pyotr filipivich
3/6/2010 6:49:00 PM
[Default] I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that
crgg.forameol@googlemail.com (Richard Gadsden) wrote on Sat, 6 Mar
2010 14:00 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) in soc.history.what-if :
>In article <5gnuo5tdf9urligpo2jp30fm60dd5o9ipe@4ax.com> on Wed, 03 Mar
>2010 23:17:42 -0800, phamp@mindspring.com (pyotr filipivich) wrote:
>
>> Irrc, Krupp had a controlling interests in Bofors - makers of the
>> 20mm antiaircraft gun, aka the "pom-pom" gun. And the German
>> Government allowed the manufacture and sale of submarines for export
>> to foreign navies, with the stipulation that it would be a German
>> Navy
>> crew which would make the delivery.
>
>Oerlikon (Danish) made the 20mm AA gun; Bofors (Swedish) made the 40mm.
"Details, details" - and thanks.
pyotr
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pyotr Filipivich
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