Interim Artillery Pieces (4.5 Mk I, 18/25 pdr, 17 pdr Pheasant): What Happened to Them?

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by TTH, Aug 26, 2018.

  1. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    I am currently working on odd artillery types, and I have a question. There were times during the war (especially early) when development and production of new guns got ahead of the new carriages, so until the new carriages appeared the guns were slapped on any carriage which would fit in order to get them into action. I am thinking here of the 18/25 pdr (25 pdr gun on 18 pdr Mk IV or Mk V carriage), the 4.5" gun Mk I (4.5" gun on the carriage of the 60 pdr) and finally the 17 pdr 'Pheasant' (17 pdr on 25 pdr carriage). Does anyone know what happened to these interim pieces after the newer versions with the proper carriages appeared? Were the guns remounted on those new carriages, were the interim pieces retained but used for training or other roles, or were the interim pieces simply scrapped?
     
  2. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    I am unclear on when it if the army ever had enough 17 pounders to "do a swap". I'm currently reading Gunners on Tour by Maurice Court and he seemed to have kept his Pheasant until it hit a mine in Italy which wrecked it.

    So... I wonder if they were retained until attrition got the better of them.
     

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