There's some technical discussion and quite a bit on early use in the Pacific War--Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Philippines, Midway, among other...
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What we're seeing above is just more of the same old conspiracy drivel from the usual suspects. What is presented takes intelligence estimates...
Seven days after I retired from the Navy, I received a phone call at home from a Captain at the Pentagon. She said I was recommended as "The Guy"...
As for a shoulder patch, I'd think he would have worn one of the following in descending order of likelihood: 6th Army [IMG] 8th Army [IMG]...
This battalion was attached to the 31st Division and part of 8th Army on Morotai at the time.
I remember the guy's name. His online name was "Exorcist." As I understand it from his son, he died like 10 + years ago and lived in the Oregon...
This is a remnant in the form of a light novel that I did from a game that was done on the now defunct Armchair General forum. The guy that ran...
Outside Bechar Algeria is the remains of the French equivalent of White Sands Missile Range if that sort of thing interests you. That's where...
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Because it was an alternative to license producing the Allison, among other things. The main reason was Rolls Royce asked Packard to produce the...
Not completely true. The P-40F and K were both Merlin engine airplanes and built in some quantity. They saw extensive service in the MTO and...
Packard began producing Merlin engines in September 1940. This is the same month the British purchasing commission ordered their P-39's. Let's...
And the above proves that the hair splitting over the nomenclature trivial minutia compared to design and use of these vehicles in general.
Vehicles like the Nashorn, or later Marder III series where the engine was moved to the middle of the vehicle and fighting compartment was at the...
I'd check it anyway. Odds are it has asbestos in it.
I deal with asbestos sheathed wiring and cable sometimes when working on old buildings. I have my guys wear the latex gloves and a dust mask. We...
I'd invest the cash in an asbestos self-test kit for it. [IMG] Yes, those are real test kits. The one shown I picked because it's used in the...
I'd invest the cash in an asbestos self-test kit for it. [img]
Most likely asbestos impregnated burlap. Insulation of that sort was common in the 30's to the 60's. When you see that light grey color and a...
