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POSTSCRIPT ON SOUTH AFRRICA'S FIRST ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS

Author(s) -

W.M. Bisset

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

scientia militaria south african journal of military studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2309-9682

pISSN - 2224-0020

DOI - 10.5787/10-2-710

Subject(s) - publicity , adversary , range (aeronautics) , history , aeronautics , peninsula , cape , political science , meteorology , law , geography , engineering , archaeology , computer science , aerospace engineering , computer security

One of the most fascinating things about South Africa's military history is the often surprising nature of some of its sources. In a short article on South Africa's first anti-aircraft guns which appeared in Militaria 8/1, 1978 pages 22-23 the present writer mentioned that he was unable to explain why the fact that two 15-pounder BlC's had been converted to anti-aircraft guns had been given wide publicity or why it had been necessary to undertake their conversion when the Cape Peninsula seemed beyond the range of enemy aircraft

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