Re: 1894 Driggs-Schroeder 6 pdr surviving

Ogden Johnson III wrote:
> 
> "old hoodoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >Does anyone know the whereabouts of any surviving D-S 6 pounders?  I have
> >found one in a private collection (its for sale if anyone is interested)
> >only.
> 
> Just out of curiosity, Al, which naval aircraft was equipped with the
> 1894 Driggs-Schroeder 6-pounder?
> --
> OJ III
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That's not as far-fetched as it sounds. The British had
plans in 1916 to install a recoilless Davis 12-pounder gun
and later a 12-pounder Naval Landing Gun in the Admiralty
Type 1000, also known as the AD.1, to shell German ships
from the air. It didn't work out.
The French put a Hotchkiss 47mm cannon in the nose of a
Tellier flying boat as an antisubmarine plane in 1920.

See Emmanuel Gustin's website at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/fgun/fgun-bi.html

Joe


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