Re: 1894 Driggs-Schroeder 6 pdr surviving

Joe Osman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Ogden Johnson III wrote:

>> "old hoodoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
>> >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?

>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.

Then there are the 33-pounders [aka 105mm howitzer] used in some
variants of "Puff the Magic Dragon" et seq.

I wasn't being totally facetious.  ;->
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