Wire or chain or rope or whatever the hell we had.
Stevin, Good to hear from you. I guess I won't be posting much here for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the razing I got from a...
Za, I was describing actual combat. And everything I described is accurate. I know computer games can be fun, but take it from me you can't...
What trick are you talking about? Five-Zero-Nan
Can't sleep so thought I would write a little. Seadog, Yep, that whole blind'em and then sneak around on the flank or go for a track sounds...
T.A., Thanks for the comments. I may be confusing the small spot thing with the Tiger, but will have to talk with a buddy who can jog my memory...
Ahh-------- War winning weapon? No I guess not, but the US Army manufactured the following numbers and types of rifle grenades. Lots and lots...
I just finished a long, glowing, and beautifully written (not really) reply to all of you, but it disappeared when I submitted it, and I was...
If you will go back and look at my orignal, unedited statement, I said that the small spots where you had to hit the Panther and Tiger were on the...
Get on the horn, and tell those boys with the US tanks in the second photo that they're too bunched up. Disperse damn it, disperse! Must be...
Aha! You've just stated the problem with obliquity in armor penetration on the battlefield much better than I have. Thank you and Well done!...
Adam, Thank you for the reply. I agree wholeheartedly with what you are saying. My point is that penetration effects on the battlefield can...
Za, Sorry if I misunderstood. I thought you were making fun of my question. My purpose was to start a serious thread about the general...
Za, Thank you for the reply. Of course, my question was really directed at the near complete disregard for the effects of obliquity when...
Why do so many folks on the Internet and in print persist in using armor penetration figures when discussing the relative merits of various...
For whatever it is worth, I always thought the calliope's were Rube Goldberg devices that were thrown together and hurried into the field in an...
I just finished reading: Frankel, Nat and Smith, Larry, Patton's Best: An Informal History of the 4th Armored Division, (Hawthorne Books, Inc.:...
Skunk Works, The entire 752nd website is actually very interesting. Thanks for posting the link. I noticed that they were given some M24 light...
Wow! Where to start? The calliope was a first-rate POS. A really bad idea. No tanker wanted the thing on top of his tank. After all who...
Jenn, The starting place is the Form DD214 for each of your relatives. The DD214 contains all of the basic information concerning a persons...
