25 pdr photos

[spotter]

some of the different types of ammunition found for the 25pdr....as usual not best quality from an unknown source,why is it so hard to find good quality info on british stuff

 

[spotter]

 

[spotter]

a 25lb ap shot

 

[3in]

no idea , thats why i came to this site to.

 

[panther1]

Hello
There used to be an ammunition factory in St Marys Sydney Australia. As they were closing down I managed to buy most of their museum (long time ago now) but their working area outside was paved with new 25pr AP shot nose down in the ground. there was literally hundreds and hundreds of them. Got no idea what ever happened to them.

Iain

 

[armystuff]

nice rusty AP shot :tinysmile_tongue_t: very nice
Armystuff

 

[spotter]

that was condition it was found in Archie,even had remains of paint on the nose..sadly it no longer exists

 

[armystuff]

what colour would it have been i have some that cleaned up nice not sure whether to paint or not ? i saw one on another post it was white
should this one be green ?
Armystuff :tinysmile_tongue_t:

 

[spotter]

black body ,white nose with red band on the nose

 

[armystuff]

cheers for that i saw a paint brush lying around somewhare ?
Armystuff

 

[spotter]

On the right is the ap shot

 

[sprengcommando]

so many 25pd ammo...... this in inert all....:bigsmile:

 

[rflemangundy]

25

Irish still firing the 25 pounder away

 

[rflemangundy]

trying to attache photos sorry new to this

 

[Falcon]

Do you know where the ammunition for the Irish Republic's 25 Pounders is made?

 

[rflemangundy]

Irish 25 Ammo

Ya all our ammo is made by POF Pakistan .'Lidl' ammo as a Detachment Commander calls it!!

 

[Falcon]

I thought it would be either India or Pakistan, they are the only countries who still make it as far as I know.

 

[rflemangundy]

qf

Ya its def made by POF,, the guns are great our guns only have about 10% of the barrell life used like,,, need sandblasting to remove all the paint but after that there the business!!!

 

[spotter]

do you use the 25 for gunnery training or OP training or are they your main weapon

 

[rflemangundy]

25 Pounder

Varies,, we train on them when there available and fire maybe twice a year,, it all comes back to money,, ammo costs money and Ireland is in recession!!! Doin lectures on it today,,, What OP TA bty????

Fired with some ex Brit army not so long ago!!!