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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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Checkerboard

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Checkerboard newspaper of the 99th Infantry Division is available online at http://99div.newspaperarchive.com/. All issues can be browsed and searched by keyword. The Checkerboard was the newspaper of the 99th Infantry Division during World War II and the 99th Infantry … Continue reading →

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Tigers on the Loose

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Tigers on the Loose” tells the story of the 10th Armored Division in World War II using wartime films and post-war interviews with officers and men of the 10th. The film was produced in 1965 and is narrated by Lorne … 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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PzKpfw II Ausf L “Luchs”

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The PzKpfw II Ausf L “Luchs” (Lynx) was a light reconnaissance tank developed on a modified Panzer II chassis. Approximately 100 PzKpfw II Ausf L were built from September 1943 to January 1944 and issued to the reconnaissance detachments of the German … Continue reading →

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Library Photo Collections

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  WWII Photographs by J. Malan Heslop This digital collection at Brigham Young University contains over 1,350 photographs by Sergeant Heslop covering the last nine months of World War II in Europe, from September 1944 through May 1945. The photographs … Continue reading →

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Tactical and Technical Trends #43

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The intel articles from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 43, January 1944 have been added to the main Lone Sentry website: Japanese 47-mm AT Gun  ◊  The 100-mm Skoda Howitzer  ◊  Japanese Use of Military Barges  ◊  German Propaganda Rifle … Continue reading →

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Tactical and Technical Trends #41

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. military intelligence articles from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 41, December 1943 have been added to the main website: The HE-177  ◊  Japanese Air-Ground Liaison  ◊  German AA Pivoted Ring Sight  ◊  Recognition Leaflets for German AT Guns … Continue reading →

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Tactical and Technical Trends #38

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. military intelligence articles from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 38, November 1943 have been added to the main website: Aircraft Against Tanks  ◊  Japanese AA/AT 20-mm Machine Cannon  ◊  New German 88-mm AT Gun  ◊  Japanese Artillery in … Continue reading →

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Beja Tiger Turret

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photo P30 (see “Tiger Grave at Beja” and “Video of sPzAbt. 501 Tigers in Tunisia“) shows a slightly better view of the detached Tiger turret in the ditch at the front of the column.

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