scottiques Posted December 4, 2020 Share #1 Posted December 4, 2020 Any help on this is appreciated. Image is a Real Photo PostCard (RPPC) and shows a gun crew with a small artillery piece-- a mountain gun?? Based on uniforms and flat terrain, I would think that this is the 1916 Punitive Expedition-- corrections to that assumption also appreciated. Thanks. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 7, 2020 Share #2 Posted December 7, 2020 2.95 inch mountain gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiques Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted December 7, 2020 Thanks so much for the information. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted December 7, 2020 Share #4 Posted December 7, 2020 Apparently a Vickers-British design. First supplied in 1912 for the middle east. Photo is American use in the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiques Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted December 8, 2020 Yep-- saw those photos online as well. Online sources show these were initially acquired by the US Army in 1899 for use in the Philippines (12/20/30 depending on the source). Most sources show that the US Army acquired another 120 in 1904. Some were still in the US inventory until WW2. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted December 19, 2020 Share #6 Posted December 19, 2020 I have a photo of one being fired, and it has a wild recoil. illinigander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiques Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted December 20, 2020 Post your photo-- I'd like to see it! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted December 25, 2020 Share #8 Posted December 25, 2020 Scott- I will try to locate the photo tomorrow- I only have the skill to send such to an E-mail address. illinigander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 25, 2020 Share #9 Posted December 25, 2020 Send me the photo and I'll post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted December 26, 2020 Share #10 Posted December 26, 2020 Thanks Robin- it will be tomorrow, after the snow quits. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 26, 2020 Share #11 Posted December 26, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted December 26, 2020 Share #12 Posted December 26, 2020 Thanks to robin for posting my photos. #11 is the one I was thinking had part of the recoil captured, but old age crept in. I will add that: " American Breechloading Mobile Artillery" by Williford records- "The gun had a vicious recoil, and photographs show it jumping wildly in the air upon firing". The second photo is written on the back: Boac Marinduque Is., P.I. and Maxim-Nordenfeldt firing shrapnel at "Apitorig". The close up of the wheel was included because I have been told that in the WW2 C.B.I. campaign that the 2.95 V. wooden spoke wheels were used on the pack artillery, instead of the issued rubber-tired steel wheels because the wood ones weighted slightly less and that was important for air transport. I have a pair of 2.95 wheels that I would like to display with my friends pack gun to see if this is true. illinigander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiques Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted January 4, 2021 Thanks for adding the photos-- nice to see it in action! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted January 4, 2021 Share #14 Posted January 4, 2021 Your welcome scottiques. illinigander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsspace Posted February 2, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 2, 2021 Could the inscription on the back of the photo labeled Apitorig be either Alitop or Alapaap? both were Philippine officers at battles in Marinduque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted February 2, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 2, 2021 Hello clsspace- No the first four letters are definitely "at Apit... " illinigander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsspace Posted February 2, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 2, 2021 After some checking, the word is Apitong, a small barangay just outside of Boac town proper. It is also close to the Church in Boac where the troops were stationed. I cant find any mention of the gun being used in any of my action reports but it would seem the proper piece to have given the hilly terrain in Marinduque. I did find -in War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1900, vol. 1, pt. 4 (Washington: GPO, 1901), 446 - On 25 April 1900, two navy gunboats and a transport hove to off Laylay, Boac's maritime terminus. On board were Colonel Edward E. Hardin and a battalion of the 29th U.S. Volunteer (USV) Infantry. Hardin landed two companies and proceeded to Boac, where the few townsfolk who had not fled cautiously received him. After setting up quarters in Boac's citadel-like church, Hardin sent his men on two reconnaissance marches, both of which were performed without incident. With the island apparently tranquil, Hardin left one company (A/29) and a Maxim-Nordenfelt machine gun at Boac and sailed off to occupy several other islands. With your permission I would like to include this photo on my website and of course I would annotate it came from you. http://ulongbeach.com/Marinduque_at_War.html Thanks, Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted February 3, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 3, 2021 Certainly Curt, information is made to share. In GI talk, I think the little mountain gun was commonly call the 2.95" Vickers. This is about the time this all became one company. For your information the back of the photo has: Boac, Marinduque Is. P.I. stamped, and then written in ink; Firing shapurl (sic) at "Apitong". Regards, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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