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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Hrolf Hakonson" (May 19th 2010, 10:47pm)
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Originally posted by Hood
Britain can offer the following;
Ordnance QF 3.7in Mk III, developed by Vickers partly as a private venture, firing trials began in 1936 and entered service 1937. It is based on a similar Naval AA gun. Weight in action is 9.2 tons mobile and 17.1 tons static, effective ceiling is 32-45,000 feet and ground range is 20,600-25,600 yards. Rate of fire is 25 rpm on the mobile mount and 19 rpm on the static mount. Elevation is 85 degrees on the mobile and 90 degrees on the static mounts.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
If memory serves, the Mark II 3.7" guns exported to Bulgaria and Ireland are dual purpose of a sort, but the original mounts required enough time to set up that they were not as useful in the AT role as, say, the FlaK 36. (But allegedly they are better AA guns.) Again, if memory serves, Britain was developing a mount to permit that sort of DP performance (it just wasn't available when I bought.)
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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
...but it was rarely used historically in the anti-tank role.
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This was mainly because the 3.7-inch (94 mm) gun mobile mounting was almost twice as heavy as the German "88". Redeploying it was a slower operation, and the heavy AEC Matador artillery tractor normally used for towing could operate on hard surfaces only. Additionally, heavy AA Regiments equipped with the 3.7-inch (94 mm) gun were controlled by Corps or Army HQ, or at even higher level HQs, and command of them was not often devolved to the commanders at Divisional levels where the anti-tank role might be required. Prolonged firing at low elevations (not part of the original specification) also strained the mounting and recuperating gear.
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Originally posted by thesmilingassassin
Atlantis can offer the following:
75/1936
(Based on the 75mm Bourges M1936 AAG)
Projectile : 6.8kg
MV : 700m/s (2,296 f/s)
Range : 8000m Vert.
Weight : 3.8/5.8 tonnes
Elevation : -5 to +90
Traverse: 360deg.
ROF : 25rpm short term, 12rpm long
semi-automatic breech
Also, seeing as I'm waaaaay behind in news ect, Atlantis would also have a 90mm AA gun, very similar to the U.S. 90mm M1/M2/M3.
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