- A2_PriusWas the 3.7 in. ever employed in the AT role fulfilled by the 8.8 cm.? By '43 the Allies were well acquainted with the latter's "dual role" capability, and it seems to me that the 3.7 in. gun probably had the same potential.
- bsmartNo I've read it was specifically not fitted with ground sites when issued to units so that it could not be diverted from it's primary role as an AA gun.
Especially in the desert the role of protecting the base area around the Suez Canal was considered too critical to allow it to be diverted. Between use there and in UK based AA units production could barely keep up with demand.
- J.McGillivray
For more details on these projects see my "Secret Weapons of the Canadian Army" Service Publications 2006.
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