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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-19. A HEAP OF THOUSANDS OF EMPTY 25-POUNDER SHELL CASES FIRED BY THE 2/12TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY WHEN THE GERMANS WERE BEING DRIVEN BACK FROM EL ALAMEIN. THESE CASES AND THE AMMUNITION BOXES ARE BEING SALVAGED. NOTE THE FIELD TELEPHONE IN THE FOREGROUND AND THE DISPERSED TRANSPORT IN THE FAR BACKGROUND.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-19. PART OF A HEAP OF THOUSANDS OF EMPTY SHELL CASES AND AMMUNITION BOXES BEING SALVAGED. THE SHELL CASES WERE FIRED BY THE 2/12TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTIL
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-19. SALVAGING OF THOUSANDS OF EMPTY SHELL CASES AND AMMUNITION BOXES. THESE SHELL CASES WERE FIRED BY THE 2/12TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY WHEN THE GERM
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
EMPTIES. ONE OF THE NUMEROUS DUMPS OF AMMUNITION BOXES FILLED WITH EMPTY SHELL CASES SEEN ALONG THE DESERT ARTILLERY FRONT. IN THE OPENING BARRAGE OF THE BATTLE FOR EGYPT 800 GUNS WENT INTO ACTION AND
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-20. BURNT OUT AMMUNITION TRUCK NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THIS TRUCK WAS MACHINE-GUNNED FROM THE AIR BY A GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT FIGHTER PLANE. NOTE THE PARTLY BURNT SHELLS IN THE F
