Longerange (Login Longerange)
Posted Aug 27, 2008 10:32 AM
Regarding the Soviet 122mm howitzer you are probably right with the muzzle break.
Regarding the delivery time of the Bofors 15cm howitzers:
They must have arrived in Iran between 1935 and 1939, since they were towed by 6x6 Marmon Herrington trucks, which arrived in 1935, and were on parade display in 1939 during the Tehran wedding celebrations for Crownprince Mohammed Reza and his bride Fawzia.
As to the seize of the order; i'll try to look it up, but judging from the parade footage 1939 (which probably only included the 1st Division) there must have been several dozen Bofors 15cm howitzers.