Came across this rather nice pic whilst having a search for something else. From: War Chronicle D-Day contents
Yer great pictures for the germans coming around the corner look tommies sitting in the open like ducks sunning themselves let wander around the back of them and lob a stick grenade.......somehow I think its a posed photo! lol
Imperial War Museum Collections Online Database PHOTOGRAPHER: Midgley (Sgt) No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit TITLE: THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944 COLLECTION NUMBER: 4700-29 PERIOD: Second World War DATE: 16 June 1944 ACCESS: Unrestricted COLOUR / BLACK & WHITE: Black and white TYPE: Official photograph DESCRIPTION: 6-pdr anti-tank gun of 50th Division covers a lane in the Lingevres area, 16 June 1944.
A little information on the weapon, which also shows the same photograph. 6 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun Regards Tom
I certainly wouldn#t like to be part of he gun detachment, you may as well hand up a sign saying here I am shoot me!
TCS - Both the 21st and 25th Tank bdes were the models for the introduction of the 6 pounder in Tanks and so were "volunteered" for the North African campaign - it took a while for us to get the APCBC rounds I think it was in the late winter of '43 - the Sabots didn't appear until late in 1944 Cheers
It may be posed but then again as long as it gets the first vehicle to come down the lane & blocks the it then it's done it's job. Similar photo to this one. PHOTOGRAPHER:Handford (Lt)No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit TITLE:THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944 COLLECTION NUMBER:4700-29 PERIOD:Second World War DATE:25 June 1944 ACCESS:Unrestricted COLOUR / BLACK & WHITE:Black and white TYPE:Official photograph DESCRIPTION:A knocked-out German 75mm anti-tank gun and one of its gunners lying dead beside it. A disabled Panther tank is also visible in the background. Fontenay-le-Pesnel, 25 June 1944.
Owen - This one apparently didn't - that looks like a gunner lying there to the right of the six pounder ! Cheers
From the History of the First Division - Florence to Monte Grande. It looks like they are in the thick of it. Original photo if you ask me.
It probably wasn't too difficult for photographers to take a photograph of a six pounder gun in action in a forward area. The battalion antio tank platoon was positioned to protect the battalion from tank attack and those in RA anti tank batteries were sighted to cover killing zones in depth. At any point in there must have been hundreds of these equipments in action but out of sight of the enemy. The six pounder covering the lane near Linguievres on 16th June might have been temporarily dropped into action to cover a halted column or other guns being dug in or covering a flank, or it might have been staged for the camera.
The First Division did not go back into action until August 44, after they where smashed to bits at Anzio. Not sure what you mean by the six pound covering the lane near Linguievres on the 16th June. It may well be one of the most impressive staged photos that one will come across.The photo is not of the sharpest quality, but I think there is a white triangle on the right arm of the chap at the rear. I'm sure it was wise to have hundreds of these equipment's in action,'but out of sight of the enemy'! We could argue the toss about many photos that are out there (staged or posed). Regards Stu.