World War 2, South West Pacific, New Guinea, 2/3 Field Regiment, 1945
Digital copy of photograph of 2/3 Field Regiment detachment and details of a gun berm of a US manufactured 155 mm "Long Tom" artillery gun.
The 2/3rd Field Regiment was raised for service during the Second World War. Its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Athol Hobbs. The majority of the officers and non-commissioned officers were appointed from the Militia. Formed in 1939 and assigned to the 6th Division, the regiment was deployed to the United Kingdom to defend against a possible invasion in 1940 before being sent to North Africa, where it briefly saw action prior to being sent to Greece and Crete in 1941. In 1942, the regiment returned to Australia, after which it did not see action again until late in the war when it was committed to the Aitape–Wewak campaign in 1944–45. In January 1945, the regiment received four 4.2-inch mortars to assist in the provision of close support to long-range infantry patrols; two 155 mm guns were also added to the regiment's equipment scale. Following the end of the war, the regiment returned to Australia and was disbanded in January 1946.
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The 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimetre calibre field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed "Long Tom" it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59. Developed to replace the Canon de 155mm GPF, the gun was deployed as a heavy field weapon during World War II and the Korean War, The gun could fire a 45 kg shell to a maximum range of 23 km, with an estimated accuracy life of 1,500 rounds.
The original of this image is in the Collection of the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society of Western Australia.
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