File:CapturedBoer1pounder.jpg

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English: AWM caption : "CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. MAXIM ONE POUND AUTOMATIC GUN, CALLED A "POM POM" CAPTURED FROM GENERAL CRONJE AT PAARDEBERG IN 1900. NOTE THE BULLET HOLES IN THE COOLING JACKET." Text on image in white ink: "CRONJIE'S POM-POM. / RANGE 3.090 YARDS, FIRES 300 ONE POUND SHOTS A MINUTE.".
NOTE : This version has brightness and contrast artificial increased to show detail, as the original is somewhat dark.

Русский: Бурская 37-мм автоматическая пушка, захваченная после битвы при Пардеберге. (Translation: Boer 37 mm automatic cannon captured after the Battle of Pardeberg.)

Date

circa 1900

Source

This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:

P00653.014

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(DONOR: T. COLLINS)

Author

Unknown photographer. photographer not identified

Permission
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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1975 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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current	11:33, 29 April 2008		451 × 342 (82 KB)	Rcbutcher	{{Information \|Description=AWM caption : "CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. MAXIM ONE POUND AUTOMATIC GUN, CALLED A "POM POM" CAPTURED FROM GENERAL CRONJE AT PAARDEBERG IN 1900. NOTE THE BULLET HOLES IN THE COOLING JACKET." <br>NOTE : This version has brig