Generally they discarded spent charger clips and ammo belts but retained magazines. Often when re-arming only bullets are provided and you loaded...
I have read various items in this forum with amazement at the technical knowledge of many of the contributors. This morning I was reading a...
Flash! Both Hitler and Stalin were villains -but the working thesis is "my enemy"s enemy is my friend" -so Stalin -for the time -was our friend....
The calibre is the diameter of the shell -the main part where it is cylindrical -not the tapered part at front or back and not the driving bands...
It is said that Churchill mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. His speeches galvanised the british people and indeed the entire...
Sadly the casualty lists would probably use up all your available paper. The British alone sustained up to 30,000 casualties on some DAYS in...
Tanks will fight in various formations depending upon their role at the moment -and the enemy formation being faced. They will operate in large...
Churchill was a magnificent wartime leader for Britain and the Commonwealth "He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle" -but in...
Everybody badmouths the Sten -but having fired all the weapons mentioned except the Japanese Sten variant??? -I can tell you that the Sten was as...
Of course the M1 is outdated -and since the M14 was an attempt to reduce some of its shortcomings the M14 is superior to it. Nonetheless either an...
When I was stationed in Germany 1970-1975 we in NATO expected 3-5 fatalities annually due to kids finding and playing with old grenades or people...
Some good arguments here! The Canadian War Museum concluded (wrongly I believe) at first that the strategic bomber offensive was a failure because...
Anyone who believes any one machinegunner on Omaha Beach killed 2000 American soldiers doesn't know much about modern warfare and hasn't visited...
