Category Archives: artillery

Demolition of the 155-mm gun M2

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instruction for demolition of the 155-mm gun M2 from the WWII U.S. War Department Technical Manual TM 9-350: 155-mm Gun M2; Carriage M1 and M1A1, Gun Mount M13; Heavy Carriage Limber M2 and M5; and Firing Platform M1, May 1945. … Continue reading →

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Self-Propelled 37-mm Flak

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A photograph of a destroyed German self-propelled 37-mm antiaircraft gun mounted on a halftrack, along with a late-model RSO towing an antitank gun. Source: Light, Intense, and Accurate, Headquarters, 65th Fighter Wing, August 1945.  

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155-mm Gun on Gun Motor Carriage M40

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two views of the U.S. 155-mm Gun on Gun Motor Carriage M40 from TM 9-350, the Technical Manual on the 155-mm Gun M2 printed in 1945.  

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WWII 105mm Howitzer M2A1 from AFV Club

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Further artwork and details have been released by AFV Club on their upcoming 1/35th scale release of the U.S. WWII 105mm Howitzer M2A1 & Carriage (Kit No. AF 35160).  

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German Air Tactics Against Ground Targets

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Statistical analysis of Luftwaffe air attacks on ground targets in the Third U.S. Army from Antiaircraft Artillery: A Brief History of Operations in Europe, 1 August 1944 to 8 May, 1945, Third United States Army. German Air Tactics Against Ground … Continue reading →

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143rd AAA Gun Battalion

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The website Army Book of Memories tells the story of the 143rd AAA Gun Battalion during WWII from training through the fighting in the Ardennes Offensive and on to V-E Day. The website also includes photographs and a copy of … Continue reading →

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Employment of AAA in Anti-tank Role

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A report on the activities of antiaircraft gun battalions in the antitank role during the Battle of the Bulge reproduced from “Antiaircraft Artillery Notes,” HQ ETO, No. 15, January 1945: Subject: Employment of AAA in Anti-tank Role Source: AA Section, Headquarters Twelfth Army … Continue reading →

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OP and CP Security

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Observation post and command post security from Combat Lessons, No. 7: OP and CP Security Even at this late date, needless casualties, delays, and expenditures of effort are being caused by breaches of OP and CP security rules. The inevitable results … Continue reading →

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Triple 20mm “Drilling” Flak on Railcar

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Source: Light, Intense and Accurate: U.S. Eighth A.F. Strategic Fighters Versus German Flak in the ETO, 1943-1945  

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120mm Granatwerfer 42 Mortar

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. troops demonstrate a captured Granatwerfer 42 (12cm GrW 42) German heavy mortar on the First Army Front in Echtz, near Duren, Germany.      

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