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Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: brady on November 22, 2004, 09:24:33 AM

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(http://www.myphotodrive.com//uploads/686_243.jpg)

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: Jester on November 22, 2004, 09:38:39 AM

British 2 Pounder (40mm) Anti-Tank Gun.

Tanks are Japanese TYPE 95 HA-GO Light Tanks.

Seen this in a book somewhere - this is in Java or Malaya very early in the war. Several more pics that go in this series showing the tanks knocked out by this gun at the roadblock.

(Post Edited for EXTREMELY bad spelling! Way to early in the morning to be answering posts!)

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: pugg666 on November 22, 2004, 09:44:00 AM

doh

nevermind

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: ra on November 22, 2004, 10:19:12 AM

Those guys have bawlls to be out in the open in front of those tanks.

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: Neubob on November 22, 2004, 11:08:22 AM

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Originally posted by ra
Those guys have bawlls to be out in the open in front of those tanks.

Seems they did pretty well, all things considered.

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: Jester on November 22, 2004, 02:06:04 PM

Yea they took out 4 or 5 of them.

If I can get my scanner to talk to me I will post the pics.

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: gear on November 22, 2004, 04:49:21 PM

It' a 18 foot extenstion ladder.Use to reach those hard to get to places.:D

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: hawker238 on November 22, 2004, 06:57:09 PM

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Originally posted by ra
Those guys have bawlls to be out in the open in front of those tanks.

I know!  They probably got raked with machine guns enough....  That takes guts.

Title: Name This...(945)
Post by: brady on November 23, 2004, 09:48:01 AM

2 pounder, it is:)


 Type 95, it is:)*



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 *I am fairly certain they are dificult to tell from the shot size.