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Posted: 11/7/2022 6:12:50 PM EDT
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Coastal Artillery gets mobile, M2 water cooled MG's mounted in Chevy G7107 truck beds, Carolina Manuevers
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Posted: 11/7/2022 7:16:21 PM EDT
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The Republic-Ford JB-2 an American reproduction of the nazi V1 buzz bomb was planned for use in the invasion of japan (operation downfall). They were produced via reversed engineering from crashed V1s from Reddit.
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Posted: 11/7/2022 7:59:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/8/2022 10:08:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher: The Republic-Ford JB-2 an American reproduction of the nazi V1 buzz bomb was planned for use in the invasion of japan (operation downfall). They were produced via reversed engineering from crashed V1s from Reddit. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1670/loon_jpg-2591567.JPG https://preview.redd.it/drejd32b8ly91.png?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8123cdbc0cb39f3336f0892aa2d4ecdb6142ba6a Air launch  Attached File Attached FileCool test launch video at Eglin, lots of failures  JB-2 Buzz Bomb, JB-10 Rocket Bomb Launches from Eglin Field, 1945 Pulse jet Mustang  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/8/2022 11:08:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI can see going to the grocery store in that.
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Posted: 11/8/2022 3:53:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: M6 GMC 75mm anti-tank halftrack, Carolinas https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Anti_tank_halftrack_M6_Carolina_Maneuver-2591506.JPG |
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Posted: 11/10/2022 9:56:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/10/2022 10:14:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Leisure_Shoot: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/46582/2022-11-10_08_55_28-Allied_Warbirds_and_-2594726.png That's only three days after the occupation and before the actual surrender signing. Very cool piece of history. |
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Posted: 11/11/2022 5:59:10 PM EDT
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37mm mobility; in harness
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Posted: 11/11/2022 6:08:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Russian soldiers attack wearing inflated swimming tube/waders and hand paddles, Sea of Azov regionhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/pkt_float_belt_6_jpg-2560776.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/pkt_float_belt_russian_jpg-2560763.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/pkt_float_belt_russian_2_jpg-2560767.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/pkt_belt_azov_jpg-2560780.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Red_Army_soldiers_in_Azov_Sea_region__Ph-2560769.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/pkt_float_belt_russian_3_jpg-2560782.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/pkt_float_belt_russian_4_jpg-2560785.JPG Stalin once said that it takes a brave man not to be a hero in the red army. |
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Posted: 11/11/2022 6:18:03 PM EDT
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Waterborne 37mm; improvised tarp boat stuffed with brush to maintain its shape crosses a river
 Attached FileInflatable river ferry, Carolina Manuevers  Attached FileSmall boat  Attached FileGuadalcanal was used for amphibious warfare training as the Pacific war moved west; Jeep pulls a 37mm ashore from landing craft  Attached FileGun hustled into the jungle  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/13/2022 5:57:29 PM EDT
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37mm cannister shell M2, 122 steel balls approximately .375 inch in diameter
