RapidFireWeb MGM-18 Lacrosse missile (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4234659) US Army MGM-18 Lacrosse Missile in Cold Weather Trials at Churchill, Manitoba. The MGM-18 Lacrosse was a short-ranged tactical ballistic weapon intended for close support of ground troops. Its first flight test was in 1954 and was deployed by the US Army beginning in … Read more
Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8-cwt Naval Landing Gun The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these guns to provide and update the data found on these web pages. Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. … Read more
Mounting, Quadruple 20mm Anti-Aircraft, Polsten (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607616) Polsten 20-mm Quadruple Anti-Aircraft Gun Mk. I, mounted on a CMP truck. The Polsten was a Polish development of the 20-mm Oerlikon gun, designed to be simpler and much cheaper to build than the Oerlikon, without reducing effectiveness. It was used on … Read more
Russian Crimean War Trophy Guns preserved in Canada (IWM Photo, 71229) The Crimean War, 1854 – 1856 The ruins of the Barrack Battery, one of the six main redoubts which defended Sevastopol, showing the rope mantlets adopted by the Russians for the protection of the gunners. The Crimean War was fought between Oct 1853 and Oct … Read more
Sexton 25-pounder SP Gun (DND Photo) Sexton SP guns of the 8th Field Regiment, RCA, firing 21 gun salute to celebrate VE Day, Groningen, Netherlands, 8 May 1945. The Sexton is a Canadian-designed self-propelled gun based on Canadian-built derivatives of an American tank chassis. Canada was setup to produce the M3 Lee and Grizzly tank chassis … Read more
Artillery in Canada: SS11 missile (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4235904) SS.11B1 Nord Aviation MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile, mounted on a 3/4-ton truck. The SS.11B anti-tank guided missile is a self-propelled, command-guided missile designed on a two-stage solid propellant propulsion unit. It is fired from a launcher and is guided by signals transmitted … Read more
British Artillery supporting Canadian Operations (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224989) 3rd Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, supporting a 1st Canadian Army attack with a 240-mm M1 Howitzer. It has a 22 foot barrel and fired 360 pound shells into the Siegfried defences and on to the Rhine, 8 Feb 1945. This howitzer … Read more
Artillery in Finland The author had the privilege of serving with members of the Finnish Defence Forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Finnish Defence Forces (Puolustusvoimat) consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime the Finnish Border Guard (which is its own military unit in peacetime) becomes part … Read more
Musée de l’Armée (Paris) Musée de l’Armée (Paris)/The Army Museum, is a French national museum located in the Hôtel National des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The Army Museum is a history museum dedicated to present the military history of France. (More to follow) (Eric Gaba Photo) The Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, France. … Read more
Malik-E-Maidan (Pintrest Photo) The Malik-E-Maidan also Malik-i-Maidan (lit. ’Lord of the Battlefield’), is a 16th century cannon, located at Burj-E-Sherz (Lion Tower), Bijapur Fort, Bijapur, India. 4.45 metres (14.6 ft) in length and cast in bell metal, it is the largest surviving block of artillery from the Medieval period. A bronze basilisk/shaika siege cannon cast by … Read more
