Category Archives: intelligence reports

Japanese Rockets and Launchers

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following U.S. intelligence report on Japanese spin-stabilized rockets and launchers was published in Enemy on Luzon: An Intelligence Summary: ARMY 20-CM SPIN STABILIZED ROCKET AND TYPE 4 LAUNCHER: Several of these projectiles, the first Army rockets recovered, and the … Continue reading →

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Handbook on Japanese Military

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The October 1944 version of the U.S. technical manual on the Japanese military, TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces has been added to the main LoneSentry website. The complete table of contents are listed below.

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Japanese Type 98 Halftrack

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following U.S. intelligence report on the Japanese Type 98 halftrack personnel carrier and prime mover was published in Enemy on Luzon: An Intelligence Summary: A Japanese combination personnel carrier and prime mover was recovered near Manila, Luzon. The vehicle … Continue reading →

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Japanese Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Japanese produced a limited number of the innovative Type 1 Ho-Ki, fully-tracked armored personnel carriers. The Ho-Ki APC was developed in 1941, but full-scale production did not start until 1944. A limited number of Ho-Ki were deployed with Japanese reinforcements … Continue reading →

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Ohka Schematic

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Schematic of the Baka rocket-propelled piloted aircraft bomb from the U.S. Navy Technical Air Intelligence Center: See Also: Baka… Flying Warhead  

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Wehrmacht Infantry Gruppe

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The German Infantry Gruppe from Newsmap published by the U.S. War Department.  

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Aerial Bombs

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following tactical intelligence report appeared in “Eastern Air Command Weekly Intelligence Summary”, No. 10, Nov. 3, 1944 published by Headquarters Eastern Air Command, Southeast Asia. Oscars Drop Aerial Bombs on B-24 Moulmein Mission 22 October Preliminary Report from 356 Squadron (RAF) Thirteen … Continue reading →

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Baka… Flying Warhead

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following intelligence report on the Japanese Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Allied nickname “Baka”) appeared in the June 1945 issue of C.I.C. (Combat Information Center) published by the U.S. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.           … Continue reading →

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German Tank and Armored Car Sights

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Summary of major German panzer and armored car gunsights from TM-E 30-451: Handbook on German Military Forces, War Department, March 1945. [As with all U.S. wartime intelligence, the data may be inaccurate or incomplete. The source text has not been … Continue reading →

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2 cm FlaK 30 Antiaircraft Gun

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Three ordnance intelligence illustrations of the German 2 cm FlaK 30 (Fliegerabwehrkanone 30) antiaircraft gun show the major components of the gun and mounting:   2 cm FlaK 30 on Trailer Ready for Transport 2 cm FlaK 30 Mounting 1. Sub Mounting, 2. … Continue reading →

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