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Post by batteryboy on Jun 20, 2023 14:28:07 GMT 8
This is a 64-pound Palliser MLR gun
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Post by batteryboy on Nov 7, 2022 9:02:38 GMT 8
Thanks for this. Will try to get a copy when I visit the mainland this December.
Cheers, B-boy
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Post by batteryboy on May 16, 2022 15:50:11 GMT 8
The latest scuttlebutt is there are rumors to move one of the 12-inch spare barrel(s) to the artificial white sands in Roxas Blvd (formerly Dewey Blvd) and place it there on display. The alarming thing I have learned is that it could be the spare barrel at Battery Hearn, which makes no sense why you need to drag that 12-inch barrel whose length is 35 feet and weighs approx 115,000lbs while there is a 12-inch spare tube (of Battery Cheney) that is sitting there at the back of MacArthur's cafe and is just a stone throw away from the docks.
Either way, I am not in favor of removing any gun barrels from the island and placed elsewhere.
Battery Boy
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Post by batteryboy on Oct 26, 2020 21:07:07 GMT 8
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Post by batteryboy on Sept 10, 2018 6:15:24 GMT 8
Yes and have been there. Here are some photos that I took of the gun.. Cheers, B-boy
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Post by batteryboy on Jul 23, 2018 7:24:01 GMT 8
Looking forward to more pics. If there is a shot taken from the rear I would like to see. Originally Monja had a well as the gun was mounted on top of a concrete pedestal. It was said that the Japanese covered this with a concrete during the occupation.
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Post by batteryboy on Jul 16, 2018 8:18:46 GMT 8
I don't have the map in front of me right now but if someone can point approximately where the view is seen from that would be great.
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Post by batteryboy on Jul 2, 2018 6:17:27 GMT 8
Yup its a model 45A. Good photos and info Chad.
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Post by batteryboy on Apr 16, 2018 8:44:57 GMT 8
and remember that is also on this day (Dec. 29) that Corregidor was heavily bombed for the first time so Manila was really not a primary target. Conrad is right about the Japanese use of their munitions as they need to prioritize and be selective in their targets.
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Post by batteryboy on Apr 16, 2018 6:54:15 GMT 8
The photos taken by Mydans on Dec. 29 were in the areas vicinities near the estuary (Pasig) river and docks. They were not in the central heart of Manila (Civilian and Main Office and buildings)). The buildings and structures that you see there are located in the port area and parts of Intramuros near or at the river side. Now there were civilian communities in the area but they were not the intended targets.
The Japanese were preventing further supplies or anything of military in value to escape Manila as they know that the retreat to Bataan was in effect. A large part of materiel and supplies were sent via water surface vessels to the peninsula.
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