18 pdr MKll basket

[Gspragge]

I've heard that these were used in the ammunition limber,
does any one have some clear information or an image.

 

[hangarman]

18pr basket

Cant supply a clear image but it does look like a: Basket, Ammunition, Mk2, tubular; fitted with 4 wood slats to hold 1 round. Will see if I can find a picture. Cheers Gary

Baskets being made by hand

 

[Gspragge]

This is certainly an interesting image. Appears to be more like a MK 1 (- presuming this, as the kind with slats is a MKll) without the wood slats those are listed in the 1915 Priced Vocabulary of stores Part two.
Cost is ; 18 Pr. 2 Shillings 7 pence , 13pr is 2 Shillings 5 pence each.

 

[frizzen]

I always understood the ones with slats were carried by mules to the front, hanging over the side of the mule. The wood slats appear to be braces to protect the basket from banging against the side of the animal. I saw an image of these being carried by mules but have no idea where the photo is now.

 

[Gspragge]

It has been suggested that they were used in the limbers and one image of an empty one would seem to support this. Of course I can't find it at the moment. But a manual would certainly clear this up.

 

[rnixartillery]

Here is a pic of my 18 pdr limber showing the baskets in situ, the rows of four are actually wired together with copper wire. As you can see I am short of these and currently looking for someone to make a few. Rob......rnixartillery

 

[hangarman]

Here is a page from the 1934 Identification List for 18pr Mk1-2* Guns on Mk1*-2R Field Carriages and Limbers

Hope this helps
Cheers
Gary

 

[Gspragge]

The one I have had a rectangular piece made up of layers of leather that was at the open end, and signs of something attached across from it. I think these had a leather flap that went over the end, this limber doesn't quite look like it would accommodate or require that? But an image of an Australian gun did seem to show that rectangular shaped piece, though I can't find the image now of course. So in what many images appear to be metal tubes in the limbers are really these baskets.