Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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2-Pounder Guns

Also searchable as 2 Pounder Pom Pom, 2-Pounder Gun, QF 2-pounder, QF 2-pounder Pom-Pom, Two Pounder, Two Pounder Guns, Two Pounder Pom Pom.

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    29:36Parker-class improvements to the destroyer leaderChapter
  8. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    33:54R-class destroyers and the wartime increase in numbersChapter
  9. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    40:17S-class destroyers and the demand for wartime numbersChapter
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    12:39Early balloon-defence guns and awkward mountingsNotable Point
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  14. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:09:42Ammunition scale from a Matilda tank to a battleshipNotable Point
  15. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:12:21A possible G3 battlecruiser anti-aircraft outfitQ&A
  16. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:10The Maxim one-pounder and the pom-pom's ancestryNotable Point
  17. The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate
    22:45Admiral de Ruyter-class guns, speed, and enduranceNotable Point
  18. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:20:15Two-pounder fire against escort flotillasQ&A
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    1:55Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the expected air threatQ&A
  20. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    0:00Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the air threatChapter
  21. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    6:32Wartime ammunition overloads created tropical storage problemsNotable Point
  22. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    8:35Should a navy choose pom-pom or Bofors?Q&A
  23. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    9:24The pom-pom begins as a First World War heavy machine gunChapter
  24. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    21:41Compare the Bofors L/60 with the contemporary Mark VIII pom-pomNotable Point
  25. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    23:37Range, volume of fire, and mount layout create competing choicesChapter
  26. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    34:18The technical comparison turns on practical fire and ammunition supplyChapter
  27. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    34:37Mark VIII mountings spread medium AA down the fleetNotable Point
  28. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    40:45Ammunition outfits reveal the air war a ship expectedNotable Point
  29. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    43:41Radar and barrel replacement altered wartime gun performanceNotable Point
  30. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
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  32. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:05:59Mediterranean air threats rewarded a mixed 40 mm batteryChapter
  33. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:10:20A legacy pom-pom still downs a veteran Condor raiderNotable Point
  34. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:12:28The Indian Ocean shows why isolated ships valued Bofors reachNotable Point
  35. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:14:50A proposed mixed octuple mount would combine both 40 mm strengthsNotable Point
  36. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
  37. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:20:45Judge weapons by the metrics that matter in combatNotable Point
  38. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
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    2:26:58Why pom-pom and Bofors production faced different problemsQ&A
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    1:28:50What the two-pounder Pom-Pom could deterNotable Point
  51. HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class
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