The Polsten was a Polish development of the 20 mm Oerlikon gun. The Polsten was designed to be simpler and much cheaper to build than the Oerlikon, without...
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highly regarded 17 pounder (76.2 mm/3-inch) as the main gun and a 20 mm Polsten cannon in an independent mounting to its left. With a Rover-built Rolls-Royce...
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21st Army Group in Europe decided that only British 20 mm Polsten guns would be used (the Polsten was a simplified version of the Oerlikon cannon) by its...
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Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024. Polsten GR, Wallace MS (21 June 2016). "Analgesic Agents in Rheumatic Disease"...
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variant for armored cars and light tanks, slightly shortened barrel 20 mm Polsten - Equivalent British 20mm anti-aircraft gun, developed from a Polish design...
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Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023. Polsten GR, Wallace MS (21 June 2016). "Analgesic Agents in Rheumatic Disease"...
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The UK utilized their own improved version of the Oerlikon, known as the Polsten, originally developed in Poland to simplify design and production costs...
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Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2019. Polsten GR, Wallace MS (21 June 2016). "Analgesic Agents in Rheumatic Disease"...
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variants, including PSR-A Pilica ZSU-23-4MP "Biała" PKM-4 and PKM-2 20 mm Polsten ZSU-57-2 ZSU-23-4 PZA Loara 9K31 Strela-1 9K35 Strela-10 2K11 Krug S-75...
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destroyers at the time. The Oerlikon was also used as the basis for the Polsten gun, designed by Polish engineers in exile in the United Kingdom. The gun...
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and derivatives Switzerland Oerlikon F, FFL Switzerland 20×110 mm RB Polsten Poland 20×110 mm RB Colt Mk 12 cannon United States 20×110 mm USN Advanced...
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Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023. Polsten GR, Wallace MS (21 June 2016). "Analgesic Agents in Rheumatic Disease"...
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Tulip. Canada created a prototype anti-aircraft vehicle with four 20 mm Polsten cannons mounted in a turret on Canadian-made M4A1 hull, which was called...
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converted into the Skink anti-aircraft tank with a turret mounting four 20 mm Polsten guns. Grizzly tank with the related Sexton behind Skink self-propelled...
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Holman played a part in World War II making the Polish designed 20mm Polsten gun, similar to the Oerlikon but simpler to build and use. It also produced...
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Sten (Shepherd, Turpin + Enfield) 9mm Sub-machine gun from 1941 to 1953 Polsten low cost version of 20 mm Oerlikon (acknowledging two Polish designers...
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QF 3-inch 20 cwt Oerlikon 20 mm cannon -light anti-aircraft gun 20 mm Polsten – lower cost development of Oerlikon 40 mm Bofors QF 3.7 inch AA gun QF...
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Polsten 20-mm towed quadruple-barrelled AA gun...
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rocket launcher PIAT: British spring-launched antitank grenade launcher Polsten: Polish/British 20 mm anti-aircraft gun PzB 41: German 28 mm light antitank...
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mm Oerlikon Switzerland World War II - Cold War 20 mm (0.79 in) 20 mm Polsten Poland World War II - Cold War 20 mm (0.79 in) 2 cm/65 C/30 Nazi Germany...
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the British Army 500. Many of the British LVT-4 were armed with a 20 mm Polsten cannon and two .30 in (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns. Removable 20 lb...
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Piotr Zarzycki (1993). Polskie konstrukcje broni strzeleckiej (in Polish). Warsaw: SIGMA NOT. p. 295. ISBN 83-85001-69-7. TKS Polish tankettes Polsten...
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ML 4.2-inch mortar Anti-aircraft weapons Z Battery 20 mm Oerlikon 20 mm Polsten QF 1½-pounder Mk III QF 2-pounder naval gun Bofors 40 mm QF 3-inch QF 3...
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platoons of four Vickers each), an AA company (four platoons of four 20mm Polsten or Hispano-Suiza light AA guns each) and a mortar company (two platoons...
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Used a Crusader III, anti-aircraft Mk II turret fitted with twin 20 mm Polsten guns instead of Oerlikons. Were originally deployed in Normandy, but withdrawn...
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Empire World War I 20 Internal Nkm wz.38 FK Poland Interwar 20 Internal Polsten Poland World War II 20 Internal Berezin B-20 Soviet Union World War II...
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developments during the war. A Polish/Czech/British team brought the 20 mm Polsten to fruition as a simpler and cheaper to produce but as effective derivative...
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Army's own requirements. They also produced a large proportion of the Polsten 20 mm autocannon for the British Commonwealth, as well as the Browning...
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UK: Oxford University Press. pp. Chapter 17. ISBN 978-0-19-157532-7. Polsten GR, Wallace MS (21 June 2016). "Analgesic Agents in Rheumatic Disease"...
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Kingdom of Italy World War II 20 Nkm wz.38 FK Poland World War II 20 Polsten Poland / United Kingdom World War II 20 Oerlikon GAI-BO1 Switzerland...
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