Quick Firing 18-Pounder Field Gun
Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta

This British-designed Howitzer was an improvement from the 1913 model 18-pounder. Produced in 1937, it was available at the start of the Second Wrld War. The major innovation in this developmental period was the change from horse drawn to mechanical transportation. The axle had been modified to accept rubber tires rather than wooden wheels and a braking system was installed.

This particular gun was used by the Royal Artillery and presented to the Canadian Army in 1945. It was mounted at this site in August 1981 by One Troop, 9 Para Squadron during Exercise Pond Jump West III.

A plaque affixed to the gun reads as follows:

18 POUNDER GUN (1918)
Brigadier General J.A. Cotter CD
(Comd 1 CBG) and Lieutenant Colonel J.A.
MacInnis CD (CO 3 RCHA) presented this
British Gun to Lieutenant Colonel M.R.
Gentles CD (Camp Comd) in trust
on behalf of the RCA Museum to Camp
Wainwright in January 1981

The 18-Pounder Field Gun/Howitzer was used by the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in World War One and World War Two.

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Photos and text provided by LCol L. Jensen