The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Model 1903 75 mm Field Gun contract used by the Turkish Army during the First World War. This gun was made by Krupp and is one of 558 made to Turkish specifications. The gun has a box trail with an horizontal sliding breech block. Gun has a shield attached for crew protection. The wheels have wooden spokes with steel wheel rims. Turkish cyphers on breech block. All markings are matching.Serial number 164.
Captured in Palestine in 1918 by the Australian Light Horse. This gun is acting as a gate guardian at RMC Duntrron as at October 2016.
Model 1903 75 mm Field Gun contract used by the Turkish Army during the First World War. This gun was made by Krupp and is one of 558 made to Turkish specifications. The gun is a box trail, horse draw
The 105 mm Type 92 (1932) Field Gun is readily recognized by its long slender barrel and trail. The recoil mechanism is hydro-pneumatic in which the air is in direct contact with the liquid in the rec
This model was introduced in 1934 as an improvement of the 75mm type 41 mountain gun. It was a modern design by WWII standards having a horizontal sliding breech block, split trails and hydropneumatic
The gun has a semi-automatic, horizontal sliding breech block. The gun is mounted on a split trail carriage with wooden wheels fitted with steel rims. The recuperator is of the hydrospring type and is
The Pak 40 was the standard anti-tank gun in the German army from 1941. The carriage has tubular split trails with a spade at the end of each trail. The wheels are stamped of light alloy and are fitte
3.7 cm breech-loading gun on a two wheeled carriage. The carriage is of rivetted steel plate. Vertical sliding breech block. Inscription on upper surface of breech reads: 'Direzione artiglirria Torp A