The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A captured Italian 75mm field gun in action - it was operated by members of the “Bush Artillery” drawn from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion.
Smoke from the previous firing had not cleared away before this captured 75mm field gun operated by members of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s “Bush Artillery” was being reloaded for further action.
Waiting for the command “FIRE”. These men of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s “Bush Artillery”are in action with a captured Italian 75mm field gun.
Under cover of their camouflage netting these members of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s “Bush Artillery” fire a captured Italian 75mm field gun.
Smoke belching from a captured Italian 75mm field gun which members of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s “Bush Artillery” used against the enemy. The soldier with a shell in his hands is about to reloa
Men of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion used this captured Italian field gun to send 75mm shells back to their former owners. The soldiers were known as the “Bush Artillery” because they were infantryme
One of the gunners of the “Bush Artillery”, 2/17th Infantry Battalion troops employed as artillerymen, at work on the breech of a captured Italian field gun which was used to fire back to the Italian
