N.Z. Guns Knock Out Five Axis Tanks
(Official War Correspondent. N.Z.E.F.) WESTERN DESERT, Sept. ?. New Zealand guns yest4rd6y accounted for several enemy tanks. Our artillery scored direct hits oh two heavy tanks arid a third which was damaged withdrew smoking and was later seen to burst into fiamCs. The six-pounder antitank guns which engaged the enemy at a range of 1000 yards destroyed two Italian medium tanks both of which burst into flames.
Despite a dust storm the tfew Zealand anti-aircraft batteries brought down two Messerschmitts 109'a and several others were seen to be damaged. Patrols were again in close contact with the enemy during the night, one returning with a few German prisoners. There have been exchanges of mortar fire along the
front and shelling but the consequences were negligible.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 112, 5 September 1942, Page 5
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