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

[Mark in Rochester]

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[rayg]

Those stars on the tanks make excellent bulleyes, Ray

[RT Ellis]

Those stars on the tanks make excellent bulleyes, Ray

The principal "rule" of direct fire gunnery is to aim center of target mass. Better to have the enemy shooting at your national identity than the "friendly fire" of your own air force and ground troops.

[gtodan]

Dont recognize the gun. Help?

[browningautorifle]

The wheels look axis...German...

[Paul S.]

I think it is an Italian anti-tank gun.

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As it turns out.... it is a French 47mm APX anti tank gun.

47 mm APX anti-tank gun | World War II

[browningautorifle]

I forgot about them. So, it's basicly new then. Never been fired and only dropped once, like their rifles. Although doesn't that article discuss it as being a French gun?

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).”

[rayg]

The principal "rule" of direct fire gunnery is to aim center of target mass. Better to have the enemy shooting at your national identity than the "friendly fire" of your own air force and ground troops.

Yea I guess you're right. No one would recognize the profile of a Sherman tank, Lol

[CINDERS]

Hi All,
Back from a trip over the pond to NZ we went to WANAKA where we had been before on a different trek, I got some pics of a Centurion Tank and Valentine they have there (Transport Museum well worth it) plus a zillion other bits and bobs will post the pics in the O/T section when we get sorted.
Speaking of A/T field pieces I seem to recall Gelrich went to the U.S.A prior to WWII to try and sell the A/T squeeze gun to them and they were not interested funny thing is it really bit for a while till the Allies got on top.

[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.