40mm Navy gun
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:36 pm
Looking through some old photographs and thought I'd post about the 40mm gun just for the heck of it. This rapid firing gun shot down Japanese planes in the Pacific in WWII. It also had a unique bit of equipment to assist in aiming, the mark 51.
Here is a link to one site that tells a little more.
http://www.usstexasbb35.com/40mm_naval_gun.htm
Photos taken on the USS Alabama battleship as it is now on public display.
Here is a link to one site that tells a little more.
http://www.usstexasbb35.com/40mm_naval_gun.htm
Photos taken on the USS Alabama battleship as it is now on public display.