By Chris Henry
Of the entire British weapons in use throughout the moment global struggle, the 25 pounder is the gun that most sensible represents Britain's militia. It was once adaptable, it packed a strong punch, and particularly it used to be trustworthy. This booklet presents a whole strive against historical past of a gun that used to be utilized in each theatre of the second one international struggle and observed huge provider within the postwar years, relatively in Korea and through the Malaysian emergency. The final 25-pounder gun to determine motion within the British military used to be one utilized by SAS troops at Mirbat, Oman, in 1972.
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