The shot holes were big enough to insert hand and digital camera for some cool interior shots ... Friend of mine was a 17-yr old Jagdpanther...
German accounts certainly suggests that they realized or at least suspected that FuG-25A was being spoofed. Nevertheless, RAF accounts do list...
Hey, it gets even better. When a Luftwaffe Ju88G-1 of 7/NJG2 landed by mistake at RAF Woodbridge on July 13th 1944, their FuG 25A IFF system was...
To Nancy ... :D We are the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy ... Always on the vino always on the spree. Eighth Army scroungers and their tanks, we...
The most effective shipboard ASW weapon in WWII was the Royal Navy's SQUID ahead throwing mortar. This was a 3-barrel mortar that threw three...
Hollywood was pretty accurate in portraying the ineffectiveness of both the rifle grenade and the bazooka against thicker armor in the movie...
I suggest that you watch that scene again more carefully. The rifle grenades were portrayed as not being effective. That first Tiger II...
Right you are, here's a bigger resolution shot and the objects are clearly not kites and otters. Other views of the stern showed no sweep gear....
One of the most innovative and powerful units in the Civil War has to be the Lightning Brigade of mounted infantry. Consisting of the 17th, 72nd,...
Dame Vera Lynn, "We'll Meet Again" ... YouTube - We'll Meet Again (Dame Vera Lynn) Marlene Dietrich, "Lili Marlene" YouTube - Lili Marlene...
I thought it was better than the "Hellenic Navy TACAN" ... Grecian URN ..:D The Norwegians preserved one of their coastal minesweepers,...
Here's a good on-line reference, got some nice drawings of kites, otters and cutters:...
You meant the Mk37? The Mk38 was the main battery director on BB's and cruisers. The Mk1A computer on the WWII version of the Mk37 could...
HM Submarine Seal the only Royal Navy submarine captured at sea, also surrendered to aircraft, an Arado 196 floatplane which landed alongside. HM...
I remember rading years ago, that the operation was conducted with the boat submerged at 120ft to provide a stable platform. Now come to think of...
Paravanes were developed in WWI to, oddly enough, try and snag submarines. For that role, the tow body carried explosives. I guess when you...
I was referring to the countermeasures vs mine fuse race. When the German introduced the crude magnetic needle ground mine (LMA; British code...
As I said earlier, different armies have different doctrines and preferences. The Japanese heavy grenade launchers certainly made a big...
Thanks guys, for the welcome. Self-intro as requested ... now everyone can start heckling ...:D...
Just joined. After a misspent youth reading about WWII, it is now time to give something back ... Been interviewing veterans and raiding the...
