Its slightly smaller companion the 13 pdr is still in service with the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery to this day, in their ceremonial role!ĭuring the 1920's it was decided to develop a weapon to include the best features of the 18-pdr and a howitzer. It saw service until the latter stages of the Second World War albeit in a training or reserve capacity. The was first produced in 1904, along with the smaller 13-pdr Field Gun, saw extensive service during the First World War and was the backbone of divisional artillery units between the wars, until it started to be replaced in 1938. The gun fired a high velocity round on a relatively flat trajectory, which although was suitable for many tasks, it was not well suited to lobbing explosive shells over intervening obstacles, for which a Howitzer was developed. The artillery piece was basically the same as was used during the First World War, but with some modifications, such as pneumatic tyres and split-trail design to allow it to be towed behind a tractor unit, such a lorry or the Quad tractor and limber. What follows is a brief summary of the Ordnance used by the various Artillery Regiments that served in the Division during the Second World War The most development was in the area of the anti-tank gun in order to gun to counter the heavier and more powerful German tanks, such as the Panther and the Tiger.
Equipment Used By The Artillery Regimentsĭuring the war only a few difference artillery pieces were deployed, but they all had many variations to make them more suitable to the theatre of action.
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