WHEN THE SECOND WORLD WAR broke out the RAN possessed two 10,000 ton County class cruisers armed with BL 8 inch Mark VIII guns, the barrels of which would need
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ON 22ND MAY 1912, a 6 inch gun with the number 2285 stamped into the breech ring was proof-fired at Woolwich, United Kingdom. The gun was one of a batch
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