SCW108 British 4.5" field gun?

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi

Is the gun here the BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun (only becoming available in the late 30s),



or the QF 4.5 inch Howitzer





Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[PeterRushton]

QF Howitzer. Like the 2nd photo.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi PeterRushton

Thanks for the reply. Now I can work out my artillery requirements  .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Sunray]

 Vic

The top image is correct for the 4.5" BL Gun introduced in the 1930s.  It shared the same carriage as the 5.5" - and the same "horns"- so is often confused with it. The BL 4.5 medium gun fired a 24.9 kg shell at a MZ of 685 m/sec with a max range of 18,745 meters

The second and third images are both of the 4.5 QF howitzer introduced as early as 1904.  It fired a 15.9kg shell at a MZ of 655m/sec with a max range of 9150
Source - Ivan V. Hogg Encyclopia of Artillery (1987, pp., 101-102)

Both pieces of ordnance have a role in VBCW.

Sunray out

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Dont want to rain on your pardae about 4.5"  gun, but not till late 41 at the earliest, and rare , there were roblems with the carrige apparently.


IanS

[Sunray]

VBCW is a 'fantasy' counterfactual period so it depends on the gamer how late he wants to play.   I have seen  'post 1919 Revolution' to late 1930s abdication crisis - 1940s being played.

The later games allow more WW2 stuff to be used which suits gamers who have these forces.   Nick even games a modern version using NATO troops

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