Article: 1943 Mk2/1 25pdr Howitzer on Mk1 Carriage (c/w No.27Mk1/L Artillery Trailer)

[blazer91]

good to see the big guns here too, my dad was a gunner for 32 yrs in Canadian military including a stint with 1SSM Bty in Germany on alert during the Cuban missile crisis.

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[G/Sgt Rowdy]

good to see the big guns here too, my dad was a gunner for 32 yrs in Canadian military including a stint with 1SSM Bty in Germany on alert during the Cuban missile crisis.

what outfit was Your Dad's?? My Pop's was 19th Fld 63rd Battery (D-Day),Caen,liberation of Holland,battle of the Sheldt.

[blazer91]

what outfit was Your Dad's?? My Pop's was 19th Fld 63rd Battery (D-Day),Caen,liberation of Holland,battle of the Sheldt.

Hi, my grandfather was WW11,
Ontario Tank Reg't., Mechanical Quarter Master Sargeant (Fitter)
Italian Campaign including the first real street fighting (Ortona)
then up to Holland and into Germany,
see my post on M1/M2 Carbine
regards, Jim

[Brno8x57]

good to see the big guns here too, my dad was a gunner for 32 yrs in Canadian military including a stint with 1SSM Bty in Germany on alert during the Cuban missile crisis.

There is an excellent book about the Canadian Artillery during the camapign for Normandy.
Title
"The Guns of Normandy: A soldiers eye view. France 1944" by George Blackburn.

I could not put it down.

[Carlos16]

There is an excellent book about the Canadian Artillery during the camapign for Normandy.
Title
"The Guns of Normandy: A soldiers eye view. France 1944" by George Blackburn.

I could not put it down.

Blackburn wrote three books, chronologically this one was the second. The First, covering the long training period in England was "Where the hell are the Guns". The last one was "The Guns of Victory" covering the balance of the campaign after Normandy to V-E Day. The series is an excellent description of the use of artillery by commonwealth forces, especially Canadian, in WW II. This is the way we trained up until very recently.