 Attached File Attached FileFrank Pomroy, 37mm gunner 1st Marine Division August 1942 fought at the Battle of the Tenaru: Link "When a flare went off and you could see Japanese, we would fire this 37mm cannon with the grapeshot . . . When you fired it, all of a sudden it was all clear, you couldn't see any Japanese. It wiped them out." The dark night erupted into a mass of gunfire when the first elements of Colonel Kiyono Ichiki's assault units crossed the sandbar at the mouth of the river. Frank Pomroy was at his 37mm gun when the first Japanese rushed towards his position. The Marines dug machine-gun emplacements along the river bank and deployed two 37mm anti-tank guns near the Tenaru's terminus at the ocean's edge. Pomroy, who had trained on the 37mm at New River, was assigned as a loader on the weapon closest to the water's edge. The 37mm crews were issued canister rounds, or grapeshot, that when fired acted like enormous shotgun shells, sending thousands of large metallic balls hurtling through the air at almost point-blank range. Anything in front of the weapon when fired would be shredded. Given precious few of the devastating rounds, he and his gun crew were told to "not fire until we had the gift of an opportunity. Meaning we couldn't shoot until we saw them in front of us." (snip) Several Japanese rushed towards the second 37mm gun and entered the fighting position, killing its Marine occupants. Within minutes, reinforcements from G Company retook the weapon, eliminated the attackers, and restored the defensive position. Several more direct assaults took place on the 37mm emplacements and many of the machine-gun positions along the river throughout the night before the main attack subsided. A ferocious firefight ensued between the attacking Japanese and Marine machine gunners and riflemen until daybreak. Later in the morning, Marine riflemen crossed the river downstream, engaged the remaining Japanese, and supported by Marine tanks eliminated Ichiki's detachment, taking only two prisoners. In what was in reality a small action, the Battle of the Tenaru River was an important victory for the Marines on Guadalcanal. Defeating the Japanese assault not only stopped what was the first of many attempts to retake the prized airstrip known as Henderson Field, but it also completely destroyed the myth of Japanese martial superiority with the deaths of more than 700 enemy combatants. (snip)  Frank Pomroy oral history Pomroy rescued, Battle of Peleliu, September 1944  Attached File"Exhausted, dehydrated, and weak from hunger and loss of blood due to multiple leg wounds, 20 year old Franklin Pomroy, a member of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division clasps his head in his hands immediately following his rescue by fellow Marines during the Battle of Peleliu in September 1944. He had been fighting on the island for six days, part of that time on his own after he became separated from what remained of his unit during their fight for Hill 200. Armed with weapons he had collected but unable to walk, he was suffering from a bayonet wound to his left knee as well as three machinegun bullets in his right leg, and had been without sleep, food, or water for quite some time. The photo was taken by news correspondent Stanley Troutman, who happened to be with the Marines who found Frank, just before they loaded him onto their amphibious tank and took him back to the beach for medical treatment. He was evacuated from Peleliu to the hospital ship USS Comfort where he was operated on and received treatment for his wounds and the gangrene that had developed in his leg. Frank was then sent to the Admiralty Islands to an Army hospital for further treatment."  Marine COMBAT on 'Bloody Nose Ridge' in the The Pacific's Battle of Peleliu | Frank Pomroy 37mm suppressing Japanese caves on the side of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Deep wavy cut to the top of the shield  Attached FileAnother 37mm on Iwo Jima, wrap around shield and serrated edge  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/14/2022 7:44:25 PM EDT
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"300,000 Chinese laborers build airfields", 1944
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Posted: 11/14/2022 7:51:02 PM EDT
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I will never underestimate a 37mm again.
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Posted: 11/15/2022 9:23:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Meadowmuffin: I will never underestimate a 37mm again. Kina makes me want one...and they are out there... |
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Posted: 11/15/2022 8:55:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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1940 Wisconsin National Guard, range day at Camp McCoy
 Attached FileA gun crew en route to New Caledonia in early 1942 practices firing from the deck of their transport  Attached File37mm beach bunker, Guadalcanal. Note the blind shell handoff from assistant to loader, on the right  Attached File"Note shells ready for use against Guadalcanal Japs. Hand grenades also are ready, if a last ditch defense should become necessary"  Attached FileBattle For Henderson Field, Guadalcanal "Daylight on October 25 brought clear skies above and revealed a scene of utter carnage on the ground. Hundreds of bodies carpeted the narrow cleared strip fronting the eastern half of Puller's sector. In a few spots the corpses were stacked two and three deep. Near Company A's left flank, the dead lay in windrows, scythed down by 37mm canister rounds as their formations had moved along the jeep road and emerged from the Bowling Alley." 37mm bunker on Bloody Ridge overlooking Henderson field, March 1943  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/15/2022 9:11:58 PM EDT
