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TS Cornwall Redcliffs Christchurch
Caronade (Details unknown) Naval 4" MkXIX QF 1943 on Mount MkXXIII
7in-7Ton RML (Rifled Muzzle Loading) gun MkIV Royal Gun Factory 1873, Mounted Erskine Point


Sight of the Wairau Incident - Affray
Wairau Cemetary, Tuamarina
Skoda 75mm Howitzer (War Trophy)
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 )

Nasby Central Otago
Krup 75mm gun in park, Nasby town center

Linton Military Camp
105mm L5 Pack Howitzer
(16 Field Regiment RNZA Linton Camp)
5.5in BL Gun 
(16 Field Regiment RNZA Linton Camp)

Kopara Gate Guardian
12lb Armstrong, New Zealand Wars Relic
12lb Armstrong, Royal Artillery Museum, Firepower, Woollich Arsenal, London
 

Greymouth RSA
QF 25Pr MkII 1940
QF 40mm Mk1* Bofors 1942

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

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

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

Mt Pleasant 3.7in gun on fixed mount

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


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

Bryans Hill
(Rangatata Gorge)

The 6-pounder antitank gun
Gate Guardian

Cust, North Canterbury, War Memorial Guardian


October 2009

M101, 105mm Howitzer. I believe that this gun served as "E" gun, 161 Bty RNZA, Viet Nam

Cromwell, Central Otago


November 2009

Krup 75mm Howitzer dated 1917

Wellington, Carter Observatory


 



 

 

December 2009

Portobello, Otago Peninsulla

February 10

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

Rangatata Roadblock


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May 2010


Guns of Lyttelton Museum

 

February 10

 

Papanui RSA

February 10

105mm Gun Howitzer M101 ex 3 Fd Regiment RNZA
 

40mm Bofors on Naval Mount

       

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