JAPANESE HOWITZER ENPLACEMENT TOOL RARE AND HEAVY

Description

JAPANESE LONG RANGE HOWITZER M96 240mm
RARE ARTILLERY WEAPON FIRST USED TO REDUCE THE U.S. ISLAND FORTRESS CORREGIDOR . THIS HEAVY WEAPON WAS MORE MOBILE THAN MOST OF THE JAPANESE HEAVY GUNS. IT BROKE DOWN INTO 4 LOADS WHICH WERE MOVED BY TRACTOR. THE BASE WAS ASSEMBLED FOR EMPLACEMENT AND THE GUN MOUNTED.
THIS HUGE WRENCH WAS USED TO BUILD THE MOUNT.
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"240mm HOWITZER USE"
WE DO NOT SELL ORDNANCE HARDWARE ON EBAY -
*****WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES "ON LINE MUSEUM" AND DE-AQUISITION  SALE.
THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.
****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others. FREE SHIPPING FOR "BUY IT NOW". U.S. ONLY !
John Schmitt  CSA   PO BOX 4002 Colesville Md 20914.
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