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Should have done the same damn things to the Germans and then some......damn animals
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Posted: 11/21/2022 2:43:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Demonstrating extreme traverse allowed by the carriage
 Attached FileDug in with skimpy concealment, Colorado  Attached FileThick concealing vegetation in training on Hawaii, 1942  Attached FileI think this is the only photo on a battlefield I've seen with an attempt at using concealing vegetation, engaging Japanese pillbox on Conical Hill on Okinawa  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/21/2022 3:06:05 PM EDT
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While the 37mm AT gun was replaced in the E.T.O. & M.T.O. by the 57mm AT gun after Kasserine Pass & other battles in North Africa revealed it to be too little for German tanks,
The 37 mm AT gun remained in P.T.O. service due to it's lighter weight (because it often had to be advanced / moved by man power alone) and the 37mm was sufficient for Japanese tanks. The usefulness of the lighter weight of the 37 mm gun was demonstrated at Tarawa when a pair of 37 mm AT guns were retrieved from a wrecked landing craft, and brought across the water by hand to the beach by the pier where they were LIFTED by the Marines over the 6' high seawall to engage & destroy some Japanese tanks that sortied to try to repulse the Marines. Those photos are excellent, as the Marine crews fighting the Japanese iin mid to late war learned the lessons that Nature doesn't have straight edges (which naturally attracts a man's eyes), so they "modified" the gun shields with a wavy top to break up that eye catcher feature and often fashioned additional armor to protect the crew against enemy bullets. Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 11/21/2022 8:08:55 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Bigger_Hammer:While the 37mm AT gun was replaced in the E.T.O. & M.T.O. by the 57mm AT gun after Kasserine Pass & other battles in North Africa revealed it to be too little for German tanks, The 37 mm AT gun remained in P.T.O. service due to it's lighter weight (because it often had to be advanced / moved by man power alone) and the 37mm was sufficient for Japanese tanks. The usefulness of the lighter weight of the 37 mm gun was demonstrated at Tarawa when a pair of 37 mm AT guns were retrieved from a wrecked landing craft, and brought across the water by hand to the beach by the pier where they were LIFTED by the Marines over the 6' high seawall to engage & destroy some Japanese tanks that sortied to try to repulse the Marines. Those photos are excellent, as the Marine crews fighting the Japanese iin mid to late war learned the lessons that Nature doesn't have straight edges (which naturally attracts a man's eyes), so they "modified" the gun shields with a wavy top to break up that eye catcher feature and often fashioned additional armor to protect the crew against enemy bullets. Bigger_Hammer  Attached FileThere was also a niche role for the 37mm AT gun in late WWII ETO/MTO. The T32 ultra-light version of the 37mm was developed for airborne and mountain warfare; shortened barrel, deleted shield, fired from an M2HB heavy mg bipod. A few articles suggest Airborne dropped with some on France, but I can't find anything definite.  Attached File10th Mountain Division  Attached File10th Mountain Division, Northern Italy  Attached File Attached FileExperimental Weasel with recoilless and T32, sweet slow motion film of the T32 firing  M29C Weasel with 37-mm Gun T32 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
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Posted: 11/22/2022 9:55:50 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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https://www.ussrandolphcv15.com/
