The 36th Battery
The 36th Battery, one of the three batteries of the 23rd Field Regiment (the 31st, 36th and 83rd) were known for their “Sexton,” a tank with a “25 pounder” (A cannon capable of firing a 25 pound shell up to 200km away.)as well as a mounted under-barrel machine gun. This instrument of war, designed after an American tank hull and built by the Canadians was used mainly by the British and other allied Commonwealth forces, including Canadians.
This machine sat 6 people, each performing a crucial role in maintaining the vehicles value on the battlefield; a commander, a driver, a gunner, a gun-layer, a loader and a wireless operator.
This vehicle’s statistics aside from weaponry are nothing more than par, as it was used behind the front lines, making use of forward observers to call out locations to fire upon. As far as technical statistics, the Sexton had a top speed of 40 km/hr or 25mph with a 400 horsepower gasoline 9-cylinder engine with it's armor, at it's thickest being 32 mm thick.
The company itself, “Queen” company were known by the call signs C (Charlie) and D (Dog.)
The company was from the areas of Cobourg, Port Hope and Peterborough, Ontario in a regiment, the 23rd Field Regiment, existed until the 18th of December, 1945, when the regiment was disbanded per General Order. They fought throughout France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany (at the Rhine river.) During their campaign, 25 men in total were lost from the entire 23rd Field Regiment, with 64 wounded and 6 captured as prisoners of war.
This machine sat 6 people, each performing a crucial role in maintaining the vehicles value on the battlefield; a commander, a driver, a gunner, a gun-layer, a loader and a wireless operator.
This vehicle’s statistics aside from weaponry are nothing more than par, as it was used behind the front lines, making use of forward observers to call out locations to fire upon. As far as technical statistics, the Sexton had a top speed of 40 km/hr or 25mph with a 400 horsepower gasoline 9-cylinder engine with it's armor, at it's thickest being 32 mm thick.
The company itself, “Queen” company were known by the call signs C (Charlie) and D (Dog.)
The company was from the areas of Cobourg, Port Hope and Peterborough, Ontario in a regiment, the 23rd Field Regiment, existed until the 18th of December, 1945, when the regiment was disbanded per General Order. They fought throughout France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany (at the Rhine river.) During their campaign, 25 men in total were lost from the entire 23rd Field Regiment, with 64 wounded and 6 captured as prisoners of war.