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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-08-31, Page 7DEADLY NEW CANADIAN WEAPON REVEALED } 'fro Long Long on the secret list, a powerful new weapon, the "Sexton," a 25 -pander full- tracked, self-propelled mount, has been revealed to the world by Munitions Minister C. D. Howe. Designed by Canadians and built only in thie country, it has already been made in sufficient quantities to supply the Canadian Army, and is now being made for the _British Ar- my. A modification of the Can- adian -designed Ram tank, tho "Sexton", a 25 -pounder full- France. The gun for the new mount is virtually the same as the 25 -pounder which stopped Rommel at El Alamein. It is shown being installed into the mount in the lower photo, while above a line of the completed mounts lumbers out to the test ranges. RiUNION IN FRANCE Fondest hopes are realized as a happy mother welcomes her soldier son back to his home in Alencon. The soldier, serving in the French Army, helped to liberate the town from Nazi rulers. AGE DOESN'T MEAN A THING TO CUPID Love has no age limits, as far as Robert Leedham, Sok-year-old New York City barge captain, and Mrs. Johanna Appel, 62, are concer..c:.'. After eight-year courtship, they decided to take the plunge, are ,shown at City Hall where they applied for Jmarrigae license. She's landlady, and he her star boarder. PALS This 4000 -pound blockbuster has company as it hurtles earthwards. in the form of a smaller bomb, caught by RAF camera during re- cent attack on Luftwaffe equipment depot at St. Cyr, France. FAMOUS EMBLEMS Here are two einblezns worn by soma soldiers of the Canadian Army Overseas, which World War II has produced and made famous.. Be- low is pictured the shoulder sleeve insignia worn by personnel attach- ed to SHA.EF — Supreme Head- quarters Allied Expeditionary Force in other words General Eisenhower's .staff. The field is black with red flames rising from a white sword, and a rainbow which includes all colors of which nation- al flags of the Allies are composed tops the shield. At top is the in» signia of the famous British Eighth Army -- a gold or yellow Crusad- er's cross on a white shield. Can- adians fighting with, the gth Wear this insignia. PRIMING FOR HUN , . Hand grenades come in handy when clearing isolated pockets of enemy resistence and here is CSM W. G. Vassie, Kitchener, priming grenades before a Canadian operation south of Caen. `CAMERA' ACTION NAZIS UP TO DEADLY TRICKS These photos show two of the tricky new mines Germans are using in Italy. Two-part mine pictured above is anti-personnel weapon. Wooden peg is driven into ground, mine is placed on it, above ground, and cord tied between two mines. When trip cord is disturbed, It pulls the pins and both mines explode si- xnultaneausly. Other two pic- tures show a new antl-tank mine, also used against other vehicles. Its bottle -shaped shell has open bottom, in which there is the electro -magnet seen in picture at right. This enables mines to adhere to any steel part. In photo below, an Allied sol- dier demonstrates, on Army tank tread, how the mine is used. TRACTOR TOGGED OUT FOR WINTER Lieut. John Hodgson (Big Jack) Smith, former Tornoto newspaper photographer, who has served with the Canadian Army Film and Photo Units in the campaigns in Sicily and Italy, shown as he swung into action with his Army camera..A six-foot, four -inch giant, Smith served on the staffs of the Toronto Evening Telegram and the Toronto Globe and Mail be- fore joining the Army's Public Re- lations branch. Model M-7 snow tractor, above, designed for use by the armed forces in Arctic areas, is heavily insulated against cold, has six for- ward and two reverse speeds ranging from four to 41 m.p.h. Coupled with a snow trailer, the M-17 is used for rescuing downed flyers and carrying supplies. PINCERS POSSIBILITY Mediterranean Sea Anticipating Allied capture and consolidation of French Mediterranean ports, armchair strategists sea interesting possibilities of a surprise pincers movement, as diagrammed on map above, that might spell quick doom for Germans in northern Italy. Left arm of pincers could thrust eastward through Alpine passes on to broad plains .above Po river; right arm would require •amphibious invasion on east coast of Adriatic. Success of movement would trap Nazis in northern Italy, force their surrender or flight through Brenner Pass which is, at mercy of Allied bombers.