new3.2 Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 I have a carriage plate for a 4.5 inch howitzer. It is marked: 4.5 in Q.F. How. Mk IL C&S ltd. 1918 REG N0 C29471 [broad Arrow] Questions- What is the Mark number? I can't believe it is Mk 49 using Roman Numerals. Who is the manufacture? Any information would be welcome. Thanks, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 I have a carriage plate for a 4.5 inch howitzer. It is marked: 4.5 in Q.F. How. Mk IL C&S ltd. 1918 REG N0 C29471 [broad Arrow] Questions- What is the Mark number? I can't believe it is Mk 49 using Roman Numerals. Who is the manufacture? Any information would be welcome. Thanks, Ken Ken, If you are referring to the Gun's Carriage rather than the 4.5 inch gun, with the gun being designed in 1908 by Coventry Ordnance Works and made mainly by Coventry Ordnance Works, and also by the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, along with some other manufacturers including Vickers. With regard to the Mk IL on the gun's carriage plate, using the alphabet, ' IL ' represented the 12th revision to the gun carriage's design, and there is a reference to a 1920's revision to the 4.5 inch Howitzer's Gun Carriage when rubber tyres were added this being Mk IR. As to the carriage's maker C & S Ltd., as yet, I have not found any reference to C & S Ltd. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 Have you a picture, this is one of my favourite items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 Is yours a field find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 Have you a picture, this is one of my favourite items. Great WW1 item. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 Is yours a field find? No, I got it from a bloke who moved on choice pieces of reclaimed scrap, I think I only visited to get an old fashioned tractor seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 9 April , 2015 Share Posted 9 April , 2015 It's A lovely piece TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new3.2 Posted 14 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 14 April , 2015 Hello- Thanks all for your information. Will try to post photo of the plate; and it of course came from e-Bay about 10 years ago. It goes with a 4.5 cordite container I got from an ambulance driver 50 years ago. It even had a little of that "fish line" in it. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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