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Originally posted by Waycool
The 25pdr and the steadfast gunners were true workhorses of the PBI's. Many times I have read accounts of German POW's wanting to see our "automatic" artillery  A 25 pdr armed with a trained crew rained hell upon our foes.
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Blackburn reports the record for one 4th Field gun was an astonishing 17 rounds in one minute (timed). The volume of ammunition they went through, throughout the NW Europe campaign, is astounding.
"MIKE TARGET! MIKE TARGET! MIKE TARGET! SCALE TEN, REPEAT!"