ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1941, Page 6

ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS

HIGH STATE OF EFFICIENCY LN BRITAIN ACCURACY MUCH INCREASED. i ENEMY PLANES DRIVEN ! TO GREAT ALTITUDES. I (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright! J (Received This Day. 12.10 pan.) j LONDON. January 12. _ i Experience and improved instru- , | meats have greatly increased the acC i curacy of anti-aircraft fire. A high .< j Army authority stated that enemy , I planes can now be brought down with I a third of the ammunition necessary s in the early days of the war. ’ j "The success of the anti-aircraft guns I cannot be judged by the number of , i planes shot down," he said. "The guns J can be effective by driving the enemy ’( away from their target. Also there is ( ; no doubt that many enemy machines ! are destroyed which arc not claimed. J Th.e chief anti-aircraft, weapons, the: .! 3.7 inch and 4.5 inch guns, both have I I a ceding higher than the bomber cats i reach. At present the barrage is be-! .ling used less in favour of density of; I fire. All shells are aimed to hit the j I target instead of preventing the plane j j getting through. High flying is real-' ' ly a tribute to the anti-aircraft guns.: I The Germans often drop bombs from ■; I over 20.000 feet.”