----- Original Message -----
From: "Renaud OLGIATI" <rolgiati@bigfoot.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] [MVlist] Nuts and bolts of the matter...
> On Wednesday 30 May 2001 15:04, I was honoured by a missive from Nigel Hay
> that said :
> > Curiuous isnt it that the 37mm gun fires a 2 pounder (2lb)
shell.....this
> > was long before the European parliament interfered.
> > NIGE
>
> 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.
Richard
Southampton - England
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