NEW ZEALAND'S MODERN DEFENCE EQUIPMENT. officers and non-commissioned officers of the Northern Command are now at Narrow Necl( learning the intricacies of the latest defence equipment. Top left: Officers operating the height-finder, which gives the height of an attacking 'plane to be engaged by the anti-aircraft batterp. This instrument, with the searchlight (on right), is an integral part of extensive equipment, four units of which rjiust be used before a gun is fired at night. The 210,000,000 candle power searchlight gives good illumination to a vertical height of 30,000 feet. It is geared so that a slight twist of the wheel, which the man on the extreme right is holding, produces a large difference in the direction of the beam. Below: Artillery transport lorries. The size and Weight of the wheel is such that an automatic lift is required to move the spare wheel from the ground„
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 196, 19 August 1936, Page 9
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147NEW ZEALAND'S MODERN DEFENCE EQUIPMENT. officers and non-commissioned officers of the Northern Command are now at Narrow Necl( learning the intricacies of the latest defence equipment. Top left: Officers operating the height-finder, which gives the height of an attacking 'plane to be engaged by the anti-aircraft batterp. This instrument, with the searchlight (on right), is an integral part of extensive equipment, four units of which rjiust be used before a gun is fired at night. The 210,000,000 candle power searchlight gives good illumination to a vertical height of 30,000 feet. It is geared so that a slight twist of the wheel, which the man on the extreme right is holding, produces a large difference in the direction of the beam. Below: Artillery transport lorries. The size and Weight of the wheel is such that an automatic lift is required to move the spare wheel from the ground„ Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 196, 19 August 1936, Page 9
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