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Machine-guns.
Pic: a British 40mm 40 kal wz. 28 Vickers-Armstrong 2 pounder Mk II anti-aircraft 'pom-pom' gun of the Polish Destroyer ORP Wicher, 1933.
Such quick-firing guns were made to keep small craft, boarders, and torpedo boats away from the battleships, later tasked to down enemy aircraft.
Pic: a British 40mm 40 kal wz. 28 Vickers-Armstrong 2 pounder Mk II anti-aircraft 'pom-pom' gun of the Polish Destroyer ORP Wicher, 1933.
Such quick-firing guns were made to keep small craft, boarders, and torpedo boats away from the battleships, later tasked to down enemy aircraft.