Photo 054026)
Towed 155-mm M1917 Field Gun employed in Coastal Defence, Garden Island, Washington, 1943.
Protecting the southern entrance to the Cape Cod Canal was a two-gun 155-mm battery on Panama mounts, replaced in 1943 by AMTB 934, at Butler Point Military Reservation in Marion. The Clarks Point Light stands on the parapet of the fort. Originally established as a freestanding tower, it was moved to the fort in 1869 because the fort's walls obscured the beacon from some angles. it was deactivated in 1898, but was relit in 2001 by the city as a private aid to navigation. (Wikipedia)
New Bedford
SBML 24-pounder Siege and Garrison Howitzer, M1844, used to cover blind approaches and moats around masonry fortifications, specifically the flanks of the walls, thereby earning the nick-name "Flank Howitzer". No. 1 of 3. Rural Cemetery.
SBML 24-pounder Siege and Garrison Howitzer, M1844. No. 2 of 3. Rural Cemetery.
SBML 24-pounder Siege and Garrison Howitzer, M1844. No. 3 of 3. Rural Cemetery.
SBML 24-pounder Siege and Garrison Howitzer, M1844, dated 1846, the muzzle is marked "112". It is on display in Peter Francisco Square.
US Model 1905 3-inch field gun, tube dated 1910, Serial No. 171, carriage is Model 1902 and dated 1911. National Guard Armory, Sycamore Street.
Bronze SBML 12-pounder "Insurance" Howitzer, dated 1847 on one trunnion, mounted on a Naval gun carriage. Located in front of the New Bedford Sewage Treatment Plant.
Whaling Gun, dated 1936, mounted on an iron pintle stand. This gun has an attached plaque that reads: "KONGSBERG VAABENFABRIK BREMSEN FYLDES HELT MED 2/3 GLYCERIN OG 1/3 VAND. DER MEDGAAR 3.2L. VAESKE." This gun is located in a small park within the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park.
RML 4.2-inch (30-pounder) Parrott Rifle, Naval Model, No. 1 of 2 in Cemetery.
RML 4.2-inch (30-pounder) Parrott Rifle, Naval Model, No. 2 of 2 in Cemetery.
(Author Photos)
German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15-cm sFH 13), (Serial Nr. 12160), in the George Washington Memorial Park.
The 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15-cm sFH 13) was a Heavy Field Howitzer used by Germany in both the Great War and the Second World War. The ability of these guns to deliver mobile heavy firepower close to the frontline gave the Germans a major firepower advantage on the Western Front early in the Great War, as the French and British lacked an equivalent.
M116 75-mm Pack Howitzer M1. This Howitzer is on display at the Northbridge Veteran Hall on Hill Street. Similar to this one at the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick.
The 75-mm Pack Howitzer M1 (also known by its post-war designation M116) was designed in the United States in 1920s to meet a need for an artillery piece that could be moved across difficult terrain. The gun and carriage was designed so that it could be broken down into several pieces to be carried by pack animals. The gun saw combat in the Second World War with the US Army (primarily used by airborne units), with the US Marine Corps, and was also supplied to Canada and foreign forces. In addition to the pack/air portable configuration, the gun was mounted on a non-dismantling carriage to serve as a field artillery piece.
(Author Photos)
German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 (15-cm sFH 02), (Serial Nr. 51), mounted on an American Second World War gun carriage.
The 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 (15-cm sFH 02), was a German Heavy Field Howitzer introduced in 1903 and served in the Great War. It was the first artillery piece to use a modern recoil system in the German Army. Some 416 were in service at the beginning of the war. Its mobility, which allowed it to be deployed as medium artillery, and fairly heavy shell gave the German army a firepower advantage in the early battles in Belgium and France in 1914 as the French and British armies lacked an equivalent.
(Swiss Federal Archives Photo)
German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15-cm sFH 13), (Serial Nr. 1860), 1917. The gun and mount were donated to the Town of Norwood by the Norwood American Legion (Post 70) in 1928. It is currently located in front of the Norwood Memorial Municipal Building.
