Remembering the Korean War - 70 years on

[Techno]

There are some familiar piccies there, without doubt, Nobby !

Cheers - Phil

[Sunray]

There are some familiar piccies there, without doubt, Nobby !

Cheers - Phil

Yes, that's the 41 mob doing what they did best.   You captured their professional  elan  to a tee Phil.

[sultanbev]

Helion & Company have just done a book on the Ethiopian Battalion in Korea:
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/emperors-own-ethiopian-forces-in-the-korean-war.php?sid=ae7a3517e7493841f392bea4c0b95e57

Mark

[paulr]

Kiwis in Korea







A short National Film Unit film on the Kiwis in Korea https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kiwis-in-korea-1951

[paulr]

Filipinos in Korea


A series of battles were fought over Hill Eerie from March to July 1952 by the Philippine 20^th Battalion Combat Team approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the more famous Pork Chop Hill

[fsn]

@Paulr 

That Kiwi 25pdr battery made ts way onto my table. 

[Techno]

Kiwis in Korea

How much do each of the shells weigh ?

I'm trying to work out whether I might just be able lift a full box of eight of them.
(When I was younger, anyway.....I'm sure I wouldn't be able to now !)

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That size it's a 2 man load Phil....

[fsn]

How much do each of the shells weigh ?

Sorry. Are you asking how much the shells of a 25pdr gun/howitzer weight?

[Techno]

Hi Nobby !

Really would have helped, if I'd noticed your reference to 25 pdrs. 

Answer me this, to clear it up in my mind, though.

25 pds......Is that the total weight of the shell......(before it's fired)....or just the 'nasty' bit that drops on the foe ?

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

25pds is the complete shell.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No Nobby, it's just the bangy bit, for referance a 105 weighs 30 lbs. There is a reason gun bunnies are big lads.

[Techno]

Thanks, chaps......

But that begs the question.....How much did the empty case weigh, if it had to carry 240lbs ?
10 ? 20 ? 30 lbs ?.....More ??

No wonder 'gun bunnies' were brawny lads !

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Phil - the projectile on a 25pdr is 25lb, the brass case is roughly 6-10  lb with up to 1 1/2 lb of cordite in it. The smoke/chemical shell and AP shot are different weights/masses, the carriers are lighter, and I think the AP shot is as well. The case is separate so that you can vary the charge to alter the range or speed up an A/T shot. If you look at the piccies you'll see that the NZ gun has no muzzel break, it was added to UK weapons for NWE to allow a "supercharge plus" for AT work. Near the gun position there should be a small fire to burn unused cordite, but cant see one in the picture of the NZ gun.

[Sunray]

. Near the gun position there should be a small fire to burn unused cordite, but cant see one in the picture of the NZ gun.

In winter climes like Norway , (and no doubt Korea) cordite was handy for lighting fires if the Bialaddins were burnt out or left behind.  Gunners would trade it for fags.  Of course at night such illuminations need concealed.  But you can create good black out with a few phoncos.  Once Hexamine was introduced it killed off the second hand cordite trade.

I recall as a boy visiting with my grandmother, an elderly lady on the north coast of County Antrim.  She lit her fire every morning with cordite from the wreck of HMS Drake.

In the Balkans in the 90s, Brit units were still using "Benghazi burners" when the No12s were U/S.