The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified Australian soldier examining the remains of a German 5.9 inch gun in the Copse at Pozieres, in France, in October 1916. This position was taken some months earlier by the 3rd and 11th Battalions, AIF.
A fortress cannon, designed to fire over the parapet of a defensive work. The gun has a steel barrel. It is breech loading, with its screw-operated breech block operated from the left side of the bre
The remains of a German 5.9 inch howitzer in the Copse at Pozieres, in France, in October 1916. This position was taken by the 3rd and 11th Battalions in the fighting three months previously.
The remains of a German 5.9 inch howitzer in Pozieres Copse, in France. This position was captured by the 3rd and 11th Battalions, AIF, on 23 July 1916.
Fampoux Ridge, France. 1917-04. This German Army 5.9 inch gun was almost new when captured by the British Army. It was made on 1917-02-13 and captured two months later. (Donor British Official Photogr
Fampoux Ridge, France. c. 1917. A British Army soldier seated on a German Army 5.9 inch gun which had been destroyed by British artillery fire. (Donor British Official Photograph D1229)
Soldiers posing for the camera on the 15 inch long range German gun which was earlier captured by the AIF. Note the soldier lying in the gun barrell.
Courcelette, France. 1916. A soldier surveys what remains of a captured German field gun at Courcelette. (Official Canadian Photograph No. 0.846)