Civil War boat howitzer on iron carriage.
SBML long gun replica, dated 1601 on breech, mounted on naval carriage. Plymouth Village.
Quabbin Park
3.67-in (20-lb) Naval Parrott Gun mounted on a concrete stand in the Quabbin Park Cemetery.
Bronze SBML Model 1841 6-pounder Field Gun, Cyrus Alger & Company, mounted on a concrete stand in the Quabbin Park Cemetery.
At one time these guns were located in Enfield. In 1938 the town of Enfield was disincorparated to make way for the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir. These guns and the bodies buried in the cemeteries were moved to the Quabbin Park Cemetery.
Navy 32-pounder Gun of 57 cwt, No. 1 of 4. Downtown Cemetery.
Navy 32-pounder Gun of 57 cwt, No. 2 of 4. Downtown Cemetery.
Navy 32-pounder Gun of 57 cwt, No. 3 of 4. Downtown Cemetery.
Navy 32-pounder Gun of 57 cwt, No. 4 of 4. Downtown Cemetery.
German First World War 7.7-cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7-cm FK 96 n.A.), Field Gun, (Serial No. TBC). Downtown Cemetery.
The 7.7-cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7-cm FK 96 n.A.), Field Gun, combined a barrel of the older 7.7-cm FK 96 with a recoil system, a new breech and a new carriage. Existing FK 96s were upgraded over time. The FK 96 n.A. was shorter-ranged, but lighter than the French Canon de 75-mm modèle 1897 or the British Ordnance QF 18-pounder Field Gun as the Germans placed a premium on mobility, which served them well during the early stages of the Great War. However, once the front had become static the greater rate of fire of the French guns and the heavier shells fired by the British guns put the Germans at a disadvantage. The Germans countered this by developing the longer-ranged, but heavier 7.7-cm FK 16.
As with most Guns of its era the FK 96 n.A. had seats for two crewmen mounted on its splinter shield. Guns taken into service by Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia upon independence in 1919 served until replaced during the 1930s.
US Gunners manning a 37-mm AA Gun in the Solomon Islands area, 1942.
37-mm anti-aircraft gun M1 mounted on an M3 carriage, Serial No. 2385, dated 1942. Gilbert Memorial Square in Squantum.
The 37-mm Gun M1 was an anti-aircraft auto-cannon developed in the United States and used by the US Army in the Second World War.
(Jonathan Skaarup Photos)
4.7-inch Field Gun Model 1906 M1, made at the Watervleit Arsenal, dated 1918. Serial No. 120. Corner of Moulton Street (Route 118) and Bay State Road opposite American Legion Post 308.
The 4.7-inch Field Gun M1906 was designed and issued by the US Army Ordnance Department in 1906. The design was orthodox for its time with a box trail and hydro spring recoil system. When the United States entered the First World War 60 had been produced and issued to the army. Once the US entered the First World War the US Army came under pressure to adopt French artillery systems and the 4.7-inch Field Gun was re-chambered to fire French 120-mm ammunition. The switch to French 120-mm ammunition eased logistical problems due to the availability of French ammunition. However the decision to change ammunition upset production and only 16 new pieces were finished before the end of the war.
SBML 24-pounder Carronade with trunnons ca. early 1800s, No. 1 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.
SBML 24-pounder Carronade with trunnons ca. early 1800s, No. 2 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.
SBML field artillery piece of late 18th early 19th century vintage, No. 1 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.
75-mm Pack Howitzer M1A4. 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Civil War Monument.
Bronze SBML Model 1841 6-pounder Field Gun, muzzle down embedded in the ground, No. 1 of 2 near the monument to the Civil War. Greenlawn Cemetery.
Bronze SBML Model 1841 6-pounder Field Gun, muzzle down embedded in the ground, No. 2 of 2 near the monument to the Civil War. Greenlawn Cemetery.
