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The Australian M198 155mm Medium Gun in action

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Images left to right

  1. The M198 emplaced and under nets.  note the ammunition colour and its placement;
  2. The gun in dire straits - basically bogged.  The gun weighs 7163kg and is some 12metres long when being towed.
  3. emplaced in the red soil of the outback
  4. preparing to be towed or about to be emplaced.

Images provided through Aussie Armour from 10 Medium Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

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