Can someone tell me what the designation of a RA unit with 3,7 ins guns would be ie HAA. LAA etc, Also, what guns would a field regt have. I am trying to trace a RA unit that had 3.7ins guns and was stationed in the Kenley/Whyteleafe area of Surrey in 1943/4 - they left for France on or around D Day - where is my best chance of finding it?
Not a lot, Clive. I was only ten at the time but I think there were 4 lots of six guns stationed through our estate and they were towed by Matadors, All their shells were stacked two to a box under tarpaulins on the corner of our road - we used to make 'dens' amongst them!
Also, what guns would a field regt have. A Field Regiment would be equipped with field guns! Basically the smallest artillery pieces except for pack artillery and 4.2 mortars (Light Regiments). Field guns included 18 and 18/25 pounders, and 4.5 howitzers (all early in the war), 25 pounders, Sexton and Bishop SP 25 pounders and Priest SP 105s. HTH Chris PS Don't get 3.7 HAA guns mixed up with the screw guns - 3.7 pack howitzers. Same calibre but VERY different guns!
Thanks for that, Chris. 27 Fd Regt (my father's unit) 'spiked' their guns on Bray Dunes at Dunkirk - would that give you an indication of their caliber?
Thanks for that, Chris. 27 Fd Regt (my father's unit) 'spiked' their guns on Bray Dunes at Dunkirk - would that give you an indication of their caliber? As a Fd Regt RA, they would probably have had 18/25 Pdrs, the first mark of the classic 25 Pdr field gun. Phil
Cliffo L.A.A. Strictly 40 mm Bofors and normally reserved, as it 's name implied, for Anti-Aircraft fire. Bofors 40 mm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There were exceptions, of course but if you consider them purely Light Anti Aircraft you won't go very far wrong. Ron
Not a lot, Clive. I was only ten at the time but I think there were 4 lots of six guns stationed through our estate and they were towed by Matadors, All their shells were stacked two to a box under tarpaulins on the corner of our road - we used to make 'dens' amongst them! HAA btys were 8 guns, two troops of 4, could have deployed in battery or troop gun positions.
So on the numbers I seem to remember that would make 3 batteries of 8 to thregiment - would that be right?
