Singer Co Making Guns in WWII
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Singer Co Making Guns in WWII
I had heard rumors of Singer making 1911 handguns during WWII. This is a very interesting article! https://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...y5z8roHzPV27l0
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I didn't know this but a lot of businesses changed their primary production to other things to assist the war effort. I live in an area where the auto industry changed everything. We manufactured the tanks at the tank plant just down the road from where I lived.
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Being married to a gun enthusiast, I knew this about Singer, tho' I'm not really sure that a B-29 bomber used a "computer" to control the gunfire. Anybody know?
I do know that my Mom worked for the Remington company after they converted over to make rifles instead of typewriters. She always said her job was to "make sure the hole in the rifle barrel went all the way through". LOL
I do know that my Mom worked for the Remington company after they converted over to make rifles instead of typewriters. She always said her job was to "make sure the hole in the rifle barrel went all the way through". LOL
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I was employed by Singer in Wayne, NJ in the 1980’s. The division where I worked was strictly military electronics. It was a delightful place to work. It was later sold to Plessey Electronics and then to BAE which it still is today.
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Being married to a gun enthusiast, I knew this about Singer, tho' I'm not really sure that a B-29 bomber used a "computer" to control the gunfire. Anybody know?
I do know that my Mom worked for the Remington company after they converted over to make rifles instead of typewriters. She always said her job was to "make sure the hole in the rifle barrel went all the way through". LOL
I do know that my Mom worked for the Remington company after they converted over to make rifles instead of typewriters. She always said her job was to "make sure the hole in the rifle barrel went all the way through". LOL
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