The people I admire most do not play sport's for a living or act in tv or movie's. They rebuild old into new, Turn forgotten into unforgettable and remind us of our past good and bad. Nice Thumbs up!
100% IMO nothing feels better than fixing something that sat broken and unused for a while.. or even just fixing something broken… gain that knowledge and confidence
Thanks for uploading. This is the gun my grandfather was part of a crew for in WWII. He was in the South African army and fought at Tobruk where he was captured . He was part of the rear guard left to slow the Germans down as the rest of his unit and others escaped to fight again at El Alamein. Its good to see the gun in action even though the shots would likely have been fairly ineffective against the German armour.
IIRC, the 2-pounder (and it's 6-pounder brother) was a very effective weapon. Ultimately, tho, it was rendered obsolete as tank design progressed beyond its capabilities. That said, the 2-pounder remained very effective against most Japanese tanks encountered in the Burma / New Guinea / Borneo / Tarakan campaigns.
And Malaya Jan 1942 2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment (Australia) destroyed six of the nine Japanese tanks during the Battle of Muar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Muar
I am a retired "Redleg" - used to Chief an M102 for the U.S. Army. Love Artillery! - As a hobby i play a World War 2 table top wargame, and i am just interested in this gun. Thank you for sharing your hard work. Love it!
@ph0b0s compared to the 122 yes to the 17pdr no, not at all, the 8.8cm flak was horribly outclassed, at longer ranges the 8.8cm KwK 43 L/71 (tiger 2s gun) was better but horribley unreliable
Look up the Victoria Cross citation for (ironically named) British 2nd Lieutenant George Ward Gunn, 3rd RHA. His unit, equipped in 1941 with Ordnance QF 2lb AT guns (this gun) mounted "portee" on the back beds of trucks, was attacked in great force by Afrika Korps armour at Sidi Rezegh during Operation Crusader in the western desert campaign. They fought the position till all the guns but one were knocked out and all the other crew except one Sergeant were either killed or out of action, at which point Lt. Ward Gunn and the Sergeant continued to operate the last serviceable 2 pdr and were able to put 40 rounds down range on target (under very heavy fire) during which they accounted for 2 attacking tanks knocked out before Lt. Ward Gunn was finally killed. He was awarded the VC posthumously.
I love that little carriage. I've got a spare bofors 40mm barrel that I was of a mind to make a recoilless gun, but a 2 pounder like this would be quite fun...
The development of the 2 pounder was delayed when the ammunition originally produced in advance (562,000 APHE shells between 1934 and 1937) failed to achieve the war Department's strict criteria that at 500 yards 70% of direct hits on a 90 degree 25mm. face Hardened Rolled Homogenous Armour Plate target should penetrate. In other words 7 out of 10 hits should punch through enough to detonate on the far side. In reality it achieved less than 30% in hundreds of test firings. The 2 Pounder 40mm. APHE shell was a scaled down 47mm. 3 Pounder APHE shell, which was a lower velocity gun. This was a tool steel hollow projectile with a Hotchkiss Mark.IV. base mounted inertial impact triggered fuse. A similar arrangement was used with the serrated 2 Pounder HE shell. I happen to have one of these unfired 1934 pattern APHE projectiles in my collection, complete with fuse. It appears to have been an instructional prop for training gunners pre-war. During test firings it was found that the APHE shells either: (A) had the base mounted fuse fall out in the barrel during acceleration and become a separate projectile whilst the "uncorked" now inert APHE shell spilt its Lydite filling (sometimes burning) as it flew up the range. (B) the base mounted fuse fell out on impact with the target and the shell then acted like an AP shot. This led to later experiments of firing the projectile empty at targets. (C) the shell dug partially in an detonated without penetration, bursting backwards away from the target plate. (D) the shell detonated on impact just like an HE shell causing superficial damage to the target's surface. Both the 1934 pattern APHE and HE shells contained 1.89 pounds of Lydite explosive granules. It was also found that the APHE shell performed better without a filling or fuse. However the APHE shell still failed to meet the WD's criteria. This is when the British Army abandoned APHE shells and converted to the better performing AP shot (1937). Existing stocks of the useless 1934 pattern APHE shells were never issued for combat but were instead used up as inert target practice training ammunition on UK ranges from 1937 until 1960. Maximum penetration for various 2 Pounder 40mm. shot and shells before and during WW2: Versus Face Hardened Rolled homogenous Armour Plate @ 100 yards @ 90 degrees. Test target was a 25mm. plate and penetration taken from projected extrapolation method on judged successful penetrations of target plates over 100 hits. APHE = 46mm. APHE (no filling & no fuse) = 58mm. AP/T (Tool Steel) = 62mm. AP/T (Hadfield Steel) = 77mm. APCBC/T = 84mm. APCNRSV (Littlejohn Adapter with cast iron cored shimmed shot) = 103mm. Although available until 1943 when stocks exhausted, the 2 Pounder HE shell was shunned by tank crews and only found use with AT guns for anti-infantry and soft targets.
