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TROOP FROM 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, FIRING THEIR 25-POUNDER GUN AT A RANGE OF 9,800 YARDS ON GERMAN POSITIONS ON THE COASTAL SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-07-12, THIS TROOP FIRED 1,250 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION IN ONE AND A HALF HOURS IN REPLY TO GERMAN ARTILLERY WHICH FIRED 700 ROUNDS IN ONE HOUR. THE RANGE WAS RAPIDLY BEING CHANGED FROM 7,800 TO 11,800 YARDS. NOTE GUN BARREL IS AT FULL RECOIL.
25-POUNDER GUNS OF THE 2/8TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, IN ACTION ON THE COASTAL SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THEY ARE BEING FIRED AT A RANGE OF 9,800 YARDS ON TO ENEMY POSITIONS. AS A REP
GUNNERS OF 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, FIRING A 25-POUNDER FIELD GUN AT A RANGE OF 9,800 YARDS ON GERMAN POSITIONS ON THE COASTAL SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. ONE MAN IS SE
TROOPS FROM 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, FIRING AT A RANGE OF 9,800 YARDS ON ENEMY POSITIONS ON THE COASTAL SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. EMPTY SHELL CASES ARE STREWN TO RIGH
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-12. PICTURE OF THE 25-POUNDER GUN OF "C" TROOP, 2/8TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, ON THE COASTAL SECTOR AT EL ALAMEIN. THE CREW IS SEEN RELAXING AFTER HA
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-12. 25-POUNDER GUNS OF "C" TROOP, 2/8TH FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY PUTTING DOWN A HARRASSING FIRE ON GERMAN POSITIONS ON THE COASTAL SECTOR, EL ALAMEIN, O
EL ALAMEIN, 1942-10. A DUMMY LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITION IN THE COASTAL SECTOR.
