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The Bush Artillery
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| SUPPLEMENTING the conventional artillery was the "Bush Artillery". To be selected as a candidate weapon for the Bush Artillery, the weapon had to have a breechblock and a ready supply of ammunition. Sights were optional. |
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS FIRING CAPTURED ITALIAN GUNS AND AMMUNITION BACK AT THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN FORCES OUTSIDE TOBRUK. THIS WAS HUMOUROUSLY KNOWN AS THE "BUSH ARTILLERY"; THOSE WORKING THE GUNS WERE NOT TRAINED ARTILLERYMEN AND IN THE MAIN, WERE COOKS, ORDERLIES, DRIVERS ETC., WHO DID IT FOR THE FUN OF IT. THEIR RANGE FINDING WAS NOT ALWAYS FIRST CLASS BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTION ALL HELPED TO HARASS THE ENEMY AND THE EFFECT ON MORALE WAS GOOD |
