020647 Accession Number: 020647

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Because of faulty ammunition and premature bursts this captured Italian 149mm field gun had to be fired from a distance. Here men of the 2/28th Infantry Battalion and 104th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, are seen sheltering behind a small stone barricade. The crew retired to this position and fired the gun by means of a rope.

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Accession Number
020647
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
18 September 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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