"June 7, 1945: the fleet temporarily retires from the war zone -- off the Philippines for replenishment. [Essex-class carrier] USS Randolph peaceful rides anchor as tank landing craft LCT-832 loads ammunition into her cargo hold. Seaman Santos is on deck watching two US Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightnings practice strafing runs over Randolph. Overcome by a sense of foreboding, he retreats below deck. Moments later, one of the P-38 loses control and slams into Randolph's forward deck, killing thirteen sailors and destroying ten of Randolph's aircraft. As fortunate as Randolph was in combat, she seemed cursed in friendly harbors. However, luck was abound; none of the airplanes on deck were fueled nor was the ammunition on LCT-832 ignited. Either would have led to a catastrophic explosion. USS Jason repairs Randolph in four days, due to the damage being far less severe than the Kamikaze attack. After the incident, Admiral Forrest Sherman threatened to shoot down any Air Force planes practicing strafing runs on the fleet. Needless to say, Sherman's orders was countermanded." It's claimed that the P-38 pilot, Captain Lewis M. Gillespie, 8th Photographic Squadron, 6th Reconnaissance Group, was showboating for his brother who was stationed on Randolph: https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/p-38-crash-on-uss-randolph.11899/ The aircraft were the F-5E photo reconnaissance version of the P-38, like this:  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FilePart of an account written by the quartermaster unloading the ammo ship at the time of the accident  Attached FileOfficial:  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/28/2022 11:48:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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37mm at Kasserine, where they proved ineffective against German tanks
 Attached FileAlthough crews lost all confidence in the gun against the Germans, complete replacement in Europe/Mediterranean was delayed by mixed reports by investigating officers, some calling the 37mm useless while others concluded they had merely been misused Useless  Attached File'They must be using it wrong'  Attached FileAs a result the 37mm was still being relied on during the invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky. You could say, technically speaking, that results were mixed - highly effective against obsolete light French tanks operated by the Italians, and totally useless against German Tigers, which wiped them out  Attached FileItalian Renault R35's destroyed in Gela, Sicily, most by a 37mm AT gun fetched by Darby  Attached File Attached FileTiger in Belpasso, Sicily; probably not a 37mm victim  Attached File Attached File(Probably scuttled by its crew after breaking down; note the missing muzzle brake, supposedly the brake was considered secret at the time and was to be removed or destroyed from a disabled vehicle. Brakes were also censored out of early official photos)  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/28/2022 7:19:46 PM EDT
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 5cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II  Marder II (left) and 5cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (right) |
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Posted: 11/29/2022 12:41:15 PM EDT
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Buna, New Guinea native draws a map of Japanese positions
 Attached FilePlenty of shooting across a river, Battle of Buna  Attached FileInfantry advances  Attached FileDoing what no other artillery piece could, engaging a machine gun nest from the very edge of the water, Buna. Grenades hung handily on the shield  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/29/2022 6:40:34 PM EDT
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Advancing on Saipan by Jeep
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Posted: 11/30/2022 6:03:27 AM EDT
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I had no idea the little 37mm was so darn useful.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 9:08:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: I had no idea the little 37mm was so darn useful. LOL I kind of want one now. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 9:33:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/CixqBpS.png 5cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II https://i.imgur.com/eFTSbdl.png Marder II (left) and 5cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (right) That Marder II looks like it has a couple of kills rings on it... |
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Posted: 12/1/2022 11:44:53 AM EDT
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 Attached File Attached FileSniper borrows the gun shield on Tarawa. The Japanese tinkered a bit with mobile rifleman's shields, besides the firepower how often was it helpful just having a bulletproof shield on wheels?  Attached FileShield peppered with impacts on Saipan  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/1/2022 12:03:55 PM EDT
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The dad, very early WWII (1942) as a First Cavalry trooper in Kansas. They were dismounted shortly thereafter and sent to Australia. Dad arrived in Oz the same week as the Battle of Midway.
