On Wednesday 30 May 2001 19:07, I was honoured by a missive from Richard
Notton that said :
> > > Curiuous isnt it that the 37mm gun fires a 2 pounder (2lb)
> > > shell.....this was long before the European parliament interfered.
> >
> > Even more curious that 37 mm is about one inch and a half ?
>
> And that the Wehrmacht would also have an entirely similar weapon, at least
> the German soldiers had the sense to coin a truly appropriate name for such
> a weedy anti-tank pop-gun, the Heeresanklopfgeräte or, the army
> door-knocker system.
But then ,the 37mm was a left-over from the preceeding war; IIRC, it was the
main armament of the Renault FT17 AFV; OTOH, its was also fitted to the M3
Stuart....
Cheers,
Ron.
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