Comments by "Biały" (@Bialy_1) on "Four Fun Facts about the Oerlikon 20mm Antiaircraft Cannon!" video.

  1. "A Swiss gun that isn't massively overengineered" Swiss part was allready pointed as false statment now someone should point that "isn't massively overengineered" isnt true as well... "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 reducing effectiveness. ...Oerlikon cannon which was made out of 250 parts, the Polsten was made out of 119 parts, without sacrificing the effectiveness or the reliability of the cannon."
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  2. "When compared to the Oerlikon cannon which was made out of 250 parts, the Polsten was made out of 119 parts, without sacrificing the effectiveness or the reliability of the cannon. Simplification of the design of the Polsten cannon made its production much cheaper. The cost of one Oerlikon cannon was about £350, while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70. In January 1944, the 21st Army Group decided that only 20 mm Polsten guns would be used as a standard light gun to simplify supply. The Polsten was used as a substitute for the Oerlikon in the same roles, one of which was as an airborne unit anti-aircraft gun, used in Operation Market Garden. It was used on a wheeled mounting that could be towed behind a jeep. " Polsten is only 57 kg (126 lb)... and why swiss would be selling pre WW2 guns when USA was most likely full of this type of ex-WW2 equipment?
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