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Old 03-02-23, 13:21
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Default Triple Polstens on a towed mount

Hello All.

Can anyone help with more info on this towed mount for the triple Polsten AA gun.

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Old 12-02-23, 19:21
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Old 12-02-23, 20:27
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Here's a triple Polsten on a Crusader chassis - read more here https://flic.kr/p/29Fj8ap

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Old 12-02-23, 20:32
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Default 'E' Troop, 321st Battery, 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery

And a famous, original colour photo taken in the JUNO Area, NAN WHITE Beach at Bernières-sur-Mer - read more here: https://flic.kr/p/28LCSjA

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Old 12-02-23, 22:58
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Default Triple 20mm anti-aircraft mounting on the banks of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.

Looks like this one was truck-mounted:

British_triple_20mm_anti-aircraft_mounting_on_the_banks_of_the_Rhine,_25_March_1945._BU2125.jpg
Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205203226
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Old 12-02-23, 23:04
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I think this is another truck mounted one: "A British triple 20mm anti-aircraft gun position guards the Bailey Bridge at Arnhem, 18 April 1945."
IWM BU 4138.jpg
Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205207121


Your second photo of one on a towed mount: "Mobile triple 20mm Oerlikon gun during an anti-aircraft artillery demonstration at Sheerness, 2 July 1943."
IWM H 31130.jpg
Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205199053


And another tank chassis mounted one: "Crusader AA tank mounting a triple Oerlikon gun in a hull-down position, 19 July 1944."

Note that these guns are often erroneously called Oerlikons - why would that be?
IWM B 7738.jpg
Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205206079
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