Highway tread tyres

[David Dunlop]

This photo also raises an interesting question as to why a Polsten Gun was in that particular location, if no logical camps were in that area.

Given it is May, there is still evidence of snow on the ground and the truck is located on the Eastern rise to the pass at Golden, would this truck be part of an Avalanche Control Team? The area between Field and Golden is a bad one for avalanche activity, but when did the Canadian Military get involved with proactive control of this annual problem?

A 20mm seems a bit of a light gun for such work but maybe it was effective under certain circumstances on its own. Or could it have served more for target spotting, in support of the crew of a larger field piece like the 25-pdr?

David