File:Smith gun and limber.JPG

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The Smith Gun was invented by the chief engineer of the Trianco Engineering Company, East Molesey, Surrey. It was developed as a private venture in 1940 and offered to the British Army as an emergency gun for issue to the Home Guard. It was a 3-inch smoothbore barrel mounted in a light carriage that consisted of little more than two wheels and an axle. A limber was provided to carry ammunition. The projectile was a 3-inch mortar shell propelled by a small charge of smokeless powder fired by a 0.38 pistol blank cartridge. None saw any action and they were declared obsolete in 1945.

Photographed at the Category:Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson on 26-Apr-06.
Date 27 April 2006 (original upload date)
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Author No machine-readable author provided. Gaius Cornelius assumed (based on copyright claims).

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current19:43, 6 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 19:43, 6 April 20091,600 × 1,200 (369 KB)Hohum (talk | contribs)Levels
20:41, 27 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 20:41, 27 April 20061,600 × 1,200 (620 KB)Gaius Cornelius (talk | contribs)The '''Smith Gun''' was invented by the chief engineer of the Trianco Engineering Company, Sheffield. It was developed as a private venture in 1940 and offered to the British Army as an emergency gun for issue to the Home Guard. It was a 3-inch smoothbor

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