The British Army designed the FV433 “Abbot” Self-Propelled Gun to replace the Ram-based Sexton, a WW2-era 25 Pounder gun in service until the late 1950s. The name “Abbot” continued the Second World War style of naming self-propelled artillery after religious titles. They equipped the Abbot with a floatation screen that, with the revolution of the […]
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The L5 105mm Pack Howitzer was in Canadian service from 1969 to 1994. The L5 became Canada’s preferred light gun after NATO made 105mm calibre the standard ammunition. This Italian-designed howitzer could be “knocked-down” into 12 loads. Once broken down, Airborne Artillery Detachments could parachute into the theatre with the 12 loads, rebuild it on
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The Canadian Artillery used the 12 Pounder Rifled Breech Loading Gun (12 Pounder RBL) during the Boer War (1899-1902). The 12 Pounder RBL was in Canadian service from 1897-1911, replacing the 9 Pounder RML. The 12 Pounder RBL was breech-loading and an improvement from the older muzzle-loading models. The 12 Pounder included a one-piece, rifled
Used by the Red Army during World War II, the 122mm M1938 Howitzer was widely used by the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War. The 122mm M1938 Howitzer was introduced into the Red Army in September 1939. It was the standard Soviet divisional towed howitzer into the 1960s. Captured examples were used
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The Quick Firing (QF) 13 pounder was standard equipment for the British Royal Horse Artillery and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery during the First World War. In 1906, Canadian units received the QF 13 pounder for the horse artillery and QF 18 pounder for the field artillery. 0n 23 September 1914, the RCHA embarked with
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