Photos from the RCA Museum Artillery Collection
The Model 1913 (mle 13) 105mm Schneider quick-firing gun was introduced into French Army service in September 1914 during the battle of the Marne. The gun was superior to the 75mm gun, but the design was less robust. Fewer than 600 were in use by 1918 (generally two four-gun batteries per division). After the First […]
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The Model 1936 105mm Schneider quick-firing gun entered service before World War II. The French and Romanian Armies ordered the MLE 1936 and used them throughout WW2. The French Army received a version with rubber tires for vehicle towing, while the Romanian Army received wooden tires for horse-drawn transport. By the start of WW2, the
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The Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) was a four-wheel-drive towing vehicle used with the 25 Pounder Field Gun and the 17 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun during the Second World War. Ford and General Motors in Canada produced over 22,000 FATS during the war. The FAT was replaced by a towing vehicle based upon the Ram Tank for
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The M243 Fire Control Platform Trailer was an early warning component of the M33 Anti-Aircraft Fire Control System used by Canada and other NATO countries in the 1950s. The M243 carried the Acquisition Antenna Assembly, which the Canadian Artillery deployed on a large tripod and fed data directly to the M242 Fire Control Mount Trailer
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