Some complained they had not been able to fire enough rounds to lighten their heavy packs.But General Nicholson, for one, was not disappointed.
During the war, Hezbollah had been able to fire an average of more than 100 rockets a day, and it claimed "a divine strategic victory" on the grounds that the vaunted IDF had been unable to stop the Katyusha fire.
"As long as the army consumes the majority of the government income, they should have at least been able to fire at the Israeli warplanes," said one 28-year-old art student who did not wish to be further identified.
Would anyone have been able to fire Sandy and Len if they hadn't raised money?
The guns would have been able to fire ten dart-like explosive projectiles a minute – 600 rounds every hour – into the British capital, which Winston Churchill later commented would have constituted "the most devastating attack of all".
By this time, Atlanta had been able to fire only seven shots, none of which hit either Union ship, and was hard aground with high tide not due for another hour and a half.
