Many more guns, still on the assembly line, will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday

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Many more guns, still on the assembly line, will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday

Date7/2/1941

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Many more guns; still on the assembly line; will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday. Here visitors to the plant on the occasion of the dedication service; inspect the assembly line where gleaming barrels lie ready for the Next process. The new gun will form the chief weapon of field artillery units and replaces the 18-pounder familiar to Canadian troops in the first great war. It differs widely from the old gun.

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Weapons industry

World War, 1939-1945

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019335F

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