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Originally Posted by Texman
It's a box.
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Not bad - so what would a box contain if it were being towed around with a field artillery piece? Kudos if you answered ammunition.
The 25 Pounder was one of the last field guns to carry ready use ammunition in a separate trailer known as a limber. This was a hang over from the olden times where horse drawn artillery pieces had a wheeled box which contained shot and had a seat on top for the gun crew to control the horses.
First image is a WW1 German 7.7cm Feldkanone on the march - the limber is obvious. Second image is a 25 Pounder with limber in a Candian park - I think the limber is reversed probably to stop people tripping over the towing pole.
Regards,
Charlie