Bronze SBML Gun, possibly Spanish, No. 1 of 2. Greenlawn Cemetery.
Salem, Fort Lee
Fort Lee is a historic American Revolutionary War fort in Salem, Massachusetts. The site, located at a high point next to Fort Avenue on Salem Neck, is a relatively rare fortification from that period whose remains are relatively unaltered. Although there is some documentary evidence that the Neck was fortified as early as the 17th century, the earthworks built in 1776 are the first clear evidence of the site's military use. The site, of which only overgrown earthworks survive, was repaired at the time of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, but was not substantially modified in those times, or overbuilt with more modern fortifications.
The property was federalized in 1867, and transferred to the City of Salem in 1922. The site was briefly rehabilitated at the time of the United States bicentennial in 1976, with trails and interpretive signs, but these were later removed, and the site has again become overgrown. The fort site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. (Wikipedia)
3-inch Ordnance Rifle Model 1861. Serial No. 104 (TBC). Heritage Plantation.
SBML replica Gun, mounted on a wooden naval gun carriage. This gun came from the U.S.S. Constitution (made for the ship's restoration of 1907). Scituate Federal Savings Bank.
German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15-cm sFH 13), (Serial Nr. TBC). This gun came to Southboro as a war trophy in 1919 and was restored in 2002. Town Common.
Federal Battery No. 4, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with 13-inch Seacoast Mortars, Model 1861, weight 17,196-lbs, during the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1862.
13-inch Seacoast Mortar, Model 1861, Reg. No. 1188, Fdy No. 1188, weight 17,124-lbs, located in St. Michael's Cemetery in Springfield, with a plaque attached honoring the brave men who fought in the Civil War. The mortar was cast at the Fort Pitt Foundry (PA) in 1862. There is an anchor insignia on the piece which suggests it was once used by the Union Navy. Located in the Springfield-St. Michael's Cemetery, it was placed there by the E. K. Wilcox Post 16 of the GAR. A newspaper article from 4 Dec 1902 states that this mortar was in the cemetery at that time and had been brought from the Portsmouth, NH Navy Yard.
The 13-inch Seacoast Mortar, Model 1861, weight 17,124-lbs, was manufactured between 1860 and 1864. They had a maximum range of 4,300 yards using a 20 lb powder charge firing a 200 lb projectile through a 56.5-inch tube. The mortar weighs 17,250 pounds. Since it was used by both the Army and the Navy, the 13" Union Seacoast Mortar was used in many different places during the Civil War. At the rear of the mortar is a plaque which reads: Honor the Brave. This memorial is here placed by E. K. Wilcox Post 16, Department of Mass. G.A.R, to mark the last resting place of brave men who in 1861-5 offered their lives for the honor and integrity of the nation. (Wikipedia)
(Joe Mabel Photos)
SBML 6-pounder (TBC) Gun in front of the Stockbridge Civil War Memorial, dedicated in 1866, on Main Street.
Bronze SBML Model 1857 Light 12 Pounder Gun Howitzer "Napoleon", No. 1 of 2. Park opposite library.
Bronze SBML Model 1857 Light 12 Pounder Gun Howitzer "Napoleon", No. 2 of 2. Park opposite library.
XI-inch Navy Dahlgren gun emplaced on Morriss Island, South Carolina during siege of Charleston, 31 Dec 1864.
XI-inch Navy Dahlgren gun (TBC), mounted on an iron stand, Townsend Memorial Hall, No. 1 of 2.
XI-inch Navy Dahlgren gun (TBC), mounted on a iron stand, Townsend Memorial Hall, No. 1 of 2. The Hall was erected as a memorial to soldiers who fell in Civil War. Since that time, the town hall also includes memorials to Townsend men and women who served in other wars.
(Author Photos)
German First World War 10-cm Kanone 17 (K17), (Serial Nr. 278). First World War Memorial, Town Common.
(Author Photos)
10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), weight 14,980-lbs, 1864, 15,204 lbs. 36. M.S. S.Mca.M. &Co. No. 1 of 2. Veterans Memorial, Main Street and Gibbs Avenue.
