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in May 1944, 84th and 88th HAA Rgts deployed 44 guns and fired 9881 rounds in bombardment and harassing fire in one week. On one occasion, three Troops of 84th HAA broke up a concentration of 300 German troops forming up for an attack. Forward deployment could be dangerous: on 29 August a Troop of
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were becoming less frequent, but the brigade commander, Brig H.M.J. McIntyre, was an enthusiast for employing the versatile 3.7-inch HAA gun against ground targets. For 'Operation Kishan', carried out by
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Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 22 October 1941, TNA files WO 212/6 and WO 33/1883.
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Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 2 December 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/80.
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were integrated into the unit). The HQ of the reformed regiment was now at Willesden, and in 1951 it was adopted by the
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was heavily shelled for an hour and suffered casualties and loss of equipment, but no guns were put out of action.
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