12-287 garand picture of the Day - GELA, SICILY

[Paul S.]

... Many of these pieces are captured by the German army, and returned to service by the Wehrmacht as the “2.5-cm PaK 113 (f).”

True, it is very possible that the APX gun was used by the Germans. or even the Italians in Sicily (or North Africa). The British Eighth Army, the Italians and the Afrika Korps North Africa campaign in particular all used captured equipment - trucks, tanks, guns - the lot.

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