Go to My Grave

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Martello Tower, Rodman Gun, 130 Mm/50 B13 Pattern 1936, Bl 6 Inch Mk Vii Naval Gun, Fort Morgan, 7.5 Cm Tornpjäs M/57, Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Qf 12 Pounder 12 Cwt Naval Gun, Coastal Artillery, Disappearing Gun, Qf 4.5 Inch Mk I - V Naval Gun, Armstrong Gun, 6 Inch 35 Caliber Naval Gun 1877, 12 Cm Tornautomatpjäs M/70, 38 Cm Sk C/34 Naval Gun, 15 Cm Sk C/28, Brooke Rifle, Qf 6 Pounder Hotchkiss, Adolf Gun, 10.5 Cm Tornautomatpjäs M/50, Bl 9.2 Inch Gun Mk Ix - X, 100 56 Tk, Bl 6 Inch Mk Xi Naval Gun, Bl 8 Inch Mk I - Vii Naval Gun, Columbiad, Fort Rinella, Bl 15 Inch Mk I Naval Gun, Swedish Coastal Artillery, North Head, New Zealand, Bl 8 Inch Mk Viii Naval Gun, 57 55 J, Qf 3 Pounder Hotchkiss, 16"/50 Caliber M1919 Gun, Peter the Great's Naval Fortress, Fort Derussy Military Reservation, Bl 10 Inch Gun Mk I - Iv, Qf 6 Pounder Nordenfelt, Fort Ruger, 20.3 Cm Sk C/34 Naval Gun, 28 Cm Sk C/34 Naval Gun, Ben Buckler Gun Battery, North Bondi, 130 53 Tk, Napier of Magdala Battery, Coastal Batteries of Estonia, Battery Potter, List of Coastal Artillery, Panama Mount, U. S. Army Museum of Hawaii, Base End Station. Excerpt: 10.5 cm tornautomatpjäs m/50 The 10.5 cm tornautomatpjäs m/50 (105 mm automatic turret gun model 1950) was the first modern weapon system designed for the Swedish coastal artillery . Development started in the late 1940s, and construction of 6 gun installations based on this system was offered by Bofors in 1950. Various problems plagued the design and construction process and the last gun installation was not finished and ready for operational use until 1968, 12 years behind schedule. History In 1949 the Inspector of the Coastal Artillery (IKA) ordered an investigation concerning the replacement of numerous older, and for the most part, completely obsolete artillery syste...