Coast Batteries 1942

Battery	Guns	Range (Yards)	AP per Gun	HE per Gun
Pasir Laba	2 x 6 Inch	14,000	500	50
Buona Vista	2 x 15 Inch	36,900	250	None
Labrador	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	500	50
Siloso	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	500	50
Connaught	3 x 9·2 Inch	29,600	250	30
Serapong	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	500	50
Silingsing	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	500	50
Johore	3 x 15 Inch	36,900	250	None
Beting Kusah	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	600	50
Changi	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	600	50
Sphinx	2 x 6 Inch	24,500	600	50
Tekong	3 x 9·2 Inch	31,300	250	30
Pengerang	2 x 6 Inch	14,100	600	50

Ranges are taken from Records in the British National Archives. The ammunition listed for each gun was kept in the gun’s magazine. Additional ammunition was stored in a reserve magazine. One such reserve was on Mount Imbiah on Blakang Mati.

Note: The Sphinx 6-Inch Battery had Mark 24 guns with a 45° elevation compared to the 14° Mark VII Guns at all other 6-Inch Batteries.

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