Their Finest Hour: The Second World War, Volume 2 (Winston Churchill World War II Collection) by Winston Churchill

Author:Winston Churchill
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780795306464
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: 2010-06-30T06:00:00+00:00

AIR DEFENCE. GREAT BRITAIN

EXPANSION 1940–1941

JULY 1940 DECEMBER 1940 MAY 1941

HEAVY GUNS

Total: 1,200 Total: 1,450 Total: 1,687

Made up of:

4.5-inch, 355

3.7-inch static, 313

3.7-inch mobile, 306

3-inch, 226

Made up of:

Static, 1,040

Mobile, 410 Made up of:

Static, 1,247

Mobile, 440

LIGHT GUNS

Total: 587 Total: 650 Total: 790

Made up of:

Bofors, 273

3-inch, 136

(adapted for low shooting)

20-mm. Hispano, 38 2-pdrs., 140

ROCKET BATTERIES

Nil Nil Total: About 40

SEARCHLIGHTS

Total: 3,932 Total: Over 4,500 (not fully manned)

PERSONNEL STRENGTH

Total: 157,319 Total: 269,000, Total: 312,500,

including 6,000 women (3,700 on batteries, 2,300 on H.Q. and administrative staffs) including 6,500 women (3,500 on battery establishments, 3,000 on H.Q. and administrative staffs)

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