Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in support of an infantry attack by 17th Indian Division.

An Ordnance BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun of 247th Medium Battery, Royal Artillery, is fired several times. Close-up of the breech as the gun is fired, opened and reloaded. Two guns can be seen firing; a Buddhist pagoda is in the background. Smoke rises in the distance.

Notes

In the first half of March 1945 17th Indian Division captured the key strategic centre of Meiktila. There then followed a period of consolidation aimed at preventing Japanese forces in the area withdrawing southwards. This film documents part of that consolidation. For other film of these operations, see related items.

The dopesheet remarks that these guns are rarely fired due to the fact that the ammunition for them is too heavy to deliver by parachute.