A NOVEL GUN MOUNTING DEVISED BY THE ARTIFICER OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN BATTERY. FOUR LEWIS MK 1 ...

Accession Number 013167
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Bottomley, Clifford
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 2 September 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A NOVEL GUN MOUNTING DEVISED BY THE ARTIFICER OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN BATTERY. FOUR LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUNS ARE FIXED TO THE MOUNT AT AN ANGLE THAT WILL ESTABLISH A CONCENTRATION OF FIRE AT AN PREDETERMINED POINT. ALL FOUR GUNS ARE FIRED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM A MASTER TRIGGER.