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[StartQuote] PT-103 sight has some great information on the 37mm Army guns. Apparently they were not found or stolen, they were procured from the 25th Infantry Division, who also sent men to mount them. 8-10 boats were suppose to get them, but I only know of PT109, 103 and 108 for sure getting one. Also, the Oldsmobile 37mm cannons were not salvaged either. That makes sense, since even in a belly landing, the prop on a P-39 is going to take a lot of shock which will then transmit it to the cannon, hard to see the barrel not being tweaked. By the time PT Boats started to use the 37mm, the P-39 were rapidly being fazed out of combat, so there were probably many cannons in the ordinance department! I have never seen the first photo of the Army mount, thanks. [EndQuote]
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