In NWE the British greatly preferred vehicle-mounted flamethrowers (Crocodile & Wasp) to the man pack type. A flamethrower behind armor could...
Run for the hills? But the Hills Have Eyes!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] As some here may know, the B.A.R. in its many variants is one of my favorite weapons. (Please don't jump in now and tell me how...
Cheapest option is $75? Oh, saw my leg off, as Mark Twain said once. I love Ian's site and the book sounds wonderful, but I'll have to wait for it...
It's good to see that after too many years of neglect Ireland is at last acknowledging the services of the Irish soldiers of both world wars.
Why wasn't it as good? Very simple. They tried to do too much by using three different and unconnected stories and as a result the series lacked...
Welcome, Matt. Half my family is from the Philly area (my uncle's kids knew Tug McGraw's kids) and I know it fairly well. I wish you all good...
Give him all our best wishes. He'll always be welcome.
Better go hide in your Diefenbunker.
The Park and Lee sections were used as applique armor on the T34.
Well, the target was at least as thick as a quilted Red Chinese jacket. Was that with standard ball or hollow points?
It would be interesting to see what the German records say on this point. They certainly did draw up a list of suspects who would go straight into...
Many of the complaints against the carbine, it appears to me, are due to misunderstanding of the nature of the weapon and/or attempts in the field...
I was neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Marshall, just reporting what he said. Anyway, here is a link to the document. The part about the...
I don't know that we want to get too deep into questions of troop performance in Korea, as that might distract from the main topic. Speaking of...
Yes, it is about Vietnam. On p. 158 Ebert gives the figures for firearms accident casualties in Korea which I passed on in #65. Ebert does this...
That's all? Does he have a more detailed discussion of the .30 carbine cartridge anywhere? I'd be interested if so. I do know that many critics...
If you are referring to #125, then the left half of the scan is illegible. I see Cooper discussing the .30 Mauser (and Luger?), the .380 ACP,...
We need to find some way of determining the frequency of the accidental discharge problem before we can assess how the M3 compared in this respect...
Is it all prototypes and oddities or does it also cover things which actually saw service, such as these obscure favorites of mine: 1. Alecto SPG...
