Thread: Weapons Quiz
View Single Post
  #313 (permalink)  
Old November 27th, 2003, 11:38 AM
KnightMove's Avatar
KnightMove KnightMove is offline
Veteran
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Austria
Posts: 1,163
Salute!: 0
Saluted 0 Times in 0 Posts
KnightMove is an unknown quantity at this point
Erm, Martin...

The British "de Wilde" bullets were the invention of C. Aubrey Dixon, a Captain in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (he retired with the rank of Brigadier), one of the unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain.
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/spitcom.htm

During the Battle of Britain, the British used the Dixon-De Wilde round for similar purposes, and pilots generally felt that this was extremely useful.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaver...n/fgun-am.html

You didn't mix up a name by any chance, hmmmmmm?

[ 27. November 2003, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]
__________________
If someone tries to remove the speck in your right eye, will you turn to him the other also?
Reply With Quote