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| Keywords: Yeramba spg (AWM p04301 007).jpg en Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp P04301 007 The photo's online record states that it's copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1949 AWM photo caption Right 3/4 front view of the prototype SP 25-pdr Yeramba; a self-propelled 25 Pounder gun mounted on a modified M3 General Grant tank chassis Official name Ordnance Quick Firing 25 pdr Mark 2/1 on Mounting Self propelled 25 pdr AUST Mark 1 on Carrier Grant Self Propelled 25 pdr AUST Mark 1 It is fitted with Australian developed applique armour over the transmission housing A set of pioneer equipment and a length of spare track were carried in the frontal armour The Yeramba's 25 Pounder gun was fitted with a muzzle brake and counter-weight the first time in Australian service that the 25 Pounder was so fitted Field guns were not fitted with muzzle breaks until the 1960's Australian designed and developed the prototype Yeramba was made in 1949 at the Development and Proving Establishment Monegeetta After development trials were conducted at Greytown Range a production run of 13 was undertaken by the Ordnance Factory Bendigo during 1951-52 The Yerambas were used by the 22 Field Regiment SP self-propelled a Victorian based Royal Australian Artillery Unit until the Yeramba was declared obsolete and withdrawn from service in 1956 PD-Australia Original upload log en wikipedia FtCG page en wikipedia Yeramba_spg_ AWM_p04301_007 jpg wikitable - 15 28 8 February 2006 300 × 360 45 809 bytes Ways w en <nowiki> Australian War Memorial catalogue number p04301 007 The photo's online record states that it's copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1949 The AWM allows the use of images from i </nowiki> Black and white photographs of Australia in the 1940s Yeramba | ||||
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