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Posted: 5/23/2018 5:10:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Solo_]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
. I think pacific theater - Okinawa? Thompson with drum mag - note how he supports it with his hand bazooka round on the ground what kind of rifle does the BAR assistant gunner have? he's the guy with the big ammo pouches in front of the one with a carbine ETA here it is: https://valoroustv.com/video/war-in-the-pacific-episode-20-at-japan-s-doorstep-okinawa/ 1945: must be an M1 then; I must have been seeing things. ETA Damn, page top; must add image (found online, do not know whereabouts or details)  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 5:38:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Poland 1939 after Germany and Russia invaded.
 Rhine pontoon Bridge 1945  Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Intrepid 
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Posted: 5/24/2018 8:33:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
Poland 1939 after Germany and Russia invaded. http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Brest_29TB_W39.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/37/2b/cd/372bcd0aab1dc919eed7ca48a1808825.jpg https://i0.wp.com/newobserveronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Soviet-and-German-soldiers-in-Lublin.jpg?resize=760%2C485 Rhine pontoon Bridge 1945 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/1945_ww2_rhine_river_ponton_bridge_Bonn_to_Beuel_beer-bridge.jpg Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Intrepid https://i.pinimg.com/originals/14/cd/fc/14cdfc9f7c9153470c92d35c7cd2f572.jpg |
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Posted: 5/24/2018 12:24:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dracster]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
. I think pacific theater - Okinawa? Thompson with drum mag - note how he supports it with his hand bazooka round on the ground what kind of rifle does the BAR assistant gunner have? he's the guy with the big ammo pouches in front of the one with a carbine ETA here it is: https://valoroustv.com/video/war-in-the-pacific-episode-20-at-japan-s-doorstep-okinawa/ I think the BAR a-gunner has an M1 at a wonky angle but it looks like a Mauser. Where's the BAR? This guy's gunner should be near somewhere. The bazooka round isn't on the ground. The guy has it in his right hand ready to hand to the loader. There's another one in his lap. I thought the guy in the foreground had a M1903A3 as well but probably just an out of focus M1 in shadow. How about the foot in from of the guy with the bazooka ammo? It looks like it has leggings and the boot is really light. The 2 guys in the back with the officer have packs on; nobody else does. |
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Posted: 5/27/2018 2:37:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/28/2018 12:08:12 PM EDT
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One of our New Orleans class cruisers. The front fell off:
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Posted: 5/30/2018 6:43:40 AM EDT
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The 1903 might just be an M1C at a weird angle?
And the BAR gunner with an Arisaka pick up? |
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Posted: 5/30/2018 1:00:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
One of our New Orleans class cruisers. The front fell off: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fe%2Fe1%2FNewOrleansTulagiBowMissing.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 5/30/2018 4:33:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dracster]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
USS Minneapolis?? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
One of our New Orleans class cruisers. The front fell off: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fe%2Fe1%2FNewOrleansTulagiBowMissing.jpg&f=1  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/30/2018 8:36:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD: USS Minneapolis?? 
Sans coconut bow: 
Post repair in 1943. From left to right: USS Salt Lake City (aka: Swayback Maru), USS Pensacola and USS New Orleans 
Here she is again in 1945. Note bridge wings cut back like in CA-38 San Francisco for greater arc of fire for AA guns: 
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Posted: 5/30/2018 10:01:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster:
The 1928A1 with the drum sticks out like a sore thumb. That should have been pulled back 3 years ago. I think the BAR a-gunner has an M1 at a wonky angle but it looks like a Mauser. Where's the BAR? This guy's gunner should be near somewhere. The bazooka round isn't on the ground. The guy has it in his right hand ready to hand to the loader. There's another one in his lap. I thought the guy in the foreground had a M1903A3 as well but probably just an out of focus M1 in shadow. How about the foot in from of the guy with the bazooka ammo? It looks like it has leggings and the boot is really light. The 2 guys in the back with the officer have packs on; nobody else does. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster:
Originally Posted By kar98k:
. I think pacific theater - Okinawa? Thompson with drum mag - note how he supports it with his hand bazooka round on the ground what kind of rifle does the BAR assistant gunner have? he's the guy with the big ammo pouches in front of the one with a carbine ETA here it is: https://valoroustv.com/video/war-in-the-pacific-episode-20-at-japan-s-doorstep-okinawa/ I think the BAR a-gunner has an M1 at a wonky angle but it looks like a Mauser. Where's the BAR? This guy's gunner should be near somewhere. The bazooka round isn't on the ground. The guy has it in his right hand ready to hand to the loader. There's another one in his lap. I thought the guy in the foreground had a M1903A3 as well but probably just an out of focus M1 in shadow. How about the foot in from of the guy with the bazooka ammo? It looks like it has leggings and the boot is really light. The 2 guys in the back with the officer have packs on; nobody else does. 
