Category Archives: weapons

Bendix Chin Turret

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bendix manual on the Operation and Maintenance of the Bendix Chin Turret for the B-17 Flying Fortress:     GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Armament Two Caliber .50 M-2 machine guns. Ammunition Capacity 450 rounds per gun. Speed of Turret Slow speed (tracking) … Continue reading →

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Japanese WW2 Pistols

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A short guide for U.S. soldiers to WW2 Japanese pistols from Soldier’s Guide to the Japanese Army, Special Series No. 27, Military Intelligence Service, War Department, Washington, DC, November 1944. Small Arms: Pistols The Nambu 8-mm pistol resembles the German … Continue reading →

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Sturmgeschütz at Cassino

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) captured near Cassino, Italy, from Report of the New Weapons Board, Office of the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, Washington, D.C., April 1944. Italian Fifth Army Area — Ordnance Materiel  

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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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M8 HMC Ammunition Storage

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagram of 75-mm and .50 caliber ammunition storage in the 75-mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 from TM 9-732B: 75-mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8, War Department Technical Manual, January 1944.  

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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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Bazooka Oversold?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Comments on the bazooka from Report of the New Weapons Board, Office of the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, Washington, D.C., April 1944. 2.36″ Rocket and Launchers a. The feeling existed in both theaters that the 2.36″ rocket had been oversold. … Continue reading →

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Gewehr 43

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following report on the German Gewehr 43 semi-automatic rifle was published in Foreign Military Weapons and Equipment, Vol. III, Infantry Weapons, Pamphlet No. 30-7-4, Department of the Army, 1954.   7.92-mm Model 43 Semi-Automatic Rifle (KARABINER 43 or GEWEHR 43)  … Continue reading →

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7.92-mm Maxim Light Machine Gun MG 08

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following report on the German Maxim light machine guns was published in Foreign Military Weapons and Equipment, Vol. III, Infantry Weapons, Pamphlet No. 30-7-4, Department of the Army, 1954.   7.92-mm Maxim Light Machine Guns MG 08/15 and 08/18 … Continue reading →

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German Butterfly Bomb

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A warning about the dangers of the WWII German “Butterfly Bomb” (Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD2) from Booby Traps, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington D.C., 1944. German “Butterfly Bomb” The “butterfly bomb” is the German’s favorite bomb against … Continue reading →

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