Men of the 1st and 2nd Batteries try out the first Australian-made anti-aircraft gun. The gun, which is very mobile and can be elevated to an angle of 90 degrees in a few moments, can fire a 161 b. high explosive shell every two seconds.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 6
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45Men of the 1st and 2nd Batteries try out the first Australian-made anti-aircraft gun. The gun, which is very mobile and can be elevated to an angle of 90 degrees in a few moments, can fire a 161 b. high explosive shell every two seconds. Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 6
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