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Ron 35 Boats
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Hello -
Two questions about the Ron 35 boats:
1) How were they painted?
2) Did they have two 20mm guns mounted (port and starboard) by the ammo lockers for the 40mm gun?
Garth
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Posted By: TGarth Connelly | Posted on: Dec 21, 2006 - 9:57am
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Garth: Photographic evidence suggests that the Ron 35 boats were grey; shots of PT-513 show what appear to be 20mm mounts near the deck edge just forward of the forward torpedos.
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: Dec 21, 2006 - 10:44am
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I guess I should have been a little more explicit here: I have been told that some of the Ron 35 boats tested having two (one port & one starboard) 20mm guns on Mk. X tripods by the ammo lockers for the 40mm ... I'm assuming that means that they were located aft, by the 40mm.
Does anyone know about this experiment?
Garth
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Posted By: TGarth Connelly | Posted on: Jan 2, 2007 - 6:42am
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