File:Stubbert's Point Twin Six-pounder Gun c1945.jpg
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Stubbert's Point quick-firing Twin Barrel (duplex) Six-pounder Gun (QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun) in its steel turret, ca. 1945. These semi-automatic loading, duplex guns (dated 1943) could pour out eighteen rounds per minute; on Malta these same weapons were to play a vital role in the successful defense against an attack of that Mediterranean island by nineteen Italian MAS fast attack boats on 26 July 1941, when five enemy boats were sunk in less than two minutes.
Weight 1,060 lb (481 kg) Length 9 ft (2.787 m) Barrel length 47 calibres Crew 6 Calibre 57 millimetres (2.24 in) Recoil 12 inches Elevation -10/+80 Traverse 360 degrees Rate of fire 18 rounds per minute Effective firing range 11,300 yards (10,330 m) @45°
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