18pdr

Hi, I'm looking for the dimensions of 18pdr crates from WW1 like the ones in these photos from the IWM. I believe the ones in the first photo are type C52. Does anyone have information about them or one they could measure? I intend to make some for a model I'm building. Many thanks, Ben

This nice little 18pdr was in a large collection we recently acquired. The base of the brass case has no marks anywhere. Judging by the lack of primer and un-fired condition of the projectile we were thinking either a training round, unfinished production item or maybe just one that got missed...

Picked up this little beauty the other day. This has to be the cleanest 18pdr I have seen in a long while. Not like the usual rusty ground dug ones doing the rounds. I would think this was picked up soon after firing judging by the condition and lack of corrosion.

One of the cleanest 18pdr shells I have seen in a long while. Must have been picked up soon after firing

One of the cleanest 18pdr shells I have seen in a long while. Must have been picked up soon after firing

One of the cleanest 18pdr shells I have seen in a long while. Must have been picked up soon after firing

This has to be the strangest item of trench art that we have yet seen in the shop. Its a WW1 18pdr shell made into a sprayer. Not sure if this was a wartime job or maybe some enterprising engineer made this in his shed after the war. Has anyone seen anything like this before ?

Unpacking my new WW1 stock in the workshop today. All the fuzes were removed for transit. Good job I made notes and labeled each part. Everything you see will be available shortly on my web site.