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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 3, 2015 17:52:29 GMT 12
My friend Jim Carlyle popped around yesterday and he said that he'd spotted a really large artillery piece with a huge barrel, possibly up to 16 inch diameter he said, and an eight-wheel carriage, on the back of a truck heading along State Highway 1 yesterday through Cambridge. he wasn't sure if it was Army or Navy, and he said it was blue.
Does anyone here know more? What, how old, where from and where it was going?
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Post by Bruce on Feb 3, 2015 21:19:56 GMT 12
The description and colour do sound pretty unusual for an artillery piece, I wonder if Jim may have mistaken something else. Perhaps some Pile driving equipment from the bypass project?
16 Inch is a pretty big gun! if he's referring to Calibre, that would be Battleship Yamato size!
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Post by saratoga on Feb 3, 2015 21:37:19 GMT 12
Singapore Army 155mm artillery going to/from Waiouru most likely,colour might be covers.
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Post by Barnsey on Feb 3, 2015 21:37:42 GMT 12
Singaporean artillery perhaps? SSPH PrimusThe Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer 1 (SSPH 1) Primus is a self-propelled howitzer armed with a 155 mm howitzer. Developed jointly by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics), it was introduced to the Singapore Artillery in 2004. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSPH_Primus |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 4, 2015 12:00:26 GMT 12
OK, thanks. Might be the one
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Post by phil on Feb 4, 2015 19:22:48 GMT 12
Singaporean artillery perhaps? SSPH PrimusThe Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer 1 (SSPH 1) Primus is a self-propelled howitzer armed with a 155 mm howitzer. Developed jointly by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics), it was introduced to the Singapore Artillery in 2004. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSPH_PrimusThey have a towed version as well. anupkumarchaturvedi.com/00001_259.jpg |
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