I agree over the Chauchat. I also don't know why designers kept on producing strip fed weapons.
Also didn't the Sherman have a gyroscopic stabilized gun and sight? Firing on the move would be a real help if a Pak 40 is zeroing on you.
The American army should have given the British a battalion of Jumbo's, they could have re-armed them with 17 pounders and come up with a tank...
By March 1942, each Soviet rifle division was supposed to be equipped with 279 anti-tank rifles and these were distributed to the infantry by...
Thank you Ruud. Are you familiar with that web site? I was wondering were the Chassuer regiments are located. It seems that the I and II Hussar...
Give this site a go; http://www.militaryresearch.org/freebies.htm
Thanks LWD, That last link does help me quite a lot and also gives me more info on even more units then I thought. My suspicions were correct and...
The Japanese Type 2 Grenade Launcher could fire a 40mm HEAT grenade which could penetrate around 90mm of armour, it could be fired up to 150m but...
What did the Hungarians use to tow them, as I am sure they used 105 leFH18 too, and modified many to their own standards. It wouldn't surprise me...
There are a couple on here to look at; https://www.quartermastersection.com/american/companies/
Yes, I posted a similar request over there, but alas no useful data was gleaned. They gave me a couple of links, but I had already explored them.
Hi everyone. I have been searching for information regarding Dutch Cavalry (Hussars) in 1940 and what I have discovered is that they had five...
Sorry my friend, but I got there in the end. Yan.
Hi everyone, I didn't know were to post this picture so I took a guess at this thread. I took this image on a recent visit to Spain and I found...
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Hello everybody. I am currently reading about the 5th SS Pz Div “Wiking” and have found conflicting accounts in some of the data available, some...
I also found two different round size for the Dutch Bohler. dont which one is correct, 47x185R 47X227R The weight was 356 kg AP & 5.46 kg HE Ian.
Hi Ace, them measurements would come in real handy, here is a link to the Jaeger Platoon Site, and it describes the difference between the Böhler...
Thanks Pacifist, I have been on CS and even search through their forum pages, but nothing in regards to the data required. The M35 had a height...
Hi Poppy and thanks for the reply, I have looked through my data on Italian Tanks and found this; M13/40 - 47mm L/32 Model 37 (Ansaldo) Model...