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[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your information, gambadier

Any information about the 20mm Polsten and Hispano AA guns ??

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Does somebody know where/when this image was taken ??

Sturm78

[Clive Mortimore]

Nobody for the 20mm Polsten ??

Well, I hope to have more lucky with this other light AA gun. Any information and/or wartime image of the 20mm Hispano AA gun?

Used this gun the same mount that the Polsten gun ??

Sturm78

There was a universal mount for the Polsten, Hispano and Oerlikon guns.

[Sturm78]

Clive wrote
There was a universal mount for the Polsten, Hispano and Oerlikon guns

Thanks, Clive.

Do you have any wartime image of these guns ??

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Any idea about this sextuple Bofors AA mount ?? Wartime or Postwar ??

Sturm78

[Dunserving]

The image title dates it as September 1946...........

So 16 months after VE Day and 13 months after VJ Day, but given design and construction time, probably dating to wartime in concept.

[Dunserving]

I wonder how much it weighed....

[OldBill]

Take a close look at the guns, these are water cooled. This mount would have been heavy, but also very, very deadly. It could, in effect, fire as long as you have ammo being fed into it, without reaching a hot gun situation or burning out a barrel. Your loaders may well fail before the mount does. This is an impressive piece of gear.

[LineDoggie]

I wonder how much it weighed....

Well a US MK 4 quadruple mount weighed 25,140lb

[ROLAND1369]

Re: Sturm78 » 02 Jul 2016, 12:18 The picture is a RP 50 Mk VI mounting intended for large warships. Its weight was 21.24 tons. As suspected it went into service post WW II. Found it in: "Naval Weapons of WWII", JOHN CAMPBELL, NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, 1985 Page 71.

[gambadier]

Re HAA gun, IRC two HAA Regts manned by African troops served in Italy. Of course two African divisions served in SE Asia, but infantry divisions did not have organic HAA,

[Clive Mortimore]

Re HAA gun, IRC two HAA Regts manned by African troops served in Italy. Of course two African divisions served in SE Asia, but infantry divisions did not have organic HAA,

The white NCOs are wearing bush hats which indicates they are on tropical service, as far as I am aware the bush hat was not worn in Italy. It could be a gun almost anywhere in the British Empire defending an important city, port or military base.

[Sturm78]

Roland1369 wrote
Re: Sturm78 » 02 Jul 2016, 12:18 The picture is a RP 50 Mk VI mounting intended for large warships. Its weight was 21.24 tons. As suspected it went into service post WW II. Found it in: "Naval Weapons of WWII", JOHN CAMPBELL, NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, 1985 Page 71.

Thank you for your help, Roland1369

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

No problem, glad to help.

[ROLAND1369]

HMS Vangard for instance mounted 10 of these Mark VI SYSTEMS.