Talk:QF 2-pounder Octuple Pom-pom Gun Mount/@comment-93.32.243.174-20160814131159

"Famous", alright, but "powerful"?

At the time of its service introduction in 1930 this was a very advanced weapon, but by 1939 the rapid improvements in aircraft design had rendered it obsolete, as it had a low muzzle velocity, lacked a satisfactory explosive shell and no tracer ammunition was provided.

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