BETTER SHOOTING
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
(Received January 13, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, January 12,
Experience and improved instruments have greatly increased the accuracy of anti-aircraft fire. A high Army authority stated that enemy planes can now be brought down with a third of the ammunition necessary m the early days of the war. The success of tiie anti-aircraft guns cannot be judged by the number of planes shot down. It can be effective by driving the enemy away from the target. There is also no doubt that many enemy machines have been destroyed but not claimed. The chief anti-aircraft weapons, the 3.7-inch and the 4.5-inch guns, both have a "ceiling" higher than a bomber can reach. The barrage is now being used less to create density of fire; all the shells are aimed to hit the target, instead of to make a barrier to prevent a plane getting through. The high flying of enemy aircraft is a tribute to the anti-aircraft guns. The Germans often drop bombs from over 20,000 feet.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 10, 13 January 1941, Page 8
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