BL 6 inch 26 cwt Howitzer Johannesburg

This is one of the six BL 6 inch 26 cwt Howitzers which returned from France after World War I. Each of these guns, which are spread across South Africa, commemorates a unit that was active in the First World War.
This howitzer at Johannesburg Zoo commemorates the dead of the 71st (Transvaal) Siege Battery.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Frank Louw