File:QF4inchMkV-ORP-PIORUNA-1940.jpg

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IWM caption : "Gun drill on a 4 inch gun on board the Polish destroyer ORP PIORUN, formerly HMS NERISSA. She was handed over to the Polish Navy by the British government to replace the GROM another Polish destroyer which was bombed and sunk off Norway."


Comment : This is a QF 4 inch Mk V gun mounting HA Mark III**, showing 2 additional spring recuperators above the barrel to assist run-out at high angle.
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This photograph A 2496 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author Coote, R G G (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer
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