Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Historical Visit : War Museum @ Batu Maung















Cannon
A replica of a 6-inch breech loading gun originally installed in 1941.












Anti Air-Craft Pit
There are about 20 over anti air-craft pits which were built by the British across the hill (Bukit Batu Maung) in Penang, in placed are anti air-crafts with double barrel and a firing range of 14,000 feet, to protect the fort from Japanese air raid. The Japanese had to fly over 14,000 feet sometime p to 16,000 feet in order to escape from being shot down.
















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