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SYRIA. ARMY FIELD WORSHOPS. A FRENCH 75MM GUN BEING PUT INTO ORDER FOR USE AGAINST THE VICHY FRENCH.
The French canon de 75 mm modele 1897 field gun was the standard French and American field gun of the First World War. The gun has an interrupted screw breech, a hydropneumatic recoiling barrel, a spl
Army field workshops. An armoured tractor captured from the Vichy French which is being made serviceable. The vehicle is a Renault UE2 Modèle 37.
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1941. GUNNER IAN FRASER WITH A VICHY FRENCH 75MM FIELD GUN FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR ADAPTED TO ANTI-AIRCRAFT WORK. (DONOR RSL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS)
SYRIA. ARMY FIELD WORKSHOPS. WELDING A BREAK IN A MACHINE GUN PART - PRELUDE TO PUTTING THE WEAPON BACK INTO SERVICE.
SYRIA. ARMY FIELD WORKSHOPS. WELDING A BREAK IN A MACHINE GUN PART - PRELUDE TO PUTTING THE WEAPON BACK INTO SERVICE.
THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH FORCES ADVANCED INTO SYRIA TO COUNTER AXIS INFILTRATION. THE ALLIED TROOPS WAS OPPOSED BY THE VICHY FORCES, AND IT WAS AFTER A MONTH'S HARD FIGHT
SYRIA. 2/4TH FIELD REGIMENT, AIF, IN ACTION AGAINST THE VICHY FRENCH FORCES. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
