Greg's aircraft videos are really worth watching. This is the first of a series of 8 he does on the P-47 [MEDIA]
I know this is dredging up an old thread, but since I never replied to it before here and did extensively elsewhere, I feel I should...
Let's see... ATM... German Guided Missiles Roland F. Pocock. Good detail on the guidance systems The Origins of Surface-to-Air guided missile...
It's 8 (Celsius) here now (10 pm) and tomorrow the high is expected to be 16 with clear skies... I have some friends coming over to pick oranges,...
I would note that SNLF troops were neither "shock troops" nor were they marines. They were simply sailors seconded to being naval infantry. All...
I wouldn't be so kind. You are correct that Devine was something of a martinet, but he was more of a stickler for what I'd call corporate turd...
Actually, the 106th was largely done in by the collapse of the 14th Cavalry group on their flank that opened them up to envelopment.
Well, that explains that. I suppose US Army troops operating SCR 584 radar systems for similar purposes also packed up their stuff and ran for...
I don't know if this one's been mentioned yet, but it's pretty awful. It's a sci-fi movie set in WW 2 called "Zone Troopers." Surprisingly, the...
There is frequently a short period between enlistment / induction and reporting for duty. This is done by the military so that a batch of...
How many here know that the British were into Bastogne a full day before 101st Airborne arrived there. They were RAF regiment, a small unit sent...
I would note that someone designated cook, or other occupation within an infantry unit in WW 2 would be seen as an immediate replacement for...
I "Americanized" it... :D
The Japanese Fubuki and follow-on classes were really badly let down by having one of the worst main armament weapons of any destroyers during the...
I seriously doubt it. I'd say, if you really forced the boilers you could get 38 knots out of one on a good day, but that'd be about it. There...
Ever wonder if there was an equivalent to Benchley Park in the US? Well, there is, sort of... That would be the US Army's crypto- and signals...
Since I posted last to this subject, I've become engaged in very detailed research for a book on early SAM development and learned far more about...
Of those shown, I find the "Tank chair" kind of funny because one of my neighbors was the guy that built those. His son and mine were friends....
Exaggerated? Yes. Think of it this way: In the U-boat war, the number one signals intercept device of importance was HF/DF. Radio Direction...
It simplifies the German air defense problem considerably. The Germans now only have to concentrate on nightfighting and the issues of night...
