Another Bore war cannon

[KABAR2]

Well some photos shared on the  Swivel Gun Carriage thread had a little surprise in there another Bore war era cannon but much smaller than the Long Cecile.....
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/213113493/in/photostream/
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the caption reads:
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 Home-made artillery at Firepower, Museum of the Royal Artillery'Wolf' the home-made gun built at the Siege of Mafeking in 1900 and named after Colonel Baden-Powell. The British were besieged by the Boers and needed an artillery piece to hit back at Boer entrenchments.
Wolf was built in Mafeking's workshops by James Connelly under the direction of Major Panzera from spare metal parts including the wheels from a threshing machine.

[BoomLover]

That link led to some fantastic cannons and howitzers! Thank you for posting it! Boomlover

[steelcharge]

Because I like all kinds of improvised cannons, this Wolf-gun has always been a favorite of mine.
Although the Long Cecil was larger, this one actually has a bit larger bore around 4.5 inches.

If you go to this page and scroll to about half-way the page you will find a photo of the gun, ammunition and people during the siege:
http://angloboerwarmuseum.com/Boer04_mysteries.html
It seems like they had for ammunition old round shells, solid shot and some 9 or 7pdr RML shells. There seems to be also a Krupp and Armstrong gun shell in the pile. I wonder how they loaded the smaller ca. 3" shells for rifled guns in a 4.5" smoothbore, if they actually used them.

[Double D]

I have just ordered a copy of Artillery of the Anglo-Boer War’ .  It deals with all aspects of the artillery used by both sides in the conflict.  Written by Col Lionel Crook and edited by Ron Bester.

It is supposed to be loaded with a lot of field expedient artillery.  It is coming from South Afrcia so it may be a while before it gets here.  I do  a rewiew when I get it.