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Vickers Model 1931

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carriage had two pneumatic or solid rubber wheels that were removable. Two legs locked together for transport and the barrel was secured to them. The other two legs folded in half and were elevated almost vertically into the air (see the Romanian reference to see exactly how it looked).
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bought a license for 100 in 1936, although hundreds more were built during the war. The second batch of 100 pieces was started in July 1941, the production rate being of 5 pieces per month as of October 1942. Denmark also bought a license, designating it as
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Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945
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Those weapons captured after the German conquest of Europe were taken into
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Romanian-produced 75mm Vickers antiaircraft gun model 1936/39 displayed in
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Bungescu M1938 Fire-control system, used for the Romanian-made guns
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Axworthy, Mark; Scafes, Cornel; Craciunoiu, Cristian (1995).
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London: Arms and Armour. 772: 156: 57:Place of origin 30: 319:7.5 cm Flak M 35(d) 315:7.5 cm Flak M 35(h) 689:. New York: Doubleday. 516:75 mm Reșița Model 1943 271: 230:Rate of fire 194:75 mm (3 in) 269: 282:gun used during the 240:Muzzle velocity 613:. 23 September 2007 522:(Vickers Model 31) 304:76mm ItK/34 Vickers 290:Operational history 25:Vickers Model 1931 550:on 17 January 2015 544:www.quarryhs.co.uk 276:Vickers Model 1931 272: 96:Production history 361:Republic of China 264: 263: 81:See users section 51:Anti-aircraft gun 18:Anti-aircraft gun 763: 700: 681: 653: 652: 650: 648: 638: 632: 629: 623: 622: 620: 618: 607: 601: 600: 593: 587: 584: 578: 575: 569: 566: 560: 559: 557: 555: 546:. 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"King Ferdinand" National Military Museum
Anti-aircraft gun
World War II
Vickers
Vickers
Reșița
Barrel
Shell
Shell
HE
Caliber
Cruciform
Elevation
Traverse
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity

anti-aircraft
Second World War
Romania
Wehrmacht
cruciform
Belgium
Republic of China
Denmark
Finland
Nazi Germany
Lithuania
Netherlands

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