Identification problem -- Artillery -- WWII ???

Hi Quid. Could someone have glued the gun shields on backwards?

I dug out my Arco Factfile of Anti-Tank Guns (c.1974), and see nothing like
that. The shield of the German 37mm AT was higher on the left side (if
behind the gun) by about six inches, nothing so dramatic as half again
higher. The Russians and Japanese copied the German gun shield for their
licensed copies of the Rheinmetal-Borsig 37mm. The Russians kept the
six-inch step on the left of the the shield for their scaled-up 45mm version
of the gun, but theJapanese simplified the shield design for their 47mm
version.

"Quid Veritas" <quidveritasNOSPAM DeleteThis @qwest.net> wrote in message
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> The shield has an upright extension on the right side (if behind the gun)
> and is almost double the height of the other side of the shield.
>
> mjc
>
> Quid Veritas wrote:
>> Need a little help identifying an artillery piece.
>>
>> Picked up a few unidentified 15mm guns as part of a group of figs. These
>> look similar to the German PaK 38 guns but they have a rather tall shield
>> on the left side of the gun. I have never seen anything quite like this.
>>
>> Is this some kind of Japanese gun?
>>
>> Any help with this would be appreciated.
>>
>> mjc
>>
>
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Just a wild hair, but could that be a British 6 pounder or the
corresponding US 57mm? I seem to recall that it had a second piece
that fits that description, though it was mounted on the axle, separate
from the shield on the trunnion.

Quid Veritas wrote:
> The shield has an upright extension on the right side (if behind the
> gun) and is almost double the height of the other side of the shield.
>
> mjc
>
> Quid Veritas wrote:
> > Need a little help identifying an artillery piece.
> >
> > Picked up a few unidentified 15mm guns as part of a group of figs. These
> > look similar to the German PaK 38 guns but they have a rather tall
> > shield on the left side of the gun. I have never seen anything quite
> > like this.
> >
> > Is this some kind of Japanese gun?
> >
> > Any help with this would be appreciated.
> >
> > mjc
> >
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You are right this is a British 6 lber -- did not have the model when I
posted the first time as I was passing them around looking for info.

Thanks.

mjc

west_rhino DeleteThis @yahoo.com wrote:
> Just a wild hair, but could that be a British 6 pounder or the
> corresponding US 57mm? I seem to recall that it had a second piece
> that fits that description, though it was mounted on the axle, separate
> from the shield on the trunnion.
>
> Quid Veritas wrote:
>
>>The shield has an upright extension on the right side (if behind the
>>gun) and is almost double the height of the other side of the shield.
>>
>>mjc
>>
>>Quid Veritas wrote:
>>
>>>Need a little help identifying an artillery piece.
>>>
>>>Picked up a few unidentified 15mm guns as part of a group of figs. These
>>>look similar to the German PaK 38 guns but they have a rather tall
>>>shield on the left side of the gun. I have never seen anything quite
>>>like this.
>>>
>>>Is this some kind of Japanese gun?
>>>
>>>Any help with this would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>mjc
>>>
>
>
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