Why didn’t the Royal Navy abandon the 2-pounder “pom-pom” earlier in favour of the 40mm Bofors?
Some sources say that the main reason was that there were some 2,000,000 rounds left over at the end of World War I from the earlier fabric-belt-fed 2-pdr QF Mk II. At the rate the octuple mounts used up ammunition I don’t think this is valid. Let’s look at a bit of the history. In […]
What are the facts about Australian radar in World War II?
Many historians look at photographs and immediately identify the masthead antenna on Australian River Class frigates (and their Bathurst Class corvette contemporaries) as an American SC air-search. Indeed, the Australian War Memorial and the Royal Australian Navy’s website’s photographic records’ captions tend to bear this out. In my opinion they are most probably wrong – […]