Whilst idly browsing through YouTube the other night looking for artillery related footage, I struck gold with these two films:
Both have excellent footage of (I think) Irish Defence Forces Reserves live-firing 25-pounders (and the music sounds familiar too). It is great to see high-definition colour film of these old guns in action on the range – with the recoil and smokeless charges it all looks very different from the black-powder blank charges we use. I guess the films must have been taken two or three year's ago, as I am reliably informed (!) that the Irish Artillery has now decommissioned its last few remaining 25-pounders and moved entirely over to 105mm Light Guns.
No comments:
Post a Comment