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Posted: 5/31/2018 1:39:23 AM EDT
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Under the watchful eyes of U.S. troops bearing bayonets, members of the Italo-German armistice commission in Morocco are rounded up to be taken to Fedala, north of Casablanca, on November 18, 1942. Commission members were surprised in American landing move.
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Posted: 5/31/2018 8:52:48 AM EDT
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An Italian dispatch rider on his Moto Guzzi motorcycle beside a Autoblinda AB41 armored vehicle. North Africa, 1941.
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Posted: 5/31/2018 8:56:21 AM EDT
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Note the tracks attached for extra protection 
Regia Marina's Roma |
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Posted: 5/31/2018 11:29:32 AM EDT
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A wounded British Commando being helped through the snow to a dressing station during Operation Archery in Norway, December 1941.
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Posted: 5/31/2018 11:41:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
sometimes the simplest explanations are the best: they looked cool and to differentiate a squadron's aircraft from those of other squadrons Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
What are the spirals on the nose cones for? ID? and to differentiate a squadron's aircraft from those of other squadrons Maybe that’s just for modern jet turbines. 
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Posted: 5/31/2018 4:10:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/31/2018 6:01:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Brooklyn Class light cruiser CL-48 Honolulu early in her career. The Brooklyns had 15 6" guns in 5 triple gun turrets:
Here she is again with the "front fell off" look: 
Japanese Type 48 Long Lance Torpedoes were the best in WW II. Longer range and bigger explosive charge. |
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Posted: 5/31/2018 7:25:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Brooklyn Class light cruiser CL-48 Honolulu early in her career. The Brooklyns had 15 6" guns in 5 triple gun turrets: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F88%2Fc0%2Fa8%2F88c0a8af10d5c338da3e943f61291165.jpg&f=1 Here she is again with the "front fell off" look: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F9b%2FCollapsed_bow_of_USS_Honolulu_%2528CL-48%2529_on_20_July_1943%252C_after_she_was_torpedoed_in_the_Battle_of_Kolombangara_%252880-G-259422%2529.jpg&f=1 Japanese Type 48 Long Lance Torpedoes were the best in WW II. Longer range and bigger explosive charge. |
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Posted: 5/31/2018 10:17:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Regia Marina's Roma
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Posted: 6/1/2018 1:33:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Javak:
Oh hai!
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/43/bf/9743bf5c3ac3845f51602659fab72e88.jpg 
Arrevaderchi Roma! 
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Posted: 6/1/2018 4:44:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
That is a really cool class of ship. A major jump up from the Omaha's in terms of layout and technology of light cruisers, including the triple gun arrangement in the turrets. You don't have to squint very much to see the lineage to the Cleveland Class that followed shortly after. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
Brooklyn Class light cruiser CL-48 Honolulu early in her career. The Brooklyns had 15 6" guns in 5 triple gun turrets: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F88%2Fc0%2Fa8%2F88c0a8af10d5c338da3e943f61291165.jpg&f=1 Here she is again with the "front fell off" look: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F9b%2FCollapsed_bow_of_USS_Honolulu_%2528CL-48%2529_on_20_July_1943%252C_after_she_was_torpedoed_in_the_Battle_of_Kolombangara_%252880-G-259422%2529.jpg&f=1 Japanese Type 48 Long Lance Torpedoes were the best in WW II. Longer range and bigger explosive charge. |
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Posted: 6/1/2018 4:53:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Someone knows their hystery.
Arrevaderchi Roma! https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defensemedianetwork.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2FRoma.jpg&f=1 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Originally Posted By Javak:
Oh hai!
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/43/bf/9743bf5c3ac3845f51602659fab72e88.jpg
Arrevaderchi Roma! https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defensemedianetwork.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2FRoma.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 6/1/2018 5:33:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Solo_]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeathHates: Only such capital ship kill by rocket of the war..? And, to never forget (some Italians have... I did not - I am an American-Italian) - at the very beginning of Nazism and Fascism together (those guys, sided together, unmistakably), I bet none of us had seen this picture before and certainly, not in original color. Never before though I had seen this picture (I was born in 1968, way past WWII). A few of those soldiers have one of my favorite Italian Carcano carbines (which I used to own in Italy). Just repurchased one here in the US the other day.  Attached File
M91/38 Carcano Waffen Marks 8mm Mauser by SoloDallas, on Flickr |
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Posted: 6/2/2018 12:09:49 PM EDT
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USS Savannah was also hit off Salerno, but her crew saved her.
