Identify this

[JOED70]

My pick is this is a howlitzer 105 MM

[Davedog74]

in 1940 we only had 2 guns capable of hitting france ,they were 14.5 inch
they would of been in the dover area,they took out a german channel gun in france, aa gun sites were in fours or eights,in 1940 mostly 4.5 inch
pic 1 is whinnie ,pic 2 is a heavy aa site in essex with 8 emplacements i visited last year,still with wooden ammo racking(pic3)

[Korsakov829]

Originally Posted by JOED70

My pick is this is a howlitzer 105 MM

It could be a M114 but I doubt it. Its bullet shield and its long barrel, not likely to be a howitzer. I think it might be a QF 6. Did they think they could seriously hit a ship from that distance with that?

[winny]

Q.F 3.7 inch AA gun maybe? With a shield?

[Korsakov829]

Originally Posted by winny

Q.F 3.7 inch AA gun maybe? With a shield?

If its an AA gun its a crappy one at that. How does it point towards the sky?

[bobbysocks]

i will try to dig into this this week. but there is another option...it was a training gun or site. not far from where i live they used to train artillery troops and test guns....shooting them into the horizontal shaft of an old mine.

[Korsakov829]

Thats one way of looking at it.

[Davedog74]

i had a look,as korsakov said fly north along the coast until your wings are level with sandwich on the map,look down to the left its 100 yards in from beach,its tiny and broken
maybe a 2 pounder,i landed next to it,but screenshot wont upload (edit took camera phone shot of screen )