He died young. I was just a kid when we lost him. He was proud of his horse cavalry days. Much preferred his mount in Kansas to the Pacific.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/1/2022 2:57:32 PM EDT
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Experimental C-47/EDO Corp floatplane, 1942-1944. Kind of graceful. 325 gallon fuel tanks in each float to extend range
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Posted: 12/2/2022 12:42:57 PM EDT
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37's retake the Philippines. Leyte, likely reacting to an ambush
 Attached File7th Cavalry Regiment checkpoint, Luzon. Tool kit spread out on the sandbags?  Attached FileFiring canister into a valley full of Japanese troops, Luzon. Gunner has a 1911 and a grenade hanging off the gun's shoulder guard, other crew stand ready on the trails with Garands  Attached FileStreet fighting in Manilla  Attached FileM3's with tires stripped off are dumped into Manilla harbor in 1946, sharing the fate of thousands of tons of arms at the end of the war, RIP. Captioned as Japanese, but the Japanese 37mm was noticeably different  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/2/2022 1:15:06 PM EDT
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Some rare footage in this documentary video:
"The Russian German War" | Part 1 | Full Episode  The Russian German War | Part 1 | Full Episode |
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Posted: 12/5/2022 11:15:11 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Telescope, M6
 Attached File Attached FileZero magnification, etched reticle. The reticle was illuminated through a tiny porthole by a flashlight lamp which was connected to two batteries in the tool case mounted on the shield  Attached File Attached FileThis is what a similar Telescope, M21 75mm tank gun reticle looks like when illuminated  Attached FileScope mount M19, which angles the scope to keep it parallel to the gun barrel as elevation varies  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/5/2022 11:28:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billpete: That Marder II looks like it has a couple of kills rings on it... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billpete: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/CixqBpS.png 5cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II https://i.imgur.com/eFTSbdl.png Marder II (left) and 5cm PaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (right) That Marder II looks like it has a couple of kills rings on it... There are pics out there of Marders used on the Eastern Front with lots of kill rings…….they even salvaged Russian 76 mm guns and used them against the Russkies, along with the Beutepanzers |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 5:43:37 PM EDT
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Prototype T7, 1938. Barrel seems a touch shorter
 Attached FileCrewman trains with his sidearm. I think he's a loader with a handy shell pouch slung under his arm; I've read mention of them, but they don't appear in many photos, usually there was an assistant loader handing them forward from a pile dumped on the ground  Attached FileLoader with shell pouch  Attached FileJapanese-American Nisei soldiers receive instruction  Attached FileIt seems 300 were supplied to the Chinese Nationalists, some of which were later captured by the Communists during the civil war. One is in a Chinese museum today  Attached FileRussian report on testing a lend-lease 37mm, March 1943 "In total, 35 American 37 mm guns arrived. They are stored in a warehouse and have not been issued. Further purchase of these guns is unreasonable." Judged to have inadequate penetration (certainly against the Germans in 1943!), lower rate of fire than the Russian 45mm: https://www.tankarchives.ca/2017/09/lend-lease-impressions-37-mm-m3-anti.html  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/8/2022 2:38:29 PM EDT
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One million volt GE x-ray machine inspects tank welds
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Posted: 12/8/2022 5:27:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 4xGM300m]
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 How should lightly armed units repulse a T-34 attack? Eastern Front training film - 71st ID Pt 5 A live shell at 6:50 - 7:00? |
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Posted: 12/8/2022 6:23:50 PM EDT
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The original radar plot of Opana radar station, Oahu, Dec 7th 1941
 Attached FileOne of the B-17's scheduled to arrive at Hickam on December 7th catches up to a pair of Vals heading for roughly the same place. The B-17's were unarmed to save weight for their long flight; short on fuel they had to land in the middle of the raid.  Attached FileNakajima B5N2s from Akagi above Oahu Island  Attached FileIn spoilers because it's disturbing - non-graphic photo of a child fatality. Fair warning. Click To View Spoiler |
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Posted: 12/8/2022 9:37:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: The original radar plot of Opana radar station, Oahu, Dec 7th 1941 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Radar_plot_from_Opana_Radar_Station_on_t-2628536.JPG One of the B-17's scheduled to arrive at Hickam on December 7th catches up to a pair of Vals heading for roughly the same place. The B-17's were unarmed to save weight for their long flight; short on fuel they had to land in the middle of the raid. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/B-17_catches_up_to_pair_of_Japanese_Aich-2628530.JPG Nakajima B5N2s from Akagi above Oahu Island https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Nakajima_B5N2s_from_Akagi_above_Oahu_Isl-2628537.JPG In spoilers because it's disturbing - non-graphic photo of a child fatality. Fair warning. Click To View Spoiler 9 children under the age of 10 were killed on Dec 7th. |
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Posted: 12/9/2022 4:46:17 PM EDT
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Japanese B5N pulls away after bombing Naval Air Station Kaneohe
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Posted: 12/10/2022 11:29:45 PM EDT
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There were a lot of spare guns available after most of the parked aircraft around Pearl had been shredded.
