A M33 prime mover tows a 240mm howitzer near Mt.Porchia in the Cassino sector on 27 January 1944.

240mm Howitzer

two artillerymen with presents for adolph

Virgil Simpson, my father, with a quad 50 (m51) in Europe during World War Two. Virgil was a cannoneer, then the gunner, on this anti-aircraft weapon.
This quad 50, trailer mounted, was moved from place to place by a truck. The quad 50 was battery operated and could swivel from side to side, while the 4 gun barrels moved up and down. Corporal Larry Kreeger was in command of this weapon. To brag a little, Larry told me that Virgil was very adept, as the gunner, at operating this weapon.