The 25-pounder Field Gun 1939-72
Contributors: Mike Fuller (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: February 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781841763507
Subjects: British & Irish history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; Land forces & warfare; Weapons & equipment; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military; History; History - Military / War; British Isles; Europe; Military - General; History / Military / World War II
First sentence: The last British force to operate a 25-pounder gun in action were two SAS troopers in the Omani port of Mirbat on 19 July 1972.
Notes: New Vanguard