Men Against Tanks: A History of Anti-Tank Warfare by John S. Weeks

By John S. Weeks

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Meanwhile the 2-pounder continued. This was a deliberate act of policy since the factories were tooled up for it and there was no other design available for mass production. Procrastination over the 6-pounder had ensured that it was still almost a year away, so had to be, despite misgivings about its effectiveness. The guns were issued as fast as they could be made and hurriedly set up in anti-invasion emplacements. Moreover, work progressed on improvements to the 2-pounder. In December 1938 Dr F.

At 300yd this bullet could penetrate fin of armour plate, at least as good a performance as the 20mm machineguns provided. There was, of course, a price to pay: the barrel wore out rapidly and 200 rounds was the average life with fullpower ammunition. For training and instructional firing a reduced-power cartridge was used which allowed an almost unlimited barrel-life. When it was introduced in 1935, the Marosczek was well ahead of anything in service in any other country and it caused considerable interest.

And smash the bomb on The Home Guard took to the en- to this terrifying device with some enthusiasm, but the Ordnance Board never approved it and in a publication in September 1940 said of it, The whole article is most objectionable! It was never adopted for the Regular Forces, not that this stopped them using it in training exercises, and it was withdrawn in 1943 an(i decently buried. By that time the older versions were showing signs of deterioration in the nitro-glycerine, with the concomitant difficulties that arise from that state, so it was high time for it to go.

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