25 pounder tractors

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Originally posted by Lang
The British and Canadian people might not immediately recognise all these guns as 25 pounders. They were Australian "short" or "light weight" modifications for manhandling in the jungle covered mountains of New Guinea, Bougainville etc.

The platform, armoured blast shield and numerous other bits were removed reducing the weight by about a ton. In a few photos you can see the 9.00X16 wheels have been replaced by what appears to be car wheels to further reduce weight.

These two pics from the AWM show the differences in the Australian 25pdr Short.

The barrel was also shorter then the regular 25pdr