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Originally Posted by Godwin Hampton
Both are Bofors guns. The 'smaller' one is a static model, without the platform ( carriage ).
The 'mudguards' in the second picture are part of the lashing-down system to keep the gun in place while firing and travelling. No such provision for the crew!
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Today, gun crews are carried in air conditioned cabs, not so during WW II. They were made of sterner stuff back then, although I would have loved to have heard the comments from the crew if the cameraman down in the ditch muffed this shot and yelled,
"Cut! Master Bombardier, your nose is running! Wipe it, back the tractor up and we'll redo this shot. O.K. Take 23!"