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Old 18-06-04, 10:02
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Default Re: maple leaf artillery tractor

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Originally posted by ericnuyt
The cowl is just visible on this AWM picture.
It depicts KNIL Mountain artillery troops on Java, 1940. Proof that not just Howitser and Field artillery battalions were equipped with ML tractors but also at least one battalion of Mountain Art. Interesting.
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Both Mountain Arty Btns (A I Bg in Tjimahi and A II Bg in Salatiga) were in 1941 motorized aswell as the 7th Mountain Arty Bty formed upon mobilization with the training guns of Depot Mobiele Artillerie (DMA) - Mobile Arty Depot - in Tjimahi.
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