Does look to be a Breda Modello 30, and the barrel is hanging half out of it. The two rounded sticky out bits before the flash hider should be level almost level with the bipod.
I thought everyone knew the Canucks carried Carbines, wore the M1 helmet, and used a US entrenching tool.
I'll show my ignorance. Did the Canadians really use American gear during that operation? I know there were a couple of friendly fire incidents. EDIT: I mean during invasion of Kiska, not Dieppe.
Have a look at the photos on here. www.canadiansoldiers.com and Canadian in the Pacific Theatre of Operaations — Project '44
It would certainly make supply a lot easier than having to maintain duplicates of everything. The Canadians in the FSSF also carried US gear.
Yes, they did. Canada also planned to contribute a division for the Allied invasion of Japan (8th Canadian Division, Canadian Army Pacific Force) and to simplify logistics it was to be completely equipped with US weapons.
I had to look this one up as its not a book I know, saw some good reviews (about the book not the cover) so ordered a copy - just started but put a smile on my face to see on the second page it talks about a private from Wishaw, my hometown - I know its fiction (but apparently very thinly veiled) but still an early hook for me and interesting to see what happens to him
Ah yes, you will encounter Pte Mucklewame again! It's a good book, naturally enough in the style of the time. Ian Hay, real name John Hay Beith, was a schoolmaster turned novelist, who served in the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders in the First World War, so the book was based on personal experience. You might be interested to know he wrote a sequel to the book, 'Carrying On - After the First Hundred Thousand'. I have rather battered first editions of both books that I wouldn't want to part with.
Don't get me started on Pen and Sword's art department. BTW in your youth did you ever harbour a secret passion for Dr Kirke?
This one gets me 1. I don't recall Robert Kershaw including any of the stories from this unit. 2. It is debatable whether this is a tank. Yup it looks like one, but it is one of eighty howitzer armed AFVs fitted with a dial sight - the box mounted on the turret top and marked for ease of alignment in indirect fire missions. It was manned by RMA gunners and deployed under RA command. It is properly an assault artillery gun: a British StuG. Robert Kershaw was probably a victim of the power of the art department and may have squirmed when he saw the artwork. The republished book has a different cover. The thing is that the artwork for a book is produced long before the book is published and drawn by people who may never meet the author and know little about the content. Their brief is to create a demand for the book and they will draw on their library of stock images.
