GUN MOUNTINGS
MANUFACTURE IN CANADA. OTTAWA. A Canadian plant has just produced the first naval gun mounting ever made in this country. Its firing trials have been successfully completed. It is a twin anti-aircraft machine-gun mounting. Regular deliveries to the British Admiralty will begin this month, says an announcement recently issued by the Department of Munitions and Supply. It is planned to increase the output of mountings over the next six months. The present programme follows a decision reached only last autumn by the Admiralty to manufacture these machines in Canada. It was the first time that such an order has been placed outside of England. The twin anti-aircraft machine-gun mounting is an intricate and highly sensitive instrument. A complete defensive unit in itself, except for gun barrels and breech mechanism, it weighs several hundred pounds and is made up of hundreds of parts. Designed specifically to fight off enemy aircraft attacking naval or merchant vessels, it is operated by two gunners working with special sights.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1941, Page 6
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166GUN MOUNTINGS Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1941, Page 6
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