AEC Matador 25 pounder portee

[attilio]

I recently found this pic of an AEC Matador 25 pounder portee


Have you any informations about?

Thanks

[Carl Schwamberger]

All I can recall is that it was susposed to give the cannon better mobility. I guess it saved wear on the tires. It certainly did not see much actual use. The extra thirty seconds needed to winch the the gun up & down would add to the time needed to emplace or displace a cannon troop or battery. Probably not a good thing in light of the British prefrence for low response time.

[nuyt]

The picture seems to be from the Desert.
Check out the 25pdr vehicles used by the LRDG:
http://www.lrdg.de/vehicles3.htm