CapturedBoer1pounder.jpg
Description CapturedBoer1pounder.jpg |
English:
AWM caption : "CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. MAXIM ONE POUND AUTOMATIC GUN, CALLED A "POM POM" CAPTURED FROM GENERAL CRONJE AT PAARDEBERG IN 1900. NOTE THE BULLET HOLES IN THE COOLING JACKET." Text on image in white ink: "CRONJIE'S POM-POM. / RANGE 3.090 YARDS, FIRES 300 ONE POUND SHOTS A MINUTE.".
NOTE : This version has brightness and contrast artificial increased to show detail, as the original is somewhat dark.
Русский:
Бурская 37-мм автоматическая пушка, захваченная после битвы при Пардеберге. (Translation: Boer 37 mm automatic cannon captured after the Battle of Pardeberg.)
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Date |
circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Author | Unknown photographer Unknown photographer . photographer not identified | ||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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