Category Archives: artillery

Russian Antitank Guns

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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Bofors Guns Concealment in Dummy Tent

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Source: Engineer-in-Chief’s Consolidated Intelligence Summary, Nos. 1-17, Headquarters, Australian Military Forces, May 1944.  

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60mm Mortar Practice Shell

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustration of 60-mm mortar practice shell from the U.S. WW2 technical manual: TM 9-1901: Artillery Ammunition, War Department Technical Manual, June 1944:   81. SHELL, PRACTICE, M50A2, W /FUZE, P.D., M52, 60-MM MORTARS, M1 and M2, COMPLETE ROUND (fig. 59), … Continue reading →

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Japanese Model 88 75-mm AA Gun

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Description of the WWII Japanese Model 88 (1928) 75-mm Antiaircraft Gun from Japanese Field Artillery, Special Series No. 25, Military Intelligence Division, U.S. War Department, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1944. Model 88 (1928) 75-mm AA Gun. Model 88 (1928) 75-mm AA gun … Continue reading →

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Destruction of Artillery Ammunition

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for destruction of artillery ammunition to prevent capture by the enemy — the methods will require imagination, initiative, and ingenuity. Source: TM 9-1901: Artillery Ammunition, U.S. War Department Technical Manual, June 1944. DESTRUCTION OF AMMUNITION UPON IMMINENCE OF CAPTURE … Continue reading →

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Third Army Antiaircraft Claims

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Approved claims for U.S. Third Army antiaircraft units from Antiaircraft Artillery: A Brief History of Operations in Europe, 1 August 1944 to 8 May, 1945, Third United States Army. ANNEX B: Approved claims for all enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged, … Continue reading →

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155-mm Gun M2

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Data pertaining to the 155-mm gun M2, the carriage M1 or M1A1, the 155-mm gun mount M13 (T14), and the limbers M2 and M5. All data from the WWII U.S. War Department Technical Manual TM 9-350: 155-mm Gun M2; Carriage … Continue reading →

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Loading 37-mm AA Guns on Railroad Cars

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for loading the 37-mm gun and carriage on railroad cars from the WWII technical manual TM 9-235 37-mm AA Gun Materiel, U.S. War Department, January, 1944. LOADING MATERIEL ON RAILROAD CAR. a. General. All loading and blocking instructions as … Continue reading →

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Flak: Lessons Learned

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Lessons Learned” by U.S. Eighth Air Force fighters against German flak taken from Light, Intense, and Accurate: U.S. Eighth A.F. Strategic Fighters Versus German Flak in the ETO, Headquarters, 65th Fighter Wing, August 1945. The booklet was the work of … Continue reading →

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German 105-mm Howitzer

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Three views of the German 105-mm howitzer (10.5 cm leFH 18, leichte FeldHaubitze) from the U.S. War Department technical manual TM E9-325A: German 105-mm Howitzer Materiel, June 1944.

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