NAS Kaneohe, a ditch being dug for sewage lines is converted into a machine gun nest. Construction material has been lashed together since training tripods had run out  Attached FilePearl Harbor police motorcycle, March 1942  Attached FileArmored guntruck, April 1942  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 12/14/2022 9:51:25 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Inspecting the Kauai Volunteers of Hawaii, a militia formed in Feb 1942 from Filipino agricultural workers. Their bolos were handmade from automobile leaf springs, no two were alike
 Attached File Attached File Attached FilePrivately funded and very lightly equipped, they weren't likely to contribute against an invasion but patrolled the island for Japanese infiltration.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 12/14/2022 6:52:42 PM EDT
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Hawaii Territorial Guard (ROTC students commanded by the Governor, replaced the Hawaiian National Guard after they were federalized)
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileWashington DC became aware that some HTG were of Japanese ancestry and ordered them dismissed. Barred from carrying arms, the dismissed men formed a volunteer labor corps, the Varsity Victory Volunteers. The VVV would later volunteer en mass for the 442nd RCT  Attached File Attached File Attached FileHawaii Defense Volunteers, a primarily Chinese militia  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/15/2022 7:35:35 PM EDT
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Aside from the array of Hawaiian professional armed military and police organizations there were at least half a dozen armed militias, probably more. It seems the military preferred to channel their energy constructively instead of quashing them, wisely giving away recognition and supplies in exchange for oversight.
Businessmen's Military Training Corps, a mostly white upper class Hawaiian militia  Attached FileBMTC pistol training  Attached FileRecruits qualified with "sub-caliber rifles", presumably .22's, for a chance to carry a government supplied ".30 caliber rifle", guessing an M1903; some BMTC recruitment articles written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of Tarzan: https://www.erbzine.com/mag17/1756.html The Hawaii Rifles, island of Hawaii militia. White officers, Filipino field worker troops. Seems to have been plenty of 1911's available  Attached File Attached File"Brigadier General Herbert D. Gibson presents certificate of commendation to Colonel Andrew T. Spalding, commanding officer, 1st Hawaii Rifles, 4 July 1945, at ceremonies held in Mooheau Park, Hilo, Hawaii, marking release of the Territory's Organized Defense Volunteers from military control"  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/16/2022 4:44:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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"READY IF THE JAPS RETURN, 5-6-1942. HAWAII Two soldiers man a gun installed on a private estate in Hawaii. The island defenders are ready, willing and able to meet the Japs if they return." The gun is a 37mm M1916, a light gun used by the French and Americans in WWI to destroy machine gun nests and all but removed from inventory by 1941. Mostly used for training, but known to have seen action against the Japanese in the Philippines. Still in fairly wide use by the French in 1940
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileJapanese landing on Corregidor : Captain Lewis H. Pickup of Company A watched from his command post as the first force of landing craft in echelon headed for his company's positions. Searchlights picked up the landing craft and the 1st Battalion commenced firing. The 37mm guns had no trouble tracking the landing craft, as Sergeant Louis E. Duncan had altered the traversing mechanism so it could move more freely Gunnery Sergeant William A. Dudley held up the trails to his 37mm gun to fire down on the incoming boats.... ...SSgt William A. Dudley physically lifted the trails of his 37mm gun to fire down at the Japanese landing craft on the night of 5-6 May 1942. Dudley is the Marine second from the left in the second row:  Attached FileThe Japanese made a licensed copy of the French 37mm between wars, the Type 11 Infantry Gun, and a few saw action in WWII. Japanese troops fire on the British during the invasion of Burma  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/17/2022 6:46:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2022 10:47:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2022 12:04:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher: 1944 Navy cookbook. https://archive.org/details/TheCookBookOfTheUnitedStatesNavy1944/page/n1/mode/2up I spend waaaay too much time at that website. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:37:41 AM EDT
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Japanese POW's queue for dinner in a US/Filipino camp after the battle of Manilla
 Attached FileJapanese prisoner cooks a rat in a British POW camp in Burma, 1946  Attached File |
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