10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, Model 1861), weight 14,980-lbs, No. 342, 14,940 lbs S.CA.L. FORT PITT PA. 1865. No. 2 of 2. Veterans Memorial, Main Street and Gibbs Avenue.
Bronze SBML Gun, No. 1 of 2. Located in front of the Town Hall.
Bronze SBML Gun, No. 2 of 2. These two Civil War-era howitzers with relatively short barrels originally flanked the Soldiers' Monument. After the construction of the Town Hall, the howitzers were moved to their current position in front of the town hall. They are mounted on wheeled metal carriages and sit on concrete pads. The cannons are from the 1860's and were placed on site between 1907-1913. The howitzers were captured and recaptured by both the Union and Confederate Armies during the Civil War, and serve to commemorate the town's contributions to the Civil War.
US Model 1905 3-inch field gun, located on the old Town Common. Similar to this one in the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick.


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Discussion in 'The NAAFI Bar' started by countdokku, Mar 12, 2006.
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Can't...type...internal injuries...from laughing so
Vive La France!
If only the french had put as much effort into repelling the germans...!
Well done you much be the only Frenchman on ARRSE?
Vive La Belle Alliance!
PS: I think the Count is Scottish. I know I am.
PPS: We p1ssed all over the team that just p1ssed all over you!
Yep, trust a Porridge wog to side with the surrender monkies.
We got stuffed....... we at no stage in teh game deserved to win.
Time to have a massive rethink if we as returnign World cup winner wnat to stand a chance next time.
How did scotland get on in the last World Cup?
Let the Jocks have some fun. Must admit a couple of years ago I bought a Brazil top for the first game of the world cup because my missus at the time was a jock I know this has nothing to do with rugby
Absolute Arrse, There's only one thing worse than being seeing your national side being beaten in a sport you know they can excel in....and that is seeing them being beaten by France!
I don't support England often, but against the Argies or the French, they have my vote.
At least they didn't gift the French every try with intercepted passes and charged down kicks. I have to wait another two years before Ireland can give the dirty frogs good pasting in Paris.
Some needed steps.
1. Get rid of Robinson - he ain't what you can call an inspirational coach. Great backroom guy but not a leader with ideas.
2. Slim the forwards down to those that can handle a ball rather than the auto mindset to simply set up yet another ruck/maul. What use is all that extra weight if you don't have the ability to run with the ball? It was like looking at the 80s packs today - awful.
3. Start looking at some way to get the backs to run with the ball. When are the wings actually going to get the ball in hand going forward at speed?
4. Speed up the ball coming from rucks/mauls. So slow its ridiculous. French and Scots were given so much time to set up defensively.
Ain't going to do much until then against anyone with a bit of class. Ireland last game? My money won't be on Engeland
All good stuff, may require some fresh people in the game to take this forward though. Professionalism has in some respects actually slowed down the ability to produce fresh players. Re-building is what is required, tinkering around will only re-inforce failure.
Oh dear! What a complete shambles! I've rarely seen England play so badly, they deserved to lose.
I can't understand why they were in such rag-order, though. I've seen better pub teams.
(Still, at least the Irish team did us proud!)
Oh did Ireland win and no-one gloat??
Is that the best you can do? you got beat fair and square by a team that committed less errors than England. Scotland lost against Ireland I think its about time they stopped using southern hemisphere refs i honestly thought the ref spoilt any cohesion by being too officious he was looking for the players 3" offside, and it seemed to me(probably i am biased) only punishing Scotland for coming in from the side. etc. I said elsewhere for the welsh game they had a good Ref in that Frenchman( that hurt to say as well).. but even tho it is 2 weeks since we did beat you, i might as well gloat as you expect all of us too...
I'm Scottish but there is no way I want to see the french win anything. In fairness I think a decent Army side would of given England a good run for their money today, they were dire. Mind you, they would still of trounced the Navy.
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