Talk:QF 1-pounder pom-pom

Pom-pom

I may be daft, but if its so universally known as the "pom-pom" could someone please add a reason why it has this name? I've never heard of it referred to as that, and there didn't seem to be a ready explanation in the first paragraph.71.16.43.242 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

There is anecdotal evidence that Africans first hearing it in South Africa referred to its sound as pom-pom. It might be difficult to verify that, but certainly it was referred to as a pom-pom by many sources from then on, and the term seems to have been used a generic label for (relatively) slow-firing automatic weapons such as its 2-punder successor until such weapons became obsolete during World War II. You'll find many references to ships in World War II having pom-poms as anti-aircraft defences. The consensus seems to be that they were quite useless in that role, so the name may have a derogatory connotation. Rcbutcher (talk) 12:16, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Because of its signature sound when firing, the "Pom Pom Pom Pom Pom" of it firing SCP 1174 (talk) 06:12, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Possible American usage

Without being an expert on this weaponry, it seems possible that the United States Artillery utilized a variation of the Maxim-Nordenfelt QF gun in the Philippine-American War ca. 1899. I have not been able to discern with certainty, but contemporary sources identified the weapons as a "light rapid-fire machine gun". Radar488 (talk) 05:11, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Saint Petersburg Declaration: Shell vs Projectile Weight

The article makes mention of the Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 in regards to the QF1's shell: Its longer range necessitated exploding projectiles to judge range, which in turn dictated a shell weight of at least 400 grams (0.88 lb), as that was the lightest exploding shell allowed under the Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and reaffirmed in the Hague Convention of 1899. The passage mentioning the 400 gram limit applies to the shell (i.e. full cartridge), however both the source linked as well as all other Wikipedia articles I could find that mention the 400 gram limit refer to the projectile's weight. Did the definition used by the declaration change, or are they inconsistent here? If the definition of the word "projectile" remains the same, then the QF1 would not have complied with the Saint Petersburg Declaration. 185.44.54.37 (talk) 10:06, 6 November 2024 (UTC)