[ASLML] 3 lber Gun Question

[David Olie]

Paul wrote:

> Ran into a British vehicle that used a 3-lber gun, this was not a typo was
> an actual gun.  ANyone know about this gun?  What is its caliber?
> penetration values?/

I'm pretty sure you'll find this was the 47mm gun used in the Vickers Medium
Mk I and II tanks built and used in the late '20s and early '30s.  They
didn't see any use during WWII AFAIK, although I've seen a photo of what
look to be Vickers Medium turrets used in the fixed defences of Tobruk in
1941.

This was a medium velocity weapon.  I don't have any actual penetration
data, but I think if you called it a 47 and gave it the Basic TK# of 10 you
wouldn't be far off the mark.

David "small Medium at large" Olie