gun into a self-propelled artillery piece. It was employed only during the North African Campaign from 1942 to 1943. The Deacon was developed in 1942 to...

the 3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, rising to the rank of captain. Deacon, a Forward Observation Officer, travelled...

up deacon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A deacon is an official in Christian churches. Deacon, the Deacon or Deacons may also refer to: Deacon (name)...

The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a Canadian-designed self-propelled artillery vehicle of the Second World War. It was based on Canadian-built derivatives...

contemporary Deacon self-propelled guns. During the early stages of World War II, US Army observers realized that they would need a self-propelled artillery vehicle...

operated a small number of T48s captured from UK and the Soviet Union. Deacon (artillery) – a British 6-pdr gun on an armored truck List of U.S. military vehicles...

CS8 15cwt used by 106 Royal Horse Artillery during Operation Compass at Beda Fomm. The AEC Mk I Gun Carrier "Deacon" introduced in 1942 in the Desert...

the North African Campaign led to a requirement for a self-propelled artillery vehicle armed with the 25-pounder gun-howitzer. In June 1941, the development...

tradition of using ecclesiastical names for self-propelled (SP) artillery, such as Deacon, Priest, Bishop and Sexton.[citation needed] A complete gun section...

back down to the Second Division. The summer of 1988 saw chairman John Deacon sell the club to London-based businessman and former Queens Park Rangers...

Artillery has been a primary weapon of war since before the Napoleonic Era. Several countries have developed and built artillery systems, while artillery...

Second Boer War, it saw active service as cavalry in World War I and as artillery in World War II. Its lineage is maintained by 36 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal...

Howitzers are one of two primary types of field artillery. Historically, howitzers fired a heavy shell in a high-trajectory from a relatively short barrel...

weapon that replaced 2-pounder in artillery units Ordnance QF 17-pounder – 76 mm weapon introduced later in war for artillery units Ordnance QF 25-pounder...

Artillery – February 1990". US Army Field Artillery School. 1990. Retrieved 18 June 2020. "Field Artillery – February 1987". US Army Field Artillery School...

The AEC Matador was a heavy 4×4 truck and medium artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during...

and were similarly operated by the Royal Artillery. Bishop – 25 pdr gun-howitzer on Valentine tank chassis Deacon – 6 pdr anti-tank gun on armoured truck...

self-propelled artillery (48; World War I) Tracked Rapier – self-propelled AA missile launcher Abbot FV433 self-propelled artillery Bishop Deacon wheeled anti-tank...

positive reviews. The following year he portrayed Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon in the crime thriller The Little Things acting opposite Rami Malek and Jared...

anti-tank gun, allowing the 25-pounder gun-howitzer to revert to its intended artillery role. Limitations of the existing 2-pounders were apparent even as the...

domain of the Royal Artillery and vehicles adapted to mount artillery, including anti-tank self-propelled guns such as the Deacon (6pdr on an armoured...

considered by some to have been in use until the arrival of gunpowder artillery. Instead, the mangonel operated on manpower-pulling cords attached to...

medical family of present-day Brookline, Massachusetts. His father was a deacon in the Congregational Church, a farmer, a cordwainer, and a lieutenant in...

Lt. F.H. Richards. Officer i/c reinforcements: 2Lt H. W. Deacon. In May 1916, the artillery brigades of infantry divisions were reorganised; the pure...

that was used in the early part of World War Two. The R.6.T began as an artillery tractor developed by the British Four Wheel Drive Lorry Company (FWD England)...

McCormick, best known under his nom de plume, Richard Deacon. As the chapters generally attest, 'Deacon' McCormick could be an unreliable, even misleading...

African campaign, the British did use self-propelled AT guns such as 6-pdr Deacon. The Valentine tank chassis was fitted with the 17-pdr to create the Archer...

Society. ISSN 0026-4016. Retrieved 22 July 2009. Deacon, 1996. Pg2 Sometimes called the Cape Peninsula Artillery Brigade A two gun 9.2" battery was installed...

1968, that he had ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam", effective November 1, should the North...

Civil War. He was martial and stern in attitude and profoundly religious, a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. One of his many nicknames was "Old Blue Lights"...