Would it have something to do with camoflaguing the "addition" to the turret which took the recoil of the 17pdr, made the Firefly turret very distinctive. (I cant imaging anyone wanting their Sherman to look like a Firefly, picked on first time)
As kenny seems not to want to... could you continue, T. A.? [ 16. May 2004, 03:04 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]
Hmmmmmmmmm... A recoiless Mortar??? A kinda WW2 LAWS??? "In the U.S., inventors Kroger and Musser formed the basis for the shape of U.S. recoilless rifle developments in their Kromuskit design. This design was superior to both the German designs and the Burney rifles in that the driving band featured the rifling already on it, unlike the previous designs which forced a copper ring into the rifling to impart spin. Thus, less gas pressure was to be had and by consequence, the weapon could be made lighter." "During WWII, US Army ordnance developed a recoilless 60mm mortar. Intended as a direct-fire weapon, it got around the two problems of drop-firing and recoil by using (A) a small solid-fuel rocket on the nose of the bomb, pointing forward, and (B) a rear-mounted venturi system similar to the 75mm "Kromuskit" RR. The drill was as follows; 1. Place bomb in muzzle (in "hang" position) 2. Attach (8-foot) firing lanyard to rocket, remove safety pin, step back 3. Yank lanyard, igniting rocket 4. Rocket thrust pushes bomb back into tube (hard) and onto fixed firing pin 5. Bomb propellant (the traditional shotgun cartridge arrangement) fires, launching bomb out muzzle, and 6. Blast of gas comes out venturi, giving recoilless effect. Reportedly, the Infantry School took one look at it- and odered production of the 57mm recoilless rifle be given top priority instead. More to the point, we have had "direct-fire mortar"- type weapons in service since 1942. Bazookas, 3.5in rocket launchers, M72 LAW, AT-4, SMAW, etc."
Well, Red, you managed to hit it with the shotgun approach. Simply put it was the US recoilless rifle system like Britain's Burney system or the Bohler system of Germany (developed into production by Krupp and Rhinemetall) or, the granddaddy of them all the Davis system of WW 1. The reason it came to be called Kromuskit was a result of a concatonation of the two designer's names as a corporate trade name. Your turn.
Hope this picture comes out: Lahti/Saloranta m/26 LMG An L/S model 26 with shoulder strap and a stack of extra 20-round magazines. Picture from the factory brochure Finland!
Very quick one.....the RAF had major problems trying to fit 20mm cannon to Spitfires during the Battle of Britain - the guns wouldn't 'feed' properly. What was the basic cause of the problem ?
The 20mm cannon was designed to be feed from the ammo box but the ammo box would not fit in the wing. When they were feed witout the ammo case the gun jammed?
