Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
WAR OFFICE (Author)
MIDDLE EAST TRAINING PAMPHLET NO. 6. PART 3 (Author)
War Office (Publisher)
Production date
1941
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 17cm., Pagination: 22p., 3 folding leaves of plates: figs.

Catalogue number
LBY 13 / 97
Part of
Middle East training pamphlet no. 6. Part 2 : extracts from the handbook for ordnance QF 40 mm Mk. 1 on mountings 40 mm A.A. Mks. I, IA, 1B, II and III and platforms 40 mm A.A. mountings Mark I and II 1941

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