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New Update! Three new AA guns; the 40-mm Bofors, FlAK 30, and 25-mm CA Mle 38 and 39; our first aero engine, the famous Rolls-Royce Merlin; new aircraft are the Henschel Hs 123 and Hs 126, DFS 230 assault glider, Breguet Bre.693, Latécoère 298, and Loire 130. Three new vehicles, the French Laffly S-20TL troop transport, the German StuG III, and the British Matilda II tank. 70-ft Vosper MTB to be added soon.

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The WWII Tech Pubs Team

Rapid Fire
The development of automatic cannon, heavy machine guns and their ammunition for armies, navies and air forces"
by Anthony G Williams

The Barrack
The 40-mm (1.57-in) L60 Bofors gun is a remarkable weapon, still in service over 70 years since first designed. Both Allies and Axis deployed the gun in WWII.

The starting point for Bofors’s 40-mm gun was a Swedish navy requirement for a 20-mm (0.79-in) automatic AA cannon. Initial doubts about the effectiveness of small-calibre cannons grew until, in 1928, the Swedish navy funded the development of a 40-mm gun in an attempt to build an AA gun that would guarantee a kill with each hit. Read more...

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The Hangar
In 1933, the Armée de l’air (French Air Force) expressed its need for a multi-purpose combat aircraft with the Bombardement, Combat, Renseignement (BCR) program. The goal of the program was to produce a light bomber, a heavy fighter, and a reconnaissance aircraft from a common basic airframe. Read more...

The Garage
During the 1930s, Laffly produced a range of six-wheel-drive military vehicles, many in conjunction with the motor and armaments manufacturer Hotchkiss. The collaborations included trucks, cars, ambulances, fuel transporters, artillery tractors, troop carriers, prime movers, and even armoured cars and tank destroyers.Read more...

The Dock
HMS Ark Royal was Britain’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, and as with most warships of the era she was built under the influence of the inter-war naval treaties.  These limited Britain to a total standard displacement of aircraft carriers not exceeding 135,000 long tons, with a maximum standard displacement per vessel of 27,000 long tons. Read more...