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== External links ==
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/article1.htm Indian Army Mountain Artillery] www.king-emperor.com<br>*[http://www.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27:mountain-gunners-a-brief-history-of-the-indian-mountain-artillery-1840-1914&catid=10:articles&Itemid=9 Mountain Gunners] www.victorianmilitarysociety.org*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/war-horse/explore/roles/carrying/munitions/ War Horse: Munitions] National Army Museum**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1955-04-42-39 Photograph of No. 2 Mountain Battery descending Springawi Pass, Afghanistan, 1879], [http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/war-horse/explore/roles/carrying/munitions/attachment/43533/ Larger version]**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=2002-05-45-1 Oil Painting of the 7th (Bengal) Mountain Battery going into action near Kaniguram, Waziristan, 1920], [http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/war-horse/explore/roles/carrying/munitions/attachment/95601/ Larger version]*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1992-08-198-3 Model Mountain Artillery with Mule Team and Quick Firing Gun, 1908]. National Army Museum*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=2001-04-1-55 Photograph of Breech loading 10-pounder gun of the 5th (Bombay) Mountain Battery, 1933] National Army Museum*[http://colonialfilm.org.uk/node/6501 Film footage of gunners of the Indian Mountain Artillery], probably of 5th Indian Division, manning their 3.7-inch howitzers in action on the Tiddim Road in India/Burma in September 1944. colonialfilm.org.uk*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1535642/Colonel-John-Kenyon.html Obituary of Colonel John Kenyon, 1921-2006] who won an immediate MC as a mountain gunner in the Burma campaign during the critical battle of Kohima. In 1944 Kenyon, a lieutenant, was serving with 5 (Bombay) Indian Mountain Battery, part of 25th Indian Mountain Regiment. telegraph.co.uk*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/5942659099/in/set-72157626153213485 Photograph of 31st Mountain Battery: Mule with part of a dismantled gun] flickr.com. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/5954014741/in/set-72157626153213485 No.3 Mule carrying the carriage assembly] Probably 31st Mountain Battery. flickr.com
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, where the print quality is better.
 
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