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PUT PUTT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-21. LIEUTENANT WHITE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY EXAMINING THE SHATTERED MUZZLE OF A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN WHICH HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY RAMMING GELIGNITE DOWN ITS BARREL.
PUT PUT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-21. A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN WREATHED IN FUMES AFTER GELIGNITE RAMMED DOWN ITS BARREL EXPLODED. IT WAS DESTROYED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SAPPER
PUT PUT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-20. SAPPER MCDONALD, 13 FIELD PARK COMPANY, SUPERVISING THE RAMMING OF GELIGNITE INTO THE BARRELS OF A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN DURING ITS DESTRUCTION BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS.
NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. THE BARREL OF A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN PROTRUDES FROM ITS POSITION ON THE GAZELLE PENINSULA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
Lieutenant Cecil Olbers Clark, MM, MC, 3rd Battalion, holds a six inch ruler to the muzzle of a destroyed German 14 inch naval gun to give an indication of the weapon's calibre. The barrel has been pa
Chuignolles, France, c. 1918-12. A German 15-inch naval gun that was captured on 1918-08-23 by the 3rd Battalion. The weapon has been destroyed and its barrel lies on the ground. (Donor Estate of F. S
Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-10-26. Three Australian soldiers inspecting a Japanese twin barrel 12.7CM dual purpose Naval gun mounted on Lock feature. This gun was put out of action by A Troop, 2/4th Aust
