Talk:Shropshire Yeomanry

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The first link (to http://www2.army.mod.uk/royalsignals/1sigsqn/history/rby.htm) is no longer valid. And I can't find a suitable replacement on that website for the information that it's being used to cite. --Ambulnick (talk) 11:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

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WW2 Artillery Equipment
Despite what the british army website says, I doubt that these regiments used 4.5" howitzers.

As far as I'm aware, the only 4.5" howitzers to see RA service in WW2 was the Ordnance QF 4.5" Howitzer, which was a pre-WW1 design that equipped Field Artillery units along with the (more numerous) 18pdr Field Gun. While both saw service in WW2 (with Field Regiments RA), they were gradually replaced by the 25pdr Field Gun - the wiki article on the 4.5" howitzer mentions that it was last used operationally (by the British) in Malaya in 1942.

The principal weapon of the RA Medium regiments during WW2 was the BL 5.5" Medium Gun (despite its name, this was really a howitzer), which was introduced in 1941 as a replacement for the WW1 era 6" Howitzers. Some Medium Regiments had one of their two batteries equipped with Guns, principally the BL 4.5" Medium Gun, which entered service in the 1930s, although the pre-WW1 Ordnance BL 60-pounder was still knocking about at the start of the war.

Even though I think the British army website is a poor source (at least in this matter), it trumps me having no source. Accordingly, I see no point in amending the article at present. However, if someone has access to a better source ...Glevum (talk) 19:18, 24 July 2018 (UTC)