Post war NZ Artillery,
must have included a lot of vehicles brought back from Italy.
On a course I remember an instructor telling us that a full divisional artillery train was assembled in Waiouru in the 1950's and headed out onto the "Desert Road" (State Highway 1) and travelled all the way around the 3 Volcanoes (Ruapehu, Ngaruhoe and Tongariro) and back to Waiouru. And as the lead vehicles approached camp, the tail was just leaving!
In those days 4(NZ) Div was a reality, with men from Compulsory Military Training, and the equipment on the ground.
In future years the paper organisation of 4(NZ) Div included exotic stuff that never materialised, except in the imaginations of people on TEWTs.
Great photos Mike
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