Artillery Pieces with an Identity Crisis

[ph0ebus]

Hi all,

A local park, Hoyt Farm, has two artillery pieces that I hereby call "Frankencannons", since they are labeled with both French and American tags, depending on which piece of the cannon you are looking at:

On the barrel:

On the carriage:

So, these are French guns on American made carriages?

The rear view:

Was mixing and matching pieces like this normal for this period?

-Daniel

[ph0ebus]

The other piece:

[ph0ebus]

[ph0ebus]

Interesting update: these two cannons are the same cannons I referenced in this thread, here:

Captured Great War Artillery

The original photo of these guns, at their previous location:

They were indeed originally in front of the Smithtown Town Hall, then moved to Hoyt Farm when the town was given the WWII cannons.

So, they are French 37mm cannons on American carriages.

The story of how these cannons came to Hoyt Farm is told here:

http://www.oldhistoriclongisland.com/hoyt_farm.htm

-Daniel

[ph0ebus]

Just checked the Passion Compassion site and these guns do not appear there, so I will email the site admin to let them know about them.

-Daniel

[trajan]

What fun! And in good nick as well!!!

Trajan