Date: 24/09/2022
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The gun barrel is from a ‘Pom-Pom’ machine gun designed for anti-aircraft fire, usually in multi-barrelled mounts.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Sat 26 Sep 2020 04:47:10 EDT
I should add the plate across the barrel ‘broke up’ the wooden bullets being fired.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Tue 15 Sep 2020 16:20:21 EDT
This a ‘live firing’ Bren. If using blank ammunition a different barrel would be fitted, wooden rounds used and the cone shaped flash eliminator on the barrel would have a half metal plate across the bottom.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Sun 13 Sep 2020 08:22:05 EDT
This shows a much larger Aldiss lamp fitted on board a Warship given the gun in the background.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Sun 13 Sep 2020 08:18:46 EDT
These would appear to be Signallers training in the use of the Aldis Lamp dating from a time when this means was still in use, the man sat in front appears to be using a field issue Morse key. Interestingly the SAS used Morse well in to the latter part of the 20th Century due to the range this equipment had and the difficulty that arose if anyone tried to ‘jam’ it. In contrast a pal of mine with the Falklands Task Force spoke to SAS men on the deck of a Carrier heading South who were using equipment with a ‘fan type’ aerial similar to the old camera ‘flash’ gun and when he asked they were stealing Satellite time to have a chat with their families. As he expressed disbelief they linked him immediately with his Wife in Cardiff! You could not make it up!
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Sun 13 Sep 2020 08:15:52 EDT
The gun barrel is from a ‘Pom-Pom’ machine gun designed for anti-aircraft fire, usually in multi-barrelled mounts.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Sat 26 Sep 2020 04:47:10 EDT