Only a wooden hull stood between the ship and the enemy but that didn't mean HDML 1321 was defenceless.
According to Wikipedia the HDML 1321 was fitted with the following.
37mm Vickers autocannon aka: pom pom
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
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2 x .50 calibre machine guns
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Bren light machine gun
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Up to 8 Depth Charges
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Learn about the weapons that were actually used on board HDML 1321.
Close, but not quite right , initial armament was a Hotchkis 2 1/2 pound quick firing canon, which was replaced with a 37mm canon from the Bell Aircobra, the stern gun was the 20mm Oerlikon, but not as fancy as the one shown, it was also armed with two lewis LMGs one on either side of the bridge, The crew added two, twin fifty call Browning MGs, one on the port stern the other at the bow
ReplyDeleteI guess you just can't rely on Wikipedia to provide accurate information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_HDML_1321
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