well the box trail is mk4 and are far more common than mk5 the split trail model I have seen shots of them but not clear ,commnly used in north africa etc and thnk one of forties books has a shot of the trail of one in action i recognized . also there is a desert period war update arond 1942 that has some movie footage of them and there is another shot of NZ troops with them I am aware of but as you say they are not common
In a german weapons manual on captured enemy weapos they list and photograph a mk5 captuered off BEf as i said they did not see as common issuance of the mk4 and were rapidly replaced by production of mk2 standard 25pdr
Your shots are of great interest and love to see more of the one in Eire could you email me the shots and also any contact details
From your shots I see they have a lot of what i am missing on mine and they seem to be missing some firing linkage
great stuff thank you
regards
Rod
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