Galleries
Galleries
Galleries
General
In the gun park getting a familiarisation of L119 from gun crew
Chris Morriss with gun crew
Wayne Waretini in background.
Lt Col Ben Bagley (CO 16 Fd Regt), Lt Col Barry Dreyer ( Retd), Judy Dreyer, Col Matt Boggs (Regimental Col RNZA), Paul Eagle (Deputy Mayor Wellington), Maj John McNicol (Retd), Alma McNicol, Sir Doug Kidd, Col Matt Beattie (Col Commandant RNZA), Lt Col Tony McLeod (Retd)
15 Gun Salute. Old gunners firing, with current gunners loading and in command. The same WW2 25 pounder guns that I fired salutes with 40 years ago at this location.
Tossing away the hot and still smoking cartridge just ejected from the gun immediately after firing. Gun commander at far left checking the fuze and propellant charge of the next shell to be fired.
A gunner unloading the hot spent cartridge and tossing it away from the gun a moment after the gun has fired a shell at a target area about 10 km distant from the gun.
105mm gun firing in Auckland city at dawn
Haka at the end of the gun run by the winning Battery
Firing a round to end the gun run.
Assoc Rendezvous before going to join 163 Bty. Version 2. Peter Stutsbury, David Bahler, Wayne Robson, Kevin Stone, Mathew Hartigan, Danny McCort, John Deazley, Jim Gilchrist, Paul Waldren, David Seymour, Bryan Moles, Colin Jansen
163 Bty gun crew, possibly praying for a break in the weather
About to hoist gun
With a veteran of the battle of Long Tan, on our way into the field on a very cold and sleety day
Some of the guns firing
Four NZ veterans of the battle of Long Tan in Vietnam, one of them (in the blue/red jacket) a former SAS trooper. All were also attached to the US 173rd Airborne Bde, hence the banner. Our "hot box" cooked lunch in the boxes behind them.
Observers and serving soldiers chatting. The young officer of Chinese ethnicity at centre is a part-time reservist, while the other serving soldiers in this photo are regulars, full-time soldiers
Everything saturated and slippery, and a 2 Tonne gun to push
120mm Recoilless rifle, howitzers, and 3.7 inch heavy anti aircraft gun. Cymbeline mortar/artillery locating radar on the far right that one of my units used.
