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Do we know what RM manned coastal guns were emplaced in Bardia at the very end of 1940/ Early Jan 1941 during the attack by the Australian 6th Division?
The two versions of the official history list sixteen 120/25 guns manned by the R.M. (Montanari p. 250) or a battery of 120mm guns (Prima offensive Britannica p. 138).
I believe they are both the same. Batteria for coastal defense doesn't have a precise meaning. It could be anything. The Australian official states that 26 coastal defense guns were captured (To Benghazi p. 199). Prima offensive britannica states the costal defense was a battery of 120mm and two batteries of 75/27-06 c.a. If the c.a. were 8 guns, then sixteen 120mm comes close.
Montanari is also the newer work, something that is a tie breaker for me.
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