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Originally Posted by John McGillivray
The Field Regiments of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division were equipped with the US made 75mm M1898 Guns in England. There is a chapter in George Blackburn’s book “Where the Hell are the Guns?” called “The Guns of 1898”. His regiment received the 75mm guns in October 1940.
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Summer and Fall 1940 was a pretty grim time on the British Isles. The BEF had withdrawn from the Continent in very sorry condition. They left most of their heavy equipment behind, and were fearfully anticipating a German invasion. We now know it was OPERATION SEA LION. It was a sure sign of Lend Lease and shared interests that the US shipped obsolete 75s to the UK.
In my simple opinion, you could safely imitate the same markings as a British or Canadian 25Pdr, and parade safely knowing few people would spot any inaccuracies.