Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "US Navy Driggs Mk IX 37mm Quickfire Cannon" video.

  1. Forget my lousy AK for home defense. I need a 37mm cannon!
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  2.  @jayzenitram9621  Form Wikipedia - "The characteristics of a quick-firing artillery piece are: Buffers to limit recoil, so the barrel can quickly return to position after being fired. A breech mechanism which allows rapid reloading Single-piece ammunition, e.g. a cartridge containing both shell and propellant, also called fixed ammunition. (This criterion was sometimes taken as the definition of quick-firing, but many quick-firing guns dispensed with it, using separate ammunition in which the shell and propellant case were loaded separately). The use of 'smokeless powder' - nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine or cordite - which created far less smoke than gunpowder, meaning that gun crews could still see their target.
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  3. It's single shot. The gunner doesn't stand behind the gun to fire. The gun layer sights the gun, gets off to the side, and it's fired using a lanyard by the gunner standing to the left hand (facing forward) side of the gun.
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