The Development of RAF Guns and Ammunition from WW1 to the Present Day A new article on my website, at RAFHS 08
Ask a soldier at the sharp end whether he'd prefer his enemy to be killed rather than wounded - especially in close-quarter fighting, when a...
The RAF held the view (until the P-51 proved them wrong) that escorting bombers with fighters would never work, because to be able to carry enough...
It doesn't look like a cartridge case at all - most probably an artillery primer.
The date appears to be 1940. The "DI" designation was used by ammo firms in four different countries, according to my records: Canada, India,...
For details and photos of the Carl Gustav 20mm rifle, see this article on my website: TRANSITIONAL ANTI-TANK RIFLE: THE CARL GUSTAV M/42 The...
Interesting how the 75mm and 88mm results fluctuated so much in different campaigns. Presumably due to different tactical circumstances - or was...
I have revamped my web article Assault Rifles and their Ammunition: History and Prospects to include more detail about early developments and...
If this kind of wing worked so well, why did the concept vanish with the cancellation of this project? I would have thought that the skies would...
Yes. I have a British 4.5" (introduced prior to WW2) naval cartridge case which has such a tube (a thick brass one) running about three-quarters...
I have posted a new article on my website to add to my series on collecting cannon cartridges, here: An introduction to collecting 30 mm cannon...
No, it isn't as simple as that (in fact, other things being equal, the faster the "free" RoF, the bigger the percentage loss on synchronisation)....
They did; it was the standard installation early in the war (see P-36, P-40, A-36) and even continued in the P-39 and P-63. Only when they...
It is possible to criticise every nation's efforts in the field of aircraft and armament (and just about everything else as well). War is a...
Errrm - but that's the whole point of "what if?" threads.... As far as I can see, no-one has criticised the Luftwaffe for doing anything wrong in...
I don't disagree with most of what you say, but I think you're wrong on this one. I'm currently reading Friedman's new book "Firepower", which...
The question as posed was clearly limited to changes in the Luftwaffe's strategy, rather than anything more fundamental, like a peace-loving...
See my post No.4 - the BoB was hurting the Luftwaffe much more than the RAF. There was a period when 11 Group - which occupied the SE airfields -...
I agree with much of what you say, but this part (while commonly reported) is incorrect. In fact, it was the Luftwaffe which was suffering much...
Helicopter development was surprisingly slow, mainly because of the initial reliance on heavy piston engines. It wasn't until efficient gas...
