25 pounder tractors

[Lang]

Mike,

Thanks for that info - very informative. My total 25 pounder experience was 18 months in the CMF/Reserve/National Guard/Territorials or whatever your country calls it when I was 17 and still in high school.

I can well imagine the blast from a short barrel. The first time I saw a 25 pounder fired I was on the seat! Shortage of people and 9 months on Thursday nights and weekends made me an expert gun layer!?

It was somewhat of a surprise after about a thousand training commands of "Fire!" from the gun sergeant and the resultant CLICK from my smart yank on the lever to find my first live shell resulted in someone whacking me over the head with a baseball bat. I saw stars and nearly fell off the seat. I can still remember the abuse from the gun sergeant as I wound the handles the wrong way for the second round - totally disoriented.

All too noisy so I became an Army pilot!

Lang