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Posted: 6/2/2018 12:24:44 PM EDT
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What ship? I know.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 6/2/2018 12:54:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
B-24 plant Fort Worth Texas https://i2.wp.com/www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pic_giant_051415_SM_B-24-Liberator-Plant-2.jpg?fit=788%2C460&ssl=1 It was there she became good friends with a girl she worked with, whose brother was a recently-liberated POW returning to the states. The two were introduced and 4 weeks later they were married. That man of course was my grandfather. He was captured at Kasserine Pass in ‘43. I’ll post what few pictures I have if I can find them. |
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Posted: 6/2/2018 2:19:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
What ship? I know. https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fusercontent2.hubstatic.com%2F12236635_f520.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 6/2/2018 6:32:37 PM EDT
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Not the USS Juneau.
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Posted: 6/2/2018 6:51:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
What ship? I know. https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fusercontent2.hubstatic.com%2F12236635_f520.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 6/2/2018 6:55:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
What ship? I know. https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fusercontent2.hubstatic.com%2F12236635_f520.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 6/2/2018 7:07:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/2/2018 8:21:46 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By DeathHates: Warspite? Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
HMS_Warspite_(03) 
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Posted: 6/2/2018 9:48:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
That is a really cool class of ship. A major jump up from the Omaha's in terms of layout and technology of light cruisers, including the triple gun arrangement in the turrets. You don't have to squint very much to see the lineage to the Cleveland Class that followed shortly after. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
Brooklyn Class light cruiser CL-48 Honolulu early in her career. The Brooklyns had 15 6" guns in 5 triple gun turrets: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F88%2Fc0%2Fa8%2F88c0a8af10d5c338da3e943f61291165.jpg&f=1 Here she is again with the "front fell off" look: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F9b%2FCollapsed_bow_of_USS_Honolulu_%2528CL-48%2529_on_20_July_1943%252C_after_she_was_torpedoed_in_the_Battle_of_Kolombangara_%252880-G-259422%2529.jpg&f=1 Japanese Type 48 Long Lance Torpedoes were the best in WW II. Longer range and bigger explosive charge. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 1:00:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trapezoid:
My grandmother worked there during the war as a typist, age 23. It was there she became good friends with a girl she worked with, whose brother was a recently-liberated POW returning to the states. The two were introduced and 4 weeks later they were married. That man of course was my grandfather. He was captured at Kasserine Pass in ‘43. I’ll post what few pictures I have if I can find them. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 2:20:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2018 5:55:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeathHates: Warspite? What was unique about this class of ships? 
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Posted: 6/3/2018 6:25:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DeathHates]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Bingo. Superstructure is like the Queen Elizabeth and Valiant, but her older style AA proves she is the Warspite. What was unique about this class of ships? https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fift.tt%2F1ncUH8G&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.iwm.org.uk%2Fciim5%2F497%2F619%2Flarge_000000.jpg&f=1 Edit. Nope. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 7:40:46 PM EDT
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Great Lakes training carriers were both paddle wheelers.
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Posted: 6/3/2018 7:44:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Great Lakes training carriers were both paddle wheelers. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 8:13:57 PM EDT
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Japanese soldiers enjoying Saigon.
IJA take Haiphong  Saigon October 1945 
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Posted: 6/3/2018 8:17:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Bingo. Superstructure is like the Queen Elizabeth and Valiant, but her older style AA proves she is the Warspite. What was unique about this class of ships? https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fift.tt%2F1ncUH8G&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.iwm.org.uk%2Fciim5%2F497%2F619%2Flarge_000000.jpg&f=1 @4v50 obviously don't answer yet. Just spitballing.. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 8:58:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SoloDallas:
Love this picture so much I can't even tell you. It's universal, timeless. It seems eternal. Such an incredible gesture - natural and peaceful while he's ready to lay it on the line. Amazing. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SoloDallas:
Originally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdgMunhWsAEnPF3.jpg It's universal, timeless. It seems eternal. Such an incredible gesture - natural and peaceful while he's ready to lay it on the line. Amazing. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 9:06:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
sometimes the simplest explanations are the best: they looked cool and to differentiate a squadron's aircraft from those of other squadrons Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
What are the spirals on the nose cones for? ID? and to differentiate a squadron's aircraft from those of other squadrons They move so fast you cant see the propeller arc, you walk into it and it's over. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 10:35:38 PM EDT
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MACs or Merchant Aircraft Carriers. They were oilers or freighters that were fitted with flight decks but no hangers and were used to provide air support for the convoy. Typically they carried four Hurricanes and unlike the CAM (catapult aircraft merchant ship) could recover their planes.
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Posted: 6/3/2018 10:40:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Okinawa
Aachen  German soldiers in combat against Soviet troops during the battle of Novorossiysk, Russia, 1942 
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Posted: 6/3/2018 11:35:20 PM EDT
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76th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway (June 4th - 7th)
US Naval History is live tweeting events from the battle
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Posted: 6/4/2018 10:40:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/4/2018 10:42:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/4/2018 10:43:00 PM EDT
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