The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LARGE NUMBERS OF 25 POUNDER HOWITZERS, STANDARD FIELD ARTILLERY WEAPONS THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, ARE NOW ROLLING OFF AUSTRALIAN ASSEMBLY LINES. COMPONENT PARTS OF THIS MODERN WEAPON ARE SO ACCURATELY MACHINED THAT A COMPLETE BREECH BLOCK - ITS MOST INTRICATE PART - MAY BE ASSEMBLED FROM COMPONENTS CHOSEN AT RANDOM FROM FACTORIES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EMPIRE. COMPLETED 25 POUNDER. GUN HOWITZERS ARE THOROUGHLY CHECKED BEFORE LEAVING THE FACTORY.
LARGE NUMBERS OF 25 POUNDER HOWITZERS, STANDARD FIELD ARTILLERY WEAPONS THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, ARE NOW ROLLING OFF AUSTRALIAN ASSEMBLY LINES. COMPONENT PARTS OF THIS MODERN WEAPON ARE SO ACCURATELY MA
LARGE NUMBERS OF 25 POUNDER HOWITZERS, STANDARD FIELD ARTILLERY WEAPONS THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, ARE NOW ROLLING OFF AUSTRALIAN ASSEMBLY LINES. COMPONENT PARTS OF THIS MODERN WEAPON ARE SO ACCURATELY MA
MARIBYRNONG ?, VIC. THE 25 POUNDER GUN, STANDARD WEAPON FOR FIELD ARTILLERY THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, IS IN PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. MANUFACTURE OF THE GUN NECESSITATED THE MAKING IN AUSTRALIA OF MANY SP
MARIBYRNONG ?, VIC. THE 25 POUNDER GUN, STANDARD WEAPON FOR FIELD ARTILLERY THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE, IS IN PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. MANUFACTURE OF THE GUN NECESSITATED THE MAKING IN AUSTRALIA OF MANY SP
Melbourne, Victoria. Breech mechanism components being hand finished before assembly into British designed Australian made 25 pounder gun howitzers. (Donor Department of Information).
The internal shaping of a breech block being carried out on a vertical shaping machine. These breech blocks are being made for British designed Australian made 25 pounder gun howitzers. (Donor Departm