This was a great design. The deployment method was very rapid, and it was pretty decent on early Axis Armour, and fine (like the American 37mm m3) for the duration of the war in the Pacific.
I like what this guys doing restoring old guns me and him have the same passion I own several large guns my artillery consists of a ww2 American 114 155mm howitzer a British 6 pound gun and now to AA first up is my german 88mm flak cannon and a 20mm flak 38 vierling and british 3.7in AA gun
Swaged -bored adaptor gave it the ability to punch through front of a Tiger1 at about 90 meters ...side armour 150meters .....good for urban combat as the swivel mount gave it incredible range of fire ...quickly
British artillery was called either by the calibre in inches (2" mortar, 3" mortar, 4.2" mortar, 5.5" howitzer/field gun, 4.5" naval dual purpose gun, 3.7" anti aircraft gun, etc) or by a weight in imperial measurements (lbs - pounds) like the 2lb, 6lb, 17lb anti tank guns, the 25lb field gun, the 60lb howitzer, etc. The 2lb was equal to a 40mm, the 6lb was equal to a 57mm and the 17lb was the equivalent to roughly a 75mm gun.
Thank you Bob . There is a Trophy Cannon from the Spanish American war up at our Burial Ground . It is a 2 pounder . I have a lot to learn about the Gun , and know your 2 pounder is not the same as far as Ammo . 6 Mile range 1890 specs ? I can use your great Video as a step to learn more . And it is very entertaining !
Be it that the brass is rare, I would advise placing a brass catch to prevent it from hitting the rear stabilizer. That's where those rim dings are coming from. Cool toy.
Chuck Wagon depends on the state. You can't do this in all states. Also you can own guns in Canada. Hell you can buy ak47 more readily in Canada because the us banned any more imports from Russia.
Also you can own sports shotguns for trap and hunting in Britain and Germany just fine. Most of Scandinavian even Sweden permits high powered rifles. There's even a channel dedicated to long range sniper shooting in Scandinavian countries. It's better to know the facts than to just repeat 5hings because it makes you feel good.
@@quattro4468 AK-47s are prohibited in Canada mandatory 10-year sentence if you get caught with one I'm Canadian I know also all Centerfire rifles are restricted to five rounds all ar15s are restricted and can only be transported 2 government approved ranges to be fired our laws are f****** garbagarbage
I do love my country but there’s something majorly wrong with a nation that’s so obsessed with violence and has more mass shootings of innocents than any other developed nation on earth.
For a brief period of time (1938- 1941) this was a bad-assed AT gun. The anti-tank missile of the day. But then the German tanks to heavier and thicker.
You are a saint my friend and doing God's work! I've been looking into buying civilian owned artillery, for quite some time. In about twelve months time. I'd like to seriously speak to you about purchasing one. However if you only restore, do u know where I might be able to find a dilapidated version, that you could restore? I'm 100% serious and thank you for your time!
I'm curious. They were originally a 2 pounder. Then made into 6 pounders. Did the trigger operator still sit on them when they were made into 6 pounders? Seeing how it moved you with the 2 pounder is why I asked.
