Interesting that the .30 caliber wing machine guns extend forward from the wing, while the .50s in later models are almost entirely within the...
Maybe so, seems a bit dangerous for the upper aircraft to be the one shooting at the ground ;)
This thread includes some useful reports provided by @USNA1991 detailing aircraft of various carriers and squadrons in late 1941-early 1942: USS...
Haven't heard that term before, could you explain? Thanks.
Welcome aboard! By late 1944 the US Army in Europe was experiencing a severe shortage of infantry, so some infantry regiments were sent overseas...
Some more about VS squadrons, pardon me if you're already familiar with this. In the mid-1930s there were separate scout and dive-bomber...
So that would be Tora Tora Tora Tora ;)
SBDs in both squadrons were the same, but for one example, at Santa Cruz VS-10 scouts carried 500-pounders and planted two of them on the carrier...
VS were frequently used in strikes; early examples include Enterprise’s attack on the Marshall Islands and Lexington and Yorktown hitting the...
Submarines in the Pacific had a fairly regular routine of patrols around 60 days, and it was common for 10-15% of the crew to be detached and...
Yeah, try to imagine Eisenhower before D-Day telling the troops "Y'know, with these guns we've got, ya gotta hit a German right in the face...."
Hopefully resistance to Putin will snowball ;)
We don't see much discussion of the detectability (or nor) of bombs; the concern is usually for the aircraft carrying them. p.s. anyone know...
Some of his ashes also went up a space shuttle mission. He must be in a handy resealable container :)
Best war movie scene ever!
It’s not a real ship; tripod masts and three-level gunnery control positions like the modernized Pennsylvania and Nevada classes mashed up with...
Fort Apache ends with the cavalry marching out with music, but IIRC it's a male chorale, maybe The Girl I Left Behind Me? Simultaneously there's...
I've seen an airshow act called "World's Shortest Runway" in which a small plane lands on a platform atop a moving pickup truck. Don't recall if...
Good point; I was just looking at it from the point of view of advancing across the Pacific. What's the nautical equivalent of "tunnel vision"?...
I'm reminded of the cannibal who arrived late for a dinner party, to be greeted by his host saying "Sorry, everybody's eaten."
