A Quick Firing 3.7 inch gun of the 5th (Bombay) Mountain Battery, 1933 (c)

Photograph, North West Frontier, India, 1933 (c).

The 3.7 inch Mountain Howitzer was first introduced in 1917, and used in action in that year in Mesopotamia and East Africa. It was used by Mountain Artillery Regiments of the Royal Artillery and the Indian Army, and saw much service on the North West Frontier of India between the wars. The gun had an effective range of 5500 metres and was designed to be broken into eight mule loads, for transport over difficult terrain.

One of 62 copy photographs collected by Major E W Goodman, Commanding Officer of the 5th (Bombay) Mountain Battery, 1933-1939.