One boat called MGB 658 was armed with:
- 2 power mounted 6 pounders ( they were called this because they fired a shell that weighed six pounds) I am guessing they were placed at the back of the boat
(These are just pictures of what the guns look like, and not what they look like mounted on the boat)
- A pair of 20mm Oerlikon cannon (I am guessing on top of the bridge (the control room)
- One 20mm Oerlikon cannon on either side of the bridge
- Two twin Vickers .303 machine guns on the bridge wings
And this ship was under 150 feet long!!!
It also had smoke screen equipment, radar, and depth charges: underwater bombs used to destroy submarines
This is stuff I was interested in from the time period that I am learning about in school.
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