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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter to the Naval Ordnance Department regarding a fully automatic 40mm gun.

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Date  13th September 1940
  
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Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}14/IL.

Captain Slaytor,
Naval Ordnance Department,
Admiralty,
Spa Hotel,
BATH.

Dear Slaytor,

Many thanks for your letter of the 9th. September. I note what you say about the fully automatic gun.

The Navy are really in rather a fortunate position since they have not been, nor will be, asked to pay for any development work on the 40 mm. gun, for the time being.

I believe that you will like our fully automatic gun on a power driven mounting, particularly if we can give you a very compact independent source of power supply.

However, the job is not finished yet but I will look forward to selling it to you when the outfit is a "fait accompli".

It will give us tremendous satisfaction to have such a demonstration model on our Range for use during Blitzkriege.

I am glad that your native village is in such good hands, though last time I was there I must say, that military objectives appeared to be few and far between.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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