Identify this

[Korsakov829]

I was recently flying around Deal in Kent, and was traveling along the coastline when I found this.

Its a cannon obviously, a little charred. Any known history on this?

[KAV]

I saw that one too.
Dunno what it is, but I will try to make it look like dkwookies sheep during the weekend.

[Davedog74]

its not winnie or pooh?the channel guns ,id be impressed if it was

[bobbysocks]

i'm with dave...channel gun for shipping or AA. there was a documentary on 2 guys digging around an old RAF airfield. they came up with a couple gun emplacements.....same, same??

[KAV]

You will fond it some few miles up the valley from dover. On the westernside. A bit far from the channel to be a channel gun.

[bobbysocks]

ok....Bofors 40mm AA. did a quickie search and came up with these. close enough for government work.

[Korsakov829]

Go look at it in game. Just follow the coast north untill you see a black dot. Its not directly on the shore, about 5 B-17s away. This gun is burned and ruined, and has a breach. There is only one. It seems to small to be a coastal gun. It looks like a 76mm anti tank gun.

[JOED70]

My pick is this is a howlitzer 105 MM

[Davedog74]

in 1940 we only had 2 guns capable of hitting france ,they were 14.5 inch
they would of been in the dover area,they took out a german channel gun in france, aa gun sites were in fours or eights,in 1940 mostly 4.5 inch
pic 1 is whinnie ,pic 2 is a heavy aa site in essex with 8 emplacements i visited last year,still with wooden ammo racking(pic3)

[Korsakov829]

Originally Posted by JOED70

My pick is this is a howlitzer 105 MM

It could be a M114 but I doubt it. Its bullet shield and its long barrel, not likely to be a howitzer. I think it might be a QF 6. Did they think they could seriously hit a ship from that distance with that?