This 40-mm Bofors Anti-aircraft Gun (manufactured in 1942 by "M & A") is situated outside the Waitara District Service and Citizen's Club, Queen Street, Waitara.
Details on Barrel Plate:
QF 40mm Mk N1
Breech Casing No L13653
M & A 1942
Details on Base Plate:
MTG 40mm AA Mk III
M & A 1941
RegD No L/2631
L/2631 is dated 1941)
This gun was one of a pair fitted to the frigate, HMNZS Pukaki in 1948. Pukaki served in Korea and a number of patrols/tours of South-east Asia including Hong Kong and Singapore. The gun was removed from Pukaki in 1953 and was then used for training ashore until 1991. It was mounted outside the WDS&C Clubrooms in 1995.
The gun was restored by Q Tarnsport, Tenix Engineering & Katere Coatings in 2010.
The manufacturer, 'M & A,' is Nuffield Mechanisation & Aero of the UK who made Bofors guns and Crusader tanks during WWII.
Further Reading
Cooke, Peter & Ian Maxwell, Great Guns,The Artillery Heritage of NZ, 2013.
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