25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the village of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma.

An Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun being fired; each shot kicks up a cloud of dust. Spent casings are ejected. Close-up of the muzzle. At the battery command post a British officer (presumably Major Milstead, the battery commander) speaks on a radio. Elsewhere a message is received and passed on. A gun's sights are set. Close-up of the muzzle elevating.

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Taungup was a small town on the Arakan coast road and it dominated a junction with the Prome road. Its capture would have facilitated the movement of XV Indian Corps across the Arakan Yomas (mountains) and into the Irrawaddy valley where they could link up with the advancing XXXIII Corps. Taungup did not fall until after 15 April, partly due to a reduced tonnage of aerial supply.

This battery possibly of 7th Indian Field Regiment, Indian Artillery.

Dopesheet gives the range of the shelling as 6,000 yards.