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Originally Posted by privateer
I'm thinking I gave you a link to a file that explained several WWI era guns like this once?
75mm gun made by Krupp. Was made to fold away under the deck. |
Thanks! It's an interesting little weapon - the barrel's much shorter than most of the WWI submarine guns I've seen. The USN shortened the barrels of sub-mounted weapons in WWII to improve accuracy (at short range, I guess?) Maybe the same principle was applied here.