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Old June 9th, 2006, 06:43 AM

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Default 2 pounder HE shot ?

I've noticed that the British 2lber can fire HE AFAIK, it never could, indeed that was possibly it's main drawback in the early years. I recall a conversation with my father who served with 1 RTR during WWII regarding this but he also mentioned it could in the right hands put up a tremendous rate of fire if the loader laid the shells along his forearm and used the arm like a loading rack slamming the shells home with his free hand.
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