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Written by David Boyd
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Thursday, 01 January 2009 14:42 |
The 2 Pounder Anti-Aircraft Gun In 1937 it was decided to adopt the Naval 2 Pounder Anti-Aircraft gun for land use, this was at the same time as when the Bofors was also adapted. It soon became clear that the Bofors was a far more effective weapon and so only very few were used, these were used positioned near ports and naval installations. When production of Bofors reached sufficient numbers these guns were replaced and sent to the navy for ship use. Ground weapons came in both single and duel mountings, naval versions also had quad and eight gun mounting. 2 Pounder Anti-Aircraft Gun Data Weight of gun and breech | 125lb | Total length | 96" | Length of bore | 62" | Rifling | 12 grooves, 1/30 | Elevation | -10, +80 degrees | Traverse | 360 degrees | Weight in Action | 16,688lb | Rate of fire | 60 | Projectile weight | 2lb | Muzzle velocity | 2,275fps | Max horizontal range | 7,500 yards | Max Ceiling | 16,000 feet | Production of 2 Pounder Anti-Aircraft guns by year (UK only) | Pre-War | Sep-Oct 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 2pdr AA Guns | 30 | 105 | 213 | - | Single Mounting | 6 | 84 | 57 | 1 | Dual Mounting | 3 | 7 | 31 | 19 | HE | 3,000 | 152,324 | 167,278 | - | Sources - British & American Artillery of WWII, AVIA 22 456 - 514
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