I came across these photos of an early prototype 3.7" Vickers A.A. gun whilst researching 76th HAA Regt. These are Vickers' factory photos,...
I have just bought the War Diaries of 265th Bty/45 LAA Regt [ Duplicate copy ] Nov 1942 to Oct 1945 and would like to know what a LAA Bty would...
Does anyone know when the Middle East War Establishment for Light AA Regiments changed from 36x 40mm Bofors to 48x 40mm Bofors? And how quickly is...
Hi guys As I understand it the RA AT Regt’s handed down their AT guns as they received new models I.E. the 6Pdr was passed on to Infantry...
Does anyone know what Batteries of 97 ATR were SP, and what the term was for the SPs in 97 ATR? Furthermore does anyone have the War Diaries or...
Which four batteries comprised this regiment in late 1941? I know that it converted from a Medium Artillery Regiment (73rd) in N. Africa. Does...
I understand that the 199 powder burning time fuze and 208 mechanical time fuze could be used as percussion fuzes. Was the percussion 'option' by...
I came across this article from 'Illustrated' magazine published 6 July 1940 showing the life of a gun battery, which I thought might be of...
The attached is part of a No 199 fuze (missing timing ring). It's stamped "No 199 IV F - 11 39" Also "RL 1/40 - 1030". Is the "11 39" a date...
Does any one have knowledge of the roles undertaken by each member of the 3.7" Vickers QF gun? I know that there could be 7-9 members of the team,...
Can anyone confirm the batteries within this Regiment in the latter half of 1942 as being, 68th, 224th, 262nd & 265th? 12 or 16x 6Pdrs? Porteed?...
Can anyone tell me when the 121st Field Regiment received it's Bishops, and how many? Thanks, David.
Here are various photos of the above anti-aircraft weapon. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I'm hoping that someone can help with more information on anything I'm about to add. I have all sorts of bits of information on my grandad Captain...
From The War Illustrated, Jan 24 1941: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Whats a Fuse 1 in the big scheme of things. I know ish about HE and Air Burst rounds but can't say I've come across ''Fuse 1' before. Is there a...
I’ve just been looking through my documents relating to 7th Loyals / 92nd LAA and found these notes I was given about ten years ago on the...
Reading "Alamein War without Hate" page 104. The Authors attack the British High Command for not pressing the 3.7 in AA gun into service in the...
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