Anti-Aircraft Ginnery Now More Precise
(Received noon.) LONDON, January 12. Experience and improved instruments have greatly increased the accuracy of anti-aircraft fire, a high Army authority stated. Enemy planes can now be brought down with a third of the ammunition necessary in the early days of the war. The success of anti-aircraft guns cannot be judged by the number of planes shot down, he said. Drive Enemy Away. They can be effective by driving the enemy away from the target and also,, no doubt, many enemy machines are destroyed which are not claimed. The chief anti-aircraft weapons are 3.7-inch and 4.5-inch guns. They both have a ceiling higher than a bomber can reach. At present the barrage is being used less in favour of density of fire. All shells are aimed to hit a target instead of preventing a plane from getting through. High flying is really a tribute to the anti-ai'rcraft guns. The Germans often drop bombs frohi over 20.000 feet.
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Northern Advocate, 13 January 1941, Page 6
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