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Approved Armaments: Fixed and moveable armaments and Range Finding Instruments (Part...
Catalogue reference: WO 33/942
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This record is about the Approved Armaments: Fixed and moveable armaments and Range Finding Instruments (Part... dating from 1919 in the series War Office: Reports, Memoranda and Papers (O and A Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 33/942
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Approved Armaments:
- Fixed and moveable armaments and Range Finding Instruments (Part 1 'A');
- Table of guns temporarily withdrawn for Special purposes (Part 1 'B');
- Practice Batteries (Part 1 'C');
- Guns reserved for Drill, Repository, Saluting, Time Signal, Alarm (Part II)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- A2256
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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