British 6 Pounder was equal to US 57 mm. (why the US went metric on some of
this stuff who knows!). In anti-tank guns shells were interchangeable
between 6 Pr and 57 mm.and as I recall, the ammo boxes were marked for both.
80 shots per minute? I have trouble believing that. Firing 80 6 Pr
shells/minute might equal reverse gear for a poor old Mossie! 8 rounds per
minute perhaps?
Colin Macgregor Stevens
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Notton" <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mosquito vs. B-17G
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Jenkins" <GPW1942@bellatlantic.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Mosquito vs. B-17G
>
>
> > Geoff
> > Did the Mosquito have the range necessary to strike deep into Europe?
> > Dj
> >
> It seems from the data to hand that early marks could manage a round trip
> loaded sortie of 2,000 miles and later ones up to 3,000 miles.
>
> Out of interest some models were fitted with an auto-loading 6pdr
(goodness
> knows what calibre but something like 65mm) anti-tank gun firing at a rate
> of about 80rpm which did make it shudder a bit, hitting such a small
target
> as a tank was very difficult but used in an anti-shipping role it was
quite
> effective.
>
> On the theme of things being made by odd firms, the very specialised auto
> loading mechanism was made by a cigarette vending machine company.
>
> Richard
> Southampton - England
>
>
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