scrapyard ww2 25lb gun?

[mad_ideas]

found this picture while online and i thought it might interest you guys, i've been trying to work out what its from, its labled as a ww2 25 pounder but I’m curious as to what it is/may have been fitted to it certainly doesn’t appear to be a field artillery piece

Regards mad.ideas

[Adrian]

A naval piece?

[mad_ideas]

that was my first guess, but unfortunatly there arent any other photos of it to help out with confirming it!

[m3bobby]

Has no one saved it yet?

[mad_ideas]

not that im aware of

regards mad.ideas

[Adrian Stevenson]

Certainly not a 25prd: I say Naval too, but I have zero knowledge on Navy gear.

Cheers, Ade.

[davejb]

I'm thinking a coastal gun, the angle of depression does'nt look that great

[NickW]

Seen this before on another forum, some time ago - but memory failing me! IIRC it was naval, it is no longer there and the scrapyard was in Scotland and had aircraft parts including Bristol Hercules engines - is that enough to jog anyone else's memory?

[Battery Command Post]

It looks like a Naval gun to me, but a lot of coastal guns, and some AA Guns, were repurposed naval weapons anyway. There were 25-Pr naval guns, but I'm pretty sure that isn't one of them. It's definitely not a field gun as everyone says.

Whatever it is, I'm sure a full description is stamped on the breech. Where did you see this?

Rob

[davejb]

Just had a thought, could it be one of those side elevation guns, used just below main decks on large superstructured ships