terry201 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 hi has eny one got eny info /pictures/drawings/gundrill info ,of the airebourn polston please, help if you can as i can not fined info on this gun wear has all the info gone. terry 201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 hi has eny one got eny info /pictures/drawings/gundrill info ,of the airebourn polston please, help if you can as i can not fined info on this gun wear has all the info gone. terry 201 POLSTEN 20mm originated in poland as an attempt to simplify the oerlikon design making it easier and cheaper. Shortly after succesfully compleating the work GERMANY invaded, the drawings were smuggled to England it went into production as an air defence weapon. only 119 parts were required against the oerlikon, usualy mounted on a three gun trailor but single were used. calibre 0.78in weight121lbs length 86.75in elevation0 to 90dg traverse 360 shell type weight HE. 4.19O muzzle velocity 2725ft per sec. effective ceiling 7200ft Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry201 Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 hi thanks for the info ,its a start on collecting the info on the polstan regards terry 201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 http://www.anti-aircraft.co.uk/polstenquad.html http://www.mlrsbooks.co.uk/bookstore/index.php/prod727.html Possibly your poor spelling is making life harder?, plenty on Google for "Polsten" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ab.recce Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 hi Terry, are you still looking for info on the airborne Polsten mount? Regards Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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