Summer Concentration 1965
The 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA CA (M) flew to Wainwright, Alberta on 3 July 1965. One hundred and twenty eight all ranks (which included 27 personnel from 5th (BC) Field Battery in Victoria) spent one week at gunnery training, firing their first land target since 1957. It takes many years for the coastal artillery past to rub off! Twenty-five members of the 3rd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery assisted the unit in their training which consisted of:
Monday - Refresher - Gun drill, Command Post drill and OP drill
Tuesday - Live firing
Wednesday - Live firing including Air OP
Thursday - Live firing - Battery shoots
Personnel from several Alberta Militia units were also in location providing support. These included 150 Transport Company, 6 and 7 Ordnance Companies, 21 Medical Company, Canadian provost Corps and 7 Independent Signals Squadron (M).
Please read through the exercise newsletter for other details.
Monday - Refresher - Gun drill, Command Post drill and OP drill
Tuesday - Live firing
Wednesday - Live firing including Air OP
Thursday - Live firing - Battery shoots
Personnel from several Alberta Militia units were also in location providing support. These included 150 Transport Company, 6 and 7 Ordnance Companies, 21 Medical Company, Canadian provost Corps and 7 Independent Signals Squadron (M).
Please read through the exercise newsletter for other details.
The crew at the Observation Post. The second photo shows Major Vic Stevenson.
A couple of the gun detachments. The cam nets could use a bit more scrim.
The Air OP was in attendance with their latest and most modern helicopter acquisition.
How does the gun layout look from the air?
An unidentified photo. Apres a night in the Officers' Mess?
A couple of the gun detachments. The cam nets could use a bit more scrim.
The Air OP was in attendance with their latest and most modern helicopter acquisition.
How does the gun layout look from the air?
An unidentified photo. Apres a night in the Officers' Mess?
Additional Wainwright Photos provided by Bob Spring. The Adjutant, Captain Bob Spring and the Regimental Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Class I Dave Penman possibly discussing the fallout from the previous evening in the Messes....Off in the distance there is the beginning of a smoke screen fired by 18 Field Regiment, RCA as a demonstration shoot.
Gun RV at Wainwright “Buff Extension. Captain Spring’s “A” Troop gun position.
#4 gun with “A” Troop in an Anti-tank position. Aerial photo of the 15th Field Regiment gun positions. The unit was using the 105mm howitzers belonging to the 3rd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
Captain Bob Spring "between the boards" at the CP set up outside the 3/4 Ton. Captain Spring at Gunner’s Hill OP”.
Captain Spring's Orders Group with Gun Sergeants & Warrant Officer Class II Ray Guttridge. Captain Spring possibly providing a critique of the latest shoot.
Gun RV at Wainwright “Buff Extension. Captain Spring’s “A” Troop gun position.
#4 gun with “A” Troop in an Anti-tank position. Aerial photo of the 15th Field Regiment gun positions. The unit was using the 105mm howitzers belonging to the 3rd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
Captain Bob Spring "between the boards" at the CP set up outside the 3/4 Ton. Captain Spring at Gunner’s Hill OP”.
Captain Spring's Orders Group with Gun Sergeants & Warrant Officer Class II Ray Guttridge. Captain Spring possibly providing a critique of the latest shoot.
