Omaha beach MK5 gun graduation found
Article about: This was found in a field next to Saint Laurent Sur Mere in Normandy just in front of the Omaha beach.4 inch QF gun MK5
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Re: Omaha beach MK5 gun graduation found
Does anyone has pictures of this on the gun to show me.
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Re: Omaha beach MK5 gun graduation found
Interesting as it is British.
Wikipedia has a pic.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Omaha beach MK5 gun graduation found
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Adrian Stevenson
Interesting as it is British.
Wikipedia has a pic.
Cheers, Ade.
Thank you I just look at it.Very strange it is a naval gun from a gun ship and British I found it in land in a US sector abour 1 mile from Omaha beach.Strange place to find this.
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Re: Omaha beach MK5 gun graduation found
I should have guess Devonport was in England.
Still a interesting piece of D-day history .
Still not sure if it came from a ship or used other way.
chris
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Early 1937 date, could it possibly have been from a captured gun and put to use by the Germans early in the war?
Cheers
Harry
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Harry Davey
Early 1937 date, could it possibly have been from a captured gun and put to use by the Germans early in the war?
Cheers
Harry
I did not think about that.
could well be.
chris
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