British
2-pdr [4 cm/39 (1.575")] Mark VIII
Pictures

Updated 20 February 2008

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2-pdr. Mark VII Quad Destroyer Mounting
Note the simple ring sights


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2-pdr. Mark VII Quad Mounting
Sketch from B.R. 224/45

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Single Mark VIII gun in Mark XV mounting
This mounting was adapted from the 20 mm Oerlikon Mark V mounting
The Mark XVI mounting was very similar


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2-pdr HV Rounds
Sketch courtesy of Steve Johnson's Cyberheritage Website
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Images at The Vickers Photographic Archive

See multi-barrel, gun sight pounder, pounder XVI, Mark VIII guns, VIA, 40mm barrelled four, barrelled naval mk and flash protector

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Images at Australian War Memorial

Picture of 2-pdr ammunition in belts
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