The 73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during World War II. It served during the London Blitz, landed on D-Day, seeing action throughout t
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Bofors 40 mm LAA gun equipped with 'Stiffkey Stick' sights
Crusader AA Mark I SP Bofors gun
Troops of 3rd Division sheltering on Sword on D-Day, with Bofors gun in background.
The 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during World War II. Elements of the regiment landed with special equipment on D-Day, and served in
73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
…on Queen Beach of Sword under the command of 3rd Division. The assault group included elements of 103rd HAA Rgt equipped with towed 3.7-inch guns and 93rd LAA Rgt equipped with the new 20 mm Polsten gun in triple mountings, half of them mounted on Crusader tank chassis. M AA Assault Group…
Crusader AA tank mounting a triple 20mm gun in a hull-down position, 19 July 1944
V-1 in flight over Antwerp
Captured V-1 displayed at Antwerp at the end of World War II.