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Gate
Guardians, Guns & Monuments
Dedicated to those public
displays of Militaria & Memorials
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TS Cornwall Redcliffs Christchurch
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Caronade (Details unknown) |
Naval 4" MkXIX QF 1943 on Mount
MkXXIII |
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7in-7Ton RML (Rifled Muzzle Loading) gun
MkIV Royal Gun Factory 1873, Mounted Erskine Point |

Sight of the Wairau Incident
- Affray
Wairau Cemetary,
Tuamarina |
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Skoda 75mm Howitzer (War Trophy) |
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Interpretive plate on Skoda gun |
Monument to Europeans Killed in the
Wairau Incident
(Henry Bomforth was a relative of
mine from Okains Bay, His brother was also present and lost an arm to a
tomahawk attack but
survived the massacre ) |

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Nasby Central Otago |
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Krup 75mm gun in park, Nasby town
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Linton
Military Camp |
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105mm L5 Pack Howitzer
(16 Field Regiment RNZA Linton
Camp) |
5.5in BL Gun
(16 Field Regiment RNZA Linton Camp)
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Kopara Gate Guardian |
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12lb Armstrong, New Zealand Wars Relic |
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12lb Armstrong, Royal Artillery
Museum, Firepower, Woollich Arsenal, London
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Greymouth RSA |
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QF 25Pr MkII 1940 |
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QF 40mm Mk1* Bofors 1942 |

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Cannakkle (Gallipoli) Turkey |
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9" Coastal Gun showing three
hits from British/French warships |

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Hokitika
& Kaniere |
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Hokitika RSA, 40mm Bofors & 105mm Howitzer M101 |
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24pr ML dated 1813, Hokitika riverbank, Originally
mounted Britomart, Auckland |
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German WW1 Krupp Howitzer, Hokitika riverbank,
Kaniere |

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Ranfurly
Central Otago |
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A 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Gun
(No details) |
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GENERAL DATA:
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Calibre:
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3.7 inches (94 mm)
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Length of barrel:
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185 inches (4.7 metres)
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Weight:
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20,541 lbs (8392 kg)
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Shell weight:
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28 lbs (12.6 kg)
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Rate of fire:
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20 rpm
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Muzzle velocity:
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792 m/s
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Maximum horizontal range:
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18,800 metres
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Maximum effective slant
range:
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12,000 m
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Ceiling:
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9,000 m
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Number in detachment:
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7
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Mt Pleasant 3.7in gun on fixed mount |

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Okains
Bay Settlers & Maori Museum |
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40mm Bofors AA Gun and Canon
(Details Unknown) |

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Kakapo Bay, Port Underwood,
Marlborough Sounds |
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A monument to John Guard, Early settler &
whaler |
Apr 09 |





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Portobello,
Otago Peninsulla |
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75mm Krup Howitzer. Only the barrel, breach, shield and axle are
original. A very good reproduction trail and wheels. |




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