QF 1 Pounder Pom-pom - German Service

German Service

A version was produced in Germany for both Navy and Army.

In World War I, it was used in Europe as an anti-aircraft gun as the Maxim Flak M14. Four guns were used mounted on field carriages in the German campaign in South West Africa in 1915, against South African forces.

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