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The SU-122-44 was a Soviet self-propelled gun (SPG) designed in early 1944 with a 122 mm (4.8 in) D-25S gun, with its fighting compartment situated at the front of the hull.
At this time, soldiers from the United States 2/5 Field Artillery Battalion had been occupying the grounds of the university. The self-propelled weapon was towed to the university grounds so that it may be returned with the unit as a trophy. The idea to bring the weapon back to the United States was eventually abandoned.
On 22 August 1947 the 184th Artillery Regiment "Folgore" reformed the Mountain Artillery Group "Belluno" as the first mountain artillery group to be reformed after World War II. The group was based in Belluno and consisted of the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th batteries, which were equipped with 75/13 mod. 15 mountain guns.
9th Field Artillery Regiment, in Lucca [1] [2] Command Unit; I Group with 100/17 mod. 14 howitzers (replaced with M101 105 mm howitzers in the second half of 1952) II Group with 100/17 mod. 14 howitzers (replaced with M101 105 mm howitzers in the second half of 1952) III Light Anti-aircraft Group with 40/56 anti-aircraft autocannons; Anti-tank ...
In November 1940 the regiment replaced its 100/17 mod. 14 howitzers and 75/27 mod. 11 field guns with 75/13 mod. 15 mountain guns, which were transferred from the 28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno". The same month the division was shipped to Albania to reinforce the crumbling Italian front in the Greco-Italian War. In December 1940 the division ...
MOD Shoeburyness is a Ministry of Defence installation, managed by QinetiQ, at Pig's Bay near Shoeburyness in Essex. The site consists of a range covering a land area of 7,500 acres with 35,000 acres of tidal sands and 21 operational firing areas.
On 30 September the 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment was disbanded and the next day the Mountain Artillery Group "Sondrio" became an autonomous unit and was assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Orobica". The group consisted of a command, a command and services battery, and three batteries with 105/14 mod. 56 pack howitzers, with one of the batteries ...
An explosion occurred at RNAD Broughton Moor on 18 January 1944 which resulted in the death of 11 people and left 70 people injured. The coroners hearing was reported in the Cumberland Evening Star in February 1944.