GUNNERY TRAINING. 3 OCTOBER 1940, BREAKWATER FORT, AT THE ENTRANCE TO PLYMOUTH SOUND. THE FORT IS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO PLACES WHERE SAILORS CAN, AFTER LEARNING THE THEORY OF GUNNERY, FIRE "LIVE" AMMUNITION BEFORE PASSING OUT AS QUALIFIED ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNNERS. HERE THEY FIRE AT A DRONE, WHICH IS A LONG BAR TOWED BEHIND AN AEROPLANE. THEIR EFFORTS BEING RECORDED BY ELECTRICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING A CAMERA WHICH SHOWS WHERE THEIR AIM WAS. - The 8 barrel pom-pom in action

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