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Description: | Type 28A emplacement for 6 pounder Hotchkiss gun.
There remain 5 of this type around Sibsey and Stickney. They are all equipped with the holdfast with 9 bolts which was designed to accommodate the 6 pounder Hotchkiss gun. Originally intended for naval use, this gun was put into First Word War tanks many of which were built in Lincoln and then in store. Many of these emplacements were constructed in the GHQ line where they were given different embrasures and the fittings for the scarce 2 pounder anti-tank gun. The Hotchkiss was an effective anti-personnel weapon but no armour-piercing projectiles were available for it.{1}
This gun emplacement forms a pair with PRN 43372. {2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1901 - 2050 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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