Originally Posted by reelman
They are hideous looking.


Yep they are that....
Ackleys book talks alot about them.
The pre war ones had excellant heat treatment and were the only action that Ackley could not blow up.
Ackley was actually blowing the barrels off the front.Made a mess but all they did was clean them up and try again.
The loads they were usuing pretty much made bombs of everything else.
Lots of egos got crushed that the japs had a stronger action than anything we could make.
To this day I dought it could be beat in strength.

dave

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