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Old 06-12-10, 21:35
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Need to know what color 40mm Bofors AA guns would have been painted in 1942/43 in the AA defences of Darwin NT Australia.
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Old 08-12-10, 22:12
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maybe it will be helpfull
http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/oth...siecamlw_2.htm
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Old 08-12-10, 23:17
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Thanks Radek but no joy. I just really want to know if in 1942 these were painted Australian Service Green or as a Canadian or British import they would have been the service green of those countries.
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Old 09-12-10, 03:37
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You might try the East Point Museum in Darwin its a long time since i was there but from memory they had a Bofors there (In 2002 anyways)

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Old 09-12-10, 05:28
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Try Jared Archibald. He's johnny on the spot, and he knows a lot.
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