RapidFireWeb 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
Artillery preserved in Ireland: Athlone Castle, Baldonel, Birr, Bunratty Castle, Carlow, Cobh, Connolly Barracks, Custume Barracks, Drogheda, Duncannon, Dún Laoghaire Harbour, Ennis, and Galway The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery preserved in Ireland. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these guns to provide … Read more
9-pounder 6-cwt Muzzleloading Rifle (Note: 9-pounder 8-cwt Muzzleloading Rifles are listed on a separate page on this website. Halifax, Royal Artillery Park, Nova Scotia Left trunnion. Right trunnion. Rifled Muzzle, Firth Steel 1880. Royal Carriage Department (R.C.D.), 11872 No. 60, I. (Author Photos) 9-pounder 6-cwt (SS) Muzzleloading Rifle, weight 5-3-26 (670 lbs), Royal Gun Factory … Read more
9-pounder 8-cwt Muzzleloading Rifles preserved in Canada (Note: 9-pounder 6-cwt MLRs are listed on a separate page on this website) Lethbridge, 20th Independent Field Battery, RCA (Lethbridge), Lethbridge Military Museum (Lethbridge MM Photo) (Glen Miller Photos) 9-pounder 8-cwt Muzzleloading Rifle, weight 8-?-? (>896 lbs), replica No. 1, mounted on a wheeled carriage, inside the Vimy … Read more
90-mm M1A1 Anti-aircraft Gun (Author Photo) American 90-mm M1A1 Anti-Aircraft Gun, South Gate, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick Military History Museum. (Author Photo) American 90-mm M1A1 Anti-Aircraft Gun, South Gate, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick Military History Museum. (Author Photo) American 90-mm M1A1 Anti-Aircraft Gun, inside the Main Gate. … Read more
