Friday 1st December 1944
Spend a successful morning in the A.O.D. In the afternoon I went to see 67th 7.2 Howitzer. What a gun!
The regiment is settling well with the new staff. Rumours of move. I collect the Bofors mounting from A.O.D.
Notes: A.O.D can stand for either Advanced Ordnance Depot or Army Ordnance Depot.
The picture above shows the BL 7.2-inch howitzer (image sourced from internet. The BL 7.2 inch howitzers Mks I–V and Mk 6 were a series of heavy artillery pieces used by the British Army throughout World War II.
The Bofors 40 mm gun (image above sourced from internet) , often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers.
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