2 Pounder AA GUN ???????

[DRG]

Note I said I changed this a couple of days ago. I also changed the weapon and added the correct weapon stats in the master OOB. The "2 pdr AA" stays with the naval units and the ground based mount is now named back to being "40mm Bofors AA" and the weapon it uses is the correct Bofors stats. Also note the photo of that weapon is the stock "Bofors" photo. Back when these weapons were renamed in the commonwealth OOB's it was done overzealously and the corrections will be in the next release.

Also, we do not include heavy AA guns in this game. This has been discussed numerous times on this and other forums. However, I will look into including this gun as a ground mount if indeed it was used in a ground role by the Australians. If it was used strictly as an AA gun it will not be added

Don

[TDR]

Don, thany you for this.
I only made reference to the 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft gun as it would be an alternate to the ‘3in Vickers AA’ in Unit #205 Static AA Gun.
I was not advocating Heavy Anti Aircraft gun use in the game.

The only reference I have to the 3.7 Inch being used as a ground based weapon was at Milne Bay, August 1942. Here the guns were used in an indirect fire role as the 25 pounders did not have the range and could not be moved. The 3.7 inch shells were fitted with the 25 pounder shell’s fuses.
Ref:
http://gunnersnet.com/gnrs0046.html
This is the simplest reference to this but I do have others as well as a copy of the original ‘test results’ to say this fuse adaptation worked.

At present I don’t have any other reference to this gun being used in a similar role, simply as I have not been looking for such references. This does not say it did not occur. If I happen to find any I will pass it along.

[Mobhack]

Plenty of references, if you look up the artillery in XIV Army in Burma. 3.7 AA was regularly used as arty there - if the terrain was flat enough for the battery to engage (ultra flat trajectory meant no real ability to engage any targets in any sort of defilade). Esp later on in the war, when there was no real air defence task.

However - not really worth putting in the game, a troop of 25 pounders does the trick as 3.7 in ground pounding mode.

Cheers
Andy