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- From: Brian <brian@coombs.anu.edu.au>
- Subject: Re: Bofors 40mm AA in WW2
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:30:34 GMT
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- From Brian <brian@coombs.anu.edu.au>
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- Dave Pierson <pierson@ggone.enet.dec.com> writes:
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- > (rumor has that the 106mm recoiless was so named so that the logistics
- > crew could, at a galnce tell the difference between 105mm (conventional)
- > and 106mm (recoilless...) ammo.
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- No, it was to differentiate between the earlier 105mm Rcl. and the later
- complete rebuild of the weapon after its failure which became known as the
- 106mm Rcl. The 105mm Rcl was originally known as the T19. It in fact used the
- standard 105mm shell, attached to a much larger cartridge case. The 105mm Rcl
- was considered overweight and inefficient for its calibre.
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