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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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"Little David" 36 " Mortar
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Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 11:43 AM UTC
Hi everyone

I'm looking for someone that lives or is near Aberdeen Proving Grounds that would be interested in taking pictures and detailed pictures of the "Little David" 36" Mortar for me. It is located on one of the roads there. I'm trying to collect enough information so that I can scratch built it.

Thank you for any help,

Ralph

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Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 12:33 PM UTC
You might try posting in the "events" forum. The AMPS international show is in a little over two weeks and there is a tour of APG for those who signed up. You may find one of those folks. Otherwise I suspect there are other folks going to the show who will also be visiting APG that may be able to get the pics you are after.

Matt
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Posted: Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 02:10 AM UTC
Have you tried Kevin's site Mortars in Miniature? He has a site dedicated to mortars with photos, manuals and models.
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Posted: Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:57 AM UTC
Hi Ralph,

There's a pretty neat page here which shows Little David being prepped for action and also being transported on TWO M26 prime movers.

Sounds like an ambitious project - good luck.

all the best
acav

PS there's also a video
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Posted: Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:22 PM UTC
Thank you all for your reply.

Matt, I have just posted in AMPS.

Sabot, I have searched Kevin"s site with no luck. I will try and contact him.

acav, I foud that site about 3 weeks ago and it got me interested in this scratch build again.

I still need detailed picture of everything to make it acurate.

Again thank you,

Ralph
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Posted: Friday, April 03, 2009 - 12:34 AM UTC

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Hi Ralph,

There's a pretty neat page here which shows Little David being prepped for action and also being transported on TWO M26 prime movers.

Sounds like an ambitious project - good luck.

all the best
acav

PS there's also a video

WOW! Watch that film, this baby was a death machine. I do not recall ever having heard it was used in combat...does anyone know?
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Posted: Friday, April 03, 2009 - 04:34 AM UTC

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I do not recall ever having heard it was used in combat...does anyone know?

Never got outside the lower 48.

Paul

BTW there was a pretty reasonable, but not great, Little David in 1/35 at AMPS 2-3 years ago. Impressively big, for sure. The scratchbuild was of the mortar in towed configuration with the Dragon Wagon tractor. Very cool, I just wish it had been a bit better built. It got Silver, I think?
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Posted: Friday, April 03, 2009 - 05:04 AM UTC
Hi
Good luck with this build.
have just watched the Video that's some impressive Mortar, & some Hole at the end of firing.
210cav
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Posted: Friday, April 03, 2009 - 08:33 AM UTC

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I do not recall ever having heard it was used in combat...does anyone know?

Never got outside the lower 48.

Paul


Thank goodness, the darn thing must have taken an engineer company to put into action-- the hole, the crane, the slope on the entry to the pit and the two M-26s to move it....time consuming operation to say the least. Good luck with the build.
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Posted: Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 12:08 AM UTC
Thank you all for the encouragement.

The Mortar took a total of 10 to 12 hrs. from deployment to disassembly after firing and ready to move to new location.

Regards,

Ralph
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