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m kenny

11-01-26 00:03

94th Batt, 3rd AT Rgt . 3rd Canadian Infantry Div. July 1944

Does anyone know what guns this unit had in mid July? I am not after how it landed but rather if changes were made by July.18. M10-17 pdr SP -17 pdr towed and 6 pdr numbers .

maple_leaf_eh

11-01-26 21:09

I haven't a starting point for you, but the Library and Archives Canada has made a major push to digitize and post war diaries. Log on and see if they have your unit's records. I have gone there to find WW1 personnel files to help family members, and to view the WW2 fatality files.

m kenny

11-01-26 23:10

Nothing in the War Diary. If only 3 Rgt had a War Diary like that for 2nd AT Rgt. It is far more detailed and it seems they had a really bad time in July.

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...eel_t16452/957

I need to know if 94 Bat had towed 17 pdrs

Jakko Westerbeke

12-01-26 12:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by m kenny (Post 299914)

If only 3 Rgt had a War Diary

Apparently, it did:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluebell Minor on WW2Talk

Finally made it to Kew and found the War Diaries for 3 A/Tk Regt RCA in the National Archives.

Quote:

Originally Posted by m kenny (Post 299914)

I need to know if 94 Bat had towed 17 pdrs

Maybe not? At least, this page about when the regiment landed on D-Day, says:—

Quote:

The 52nd and 94th AT Batteries each had had more towed 6-pounder guns allotted to them than the normal number in a battery.

Though, of course, if they were supposed to be 17-pounder batteries then any 6-pounder guns they had would be “more (…) than the normal number” :)

m kenny

12-01-26 17:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke (Post 299921)

Apparently, it did:

I meant nothing in the 3rd AT Rgt WD about gun types (in July) whilst 2dn AT Rgt WD is stuffed with such detail.

klambie

16-01-26 06:41

Regimental history (published in the 90s but written much earlier if I have the background correct) is vague on dates but c. late June/prior to Op Windsor they reverted to 'normal establishment of one troop of M-10s and two troops of towed 6 pdrs apiece'.

Reconstructing from the description of D-Day org, that would be:

4 Bty
A/B Tp - 6 pdr
C Tp - M 10

52 Bty
D/E Tp - 6 pdr
F Tp - M10

94 Bty
G/H Tp - 6 pdr
I Tp - M 10

105 Bty
J/K Tp - 6 pdr
L Tp - M 10

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