Low cloud above a replica 155 mm Long Tom cannon on Long Tom Pass recreates the smoke of artillery fire towards the Drakensberg mountain range in Mpumalanga province. The gun-howitzer was built by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France, of which four were acquired by the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek to guard the capital city of Pretoria, but were instead used as field guns in the field against the British forces, who nick-named it Long Tom.

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Size: 5747px × 3830px 48.7cm × 32.4cm - 300dpi
Location: Long Tom Pass, South Africa
Photo credit: © Sam J Basch / AfriPics
License: Licensed
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