Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors
anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b -- Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b America took the slogan that the Great War had ended all wars seriously and didn't want to prepare for another, so we had to turn to Europe for modern weapons. http://www.guns.com/2013/04/17/the-o...mikaze-killer/ Radar control gave our AA deadly accuracy. http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-107.htm "...but it was not until the planes reached a range of 6,500 yards that the after two port mounts were out of their danger sectors and fire could be opened up with the five-inch battery. Mount #10 firing Mark 32 fuzzed projectiles was the first to fire and the leading plane received a direct hit from what was believed to be the first projectile fired. It disintegrated in the air, and the Rangefinder of Sky 4 reported that at one instant he was looking at an airplane and the next instant all he could see was a propeller and radial engine flying through the air with no plane attached to it." Reportedly the rationale behind kamikazes was that attacking US ships was suicide anyway. The Zero's controls locked up in a high speed dive and it would stay on course after the pilot had been killed. http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org...rbor-blog/p30/ -jsw |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
On 2017-09-10, Larry Jaques wrote:
Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b I love this video. Beautiful old style industrial inventiveness. i |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
Larry Jaques writes:
Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b -- Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton I think the "pom pom" was a different, British, gun. Often remembered in its multiple-barrel form. Search online... |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:02:15 +0100, Richard Smith
wrote: Larry Jaques writes: Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b -- Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton I think the "pom pom" was a different, British, gun. Often remembered in its multiple-barrel form. Search online... Bofors were Bofors..no matter who made them. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:21:10 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b America took the slogan that the Great War had ended all wars seriously and didn't want to prepare for another, so we had to turn to Europe for modern weapons. http://www.guns.com/2013/04/17/the-o...mikaze-killer/ (Oerlikon being the name of the town the factory was located in and contra-aves being Latin for “against birds”) Ooh, a lovely dove- hunting rifle! I wonder if these would fit under a Collectors and Curios license. Thanks for these links, Jim. Radar control gave our AA deadly accuracy. http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-107.htm "...but it was not until the planes reached a range of 6,500 yards that the after two port mounts were out of their danger sectors and fire could be opened up with the five-inch battery. Mount #10 firing Mark 32 fuzzed projectiles was the first to fire and the leading plane received a direct hit from what was believed to be the first projectile fired. It disintegrated in the air, and the Rangefinder of Sky 4 reported that at one instant he was looking at an airplane and the next instant all he could see was a propeller and radial engine flying through the air with no plane attached to it." Too bad there wasn't a photo of that second in time... Reportedly the rationale behind kamikazes was that attacking US ships was suicide anyway. The Zero's controls locked up in a high speed dive and it would stay on course after the pilot had been killed. http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org...rbor-blog/p30/ It's a good thing the AA took lots of wings off, knocking them down more quickly than a simple pilot's death would have. Those kamikaze folks were as religiously focused as Climate Changers. - A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 10:31:32 -0500, Ignoramus21254
wrote: On 2017-09-10, Larry Jaques wrote: Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b I love this video. Beautiful old style industrial inventiveness. Yeah, try to get something like that done in today's litigious, corporate-owned, regulation-laden, leftist-slowed theater. "Well, if you can't guarantee a 7000% ROI within 3 weeks to our stockholders, hire only women/transgenders/minorities, double their pay, and guarantee that the output of their efforts will not be used in a violent manner..." - A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:02:15 +0100, Richard Smith
wrote: Larry Jaques writes: Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b I think the "pom pom" was a different, British, gun. Often remembered in its multiple-barrel form. Search online... Yeah, same Bofors, built by the Brits in quad format. - A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
Interesting WWII Manufacturing Video
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:02:15 +0100, Richard Smith wrote: Larry Jaques writes: Chrysler was given task of taking the hand-fit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and mass producing it for WWII. They gave each division a main part and used over 1,000 sub-contractors for the small parts. Drawings were translated from Swedish so the shopmen could read them. I imagine the entire process took months so our ships could be better protected for the war. One aircraft carrier shot down 32 Japanese planes in under half an hour with these things. Thinking back to my yout, I called these "pom-pom guns". http://tinyurl.com/y9o6m25b I think the "pom pom" was a different, British, gun. Often remembered in its multiple-barrel form. Search online... Yeah, same Bofors, built by the Brits in quad format. The original Pom Pom was a late 1800's Maxim machine gun scaled up to 37mm. When it was replaced with a different design of 40mm gun the name stayed, so it can be considered generic for an automatic cannon. |
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