“Guns & Gunners” (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Sincere apologies for the error on the “Artillery Waffenfarbe” in yesterday’s “DISPATCHES”!

My fault and my fault alone ... Already changed to the correct ‘red’ colour in the photos and the factory is making the necessary alterations to the assorted artilleryman – officer and gunners.

Many thanks to the “eagle-eyes” and apologies once more. Proof if any were needed ... that we are only human too!

Best wishes and happy collecting.
Andy

 

[Obee]

Andy,

those grey guns lined up too VERY good !!!!

The current policy of producing a separate gun and crew ( like the 25 Pounder and the recent Napoleonic) now mean that we are able to chose how many men we require to man the pieces,

AND in your lineup you only have the one officer, which is MOST fitting!!!

Well Done,

John

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Love seeing all the new items/soldiers in this combined shot. Most excellent! I know that there has been a lot of discussion re. the historical issue, but there are those of us who have NO ISSUE with it. I'm one of them. Well done K&C! :salute::

 

[Artillery_crazy]

I also agree with Obee on the choice of offerings for it gives us collectors a chance to assemble the batteries as we see fit in our dios, great flexibility......
The one thing I would ask you to look into is the size of the ram rod that you are providing the gun garrison with.
In modern field guns ,WW2 vintage guns included, the rod is/was used to ram the pojectile into the barrel, and then assist in ramming the charge into the barrel of the gun, it no longer had to be the long ram rods type of old with spongy material on the end to clean the barrel off and hence get rid of burning material and or other incandecent matter that could ignite the black powder bags of the next round....
Do look into that and see if you can fix the rod issue also before the sets go into market.....
In a separate thread a member has posted a picture and even a short video of the loading process that can be of great assistance to the K&C Team....
Cheers
Luiz

 

[Obee]

The one thing I would ask you to look into is the size of the ram rod that you are providing the gun garrison with.
Cheers
Luiz

Luiz,

like you I also noticed that ram rod and thought it a bit 'odd'.

When I served on the 25 Pounder Field Guns in the 1970's we were equipped with a long set of rods, but they were used for attaching a brush to clean out the barrel after sustained firing, after build up of material and so not used in firing mode.

Therefore while it looks out of position in this detachment, it could be correct, but I would have preferred not to have one on my gun line and maybe have a gunner setting a fuse?

John

 

[Phantom Warrior]

The type of ammo has an impact. The German 10.5 cm gun uses canned propellant. The can is ejected when the breech is opened. Guns that used bagged charges did accumulate more debris in the gun. The 155mm used a mid-length rammer and a longer rod with a brush head as in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3OeUaJ0qX4

Terry

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Yeap....
But that´s because they used bagged propellant not cased as is the case of the 10.5 cm German gun......{sm2}{sm2}

The type of ammo has an impact. The German 10.5 cm gun uses canned propellant. The can is ejected when the breech is opened. Guns that used bagged charges did accumulate more debris in the gun. The 155mm used a mid-length rammer and a longer rod with a brush head as in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3OeUaJ0qX4

Terry

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Hi John,
Very well said!
I fully agree with you...and a member of the garrison setting the fuse to the rounds would be the perfect addition to the set...The curious thing is that K&C already has such garrison member...it comes as part of the Coastal Gun Battery they released last year and it would be just a question of adding it to this set up handling a 10.5 cm round{eek3}:wink2:{sm3}
Cheers
Luiz

Luiz,

like you I also noticed that ram rod and thought it a bit 'odd'.

When I served on the 25 Pounder Field Guns in the 1970's we were equipped with a long set of rods, but they were used for attaching a brush to clean out the barrel after sustained firing, after build up of material and so not used in firing mode.

Therefore while it looks out of position in this detachment, it could be correct, but I would have preferred not to have one on my gun line and maybe have a gunner setting a fuse?

John

 

[BHogan]

Wonderful gun line K&C! It's impressive to see guns lined up like that. Werll done!

Ubique

Brendan

 

[bradleyl30]

Yeap....
But that´s because they used bagged propellant not cased as is the case of the 10.5 cm German gun......{sm2}{sm2}

Wasn't that what Terry was saying? Seems like that was the exact point he was making and listing the video as an example.

 

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Many thanks for your input on these upcoming Artillery Sets ... Following on from some of your points K&C are adding another 2-man set of Gunners that will be able to accompany this 10.5cm Light Field Howitzer.

The new set will have a gunner using a mid-length ‘ram–rod’ plus another gunner setting the fuse on a shell. This final set will appear, I hope, in the first quarter of 2017.

Hope this helps ... thanks again ...and best wishes,
Andy

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Hi Guys,

Many thanks for your input on these upcoming Artillery Sets ... Following on from some of your points K&C are adding another 2-man set of Gunners that will be able to accompany this 10.5cm Light Field Howitzer.

The new set will have a gunner using a mid-length ‘ram–rod’ plus another gunner setting the fuse on a shell. This final set will appear, I hope, in the first quarter of 2017.

Hope this helps ... thanks again ...and best wishes,
Andy

IMPRESSIVE

Terry

 

[bradleyl30]

Very cool, Andy!

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Fantastic!
Look forward to seeing them....and saving to the biscuit jar so as to purchase......
Cheers
Luiz

Hi Guys,

Many thanks for your input on these upcoming Artillery Sets ... Following on from some of your points K&C are adding another 2-man set of Gunners that will be able to accompany this 10.5cm Light Field Howitzer.

The new set will have a gunner using a mid-length ‘ram–rod’ plus another gunner setting the fuse on a shell. This final set will appear, I hope, in the first quarter of 2017.

Hope this helps ... thanks again ...and best wishes,
Andy