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Hiram Maxim originally designed the Pom-Pom in the late 1880s as an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.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 first naval pom-pom was the QF 1.5-pdr Mark I, a piece with a calibre of 37 mm (1.46 in) and a barrel 43 calibres long. This was tested in the Arethusa -class light cruisers HMS Arethusa and Undaunted but did not enter full service, being replaced instead by a larger weapon, the QF 2-pdr Mark II (see below).
The 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II was a British light artillery piece designed during World War I.Originally intended for use in trench warfare, it was instead tested for air-to-air and air-to-ground use by aircraft.
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 ...
The following is a list of video editing software. The criterion for inclusion in this list is the ability to perform non-linear video editing . Most modern transcoding software supports transcoding a portion of a video clip , which would count as cropping and trimming.
Tony DiGiulian, British 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF HA Marks XVI, XVII, XVIII and XXI; Youtube video clip of demonstration of loading and firing on HMS Belfast; Youtube video clip of demonstration of loading and firing on HMS Belfast : closeup Note : for safety reasons, cartridges are seen being loaded without the normal attached shell.
VSDC Free Video Editor is a non-linear editing (NLE) application developed by Flash-Integro LLC. [1] It can process custom resolutions, including high-resolution footage, 3D, and VR360-degree videos. The software allows applying post production effects, live color correction, and motion tracking.
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