This is one of the 20mm Cannon Shells fired by Mosquito II DD612, flown by my father (Group Captain R G Slade) on the night of 22-8-1942. My father and his navigator shot down a Dornier 217 E-4 U5 ...

After years of dormancy, the 75 mm pack howitzer artillery is set to be fired again March 1 during the 45th Annual UTA ...

Expended shells are lobbed out of the weapon's top breach until it runs dry. Reloading the cannon is appropriately involved—divers have to plant their feet and take a knee, at risk of being ...