Airborne troops engage the enemy on the outskirts of Arnhem with a 75 mm gun, 19 September 1944

Photograph by Sergeant D M Smith, Army Film and Photographic Unit, World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.

This image depicts a 75 mm Pack Howitzer. This light-weight weapon could be rapidly stripped down into four pieces for easy transportation. It could be carried in a Horsa glider alongside its ammunition trailer.

From a collection of 75 British official photographs relating to 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem, Operation MARKET GARDEN, September 1944.