Category Archives: training

Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Scenes from the WWII booklet “Camp Shelby, Mississippi” by the Public Relations Office at Camp Shelby. For more on Camp Shelby during WWII, see 65th Infantry Division, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1944 (Cover, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, … Continue reading →

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Tank Gun Trajectories

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. WWII field manual FM 17-12: Tank Gunnery illustrated representative trajectories of the 37-mm, 75-mm, and 76-mm guns. Low velocity guns with more highly curved trajectories require very accurate range estimation. As shown in the figures below, even small … Continue reading →

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Armor Penetration Tables

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following tables show armor penetration characteristics for U.S. 37mm, 75mm, 76mm, and 90mm guns against homogeneous and face-hardened armor. The tables are taken from the July 1944 field manual FM 17-12 Tank Gunnery. From top to bottom, the ammunition … Continue reading →

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You Can Crack that Tank!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following instructions for infantry facing attacking tanks were published by the U.S. War Department as a poster in Newsmap, Vol. II, No. 6, May 1943. Although the bazooka was available in most infantry units for antitank defense, individual soldiers … Continue reading →

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Firing the PIAT

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) was an infantry anti-tank weapon used by the British during World War II. The PIAT used a lightweight steel tube which held a hollow-charge bomb and a heavy firing spring. When the PIAT was cocked, … Continue reading →

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