worse than guadalcanal, according to one marine's account ("helmet for my pillow.") the japanese defenders were well-dug in, and they had tanks.
wait, the ball turret gunner on a '17 is suspended upside down, right? could something like the one in the movie "memphis belle" happen? could...
"Battery adjust! Aiming point: this instrument!"
it was all in the timing, i suppose. and this was early in the war. many presumed dead managed to come back. i sometimes envy britons for their...
and the zinger question: was this technique for making decoys used in WW2?
what version of the hurricane had 12 .303 caliber guns? i'll go for that for the sheer number of projectiles you're spitting out.
it's one thing i always wondered. isn't it better to load before training? at college ROTC, we were prevented from touching any part of the '105...
what's the point in making claims like that? your best troops, when out in the field on their own, are bound to get slaughtered if they're...
so if we limit it to air-to-air weaponry, rockets seem to give a fighter an inordinate boost in firepower rating. flight 666, a b-17 fitted for...
i liked benny hill the most. didn't know dr. bones also wore a uniform. funny, the most macho actor in history, lee marvin, got shot in the butt...
but nimitz had to keep a reserve force at pearl, should nagumo make a sudden dash in that direction. that's according to walter lord.
well, i'm guessing here that the police commandos weren't trained to direct heavy guns. another guess of mine is there were neither artillery...
this is in relation to the recent philippine SAF operation wherein the police commandos nailed their target (the bali bomber) but lost 44 of their...
yeah, one site showed it there as of 2010!
no one's mentioned the p-61 black widow: 4 x 20mm cannon, 4 x 0.50 cal mg, 1,500 lbs bombs or rockets.
saburo sakai's account of the battles from june 15 to 24 gave zero losses at 40, then 20, then 11. but the pacific war online encyclo said...
how about the browning .50 caliber in lieu of explosive cannon shells?
the zero vs. hellcat duel over iwo jima doesn't give convincing loss figures for the hellcat side: 16 hellcats lost in three engagements and all...
filipino here. local scrappers don't have the ability or resources to mine scrap steel from 1 kilometer down. and filipinos can be respectful to a...
you have bavarians, prussians, swabians, etc. i suppose you have to have "lived it" to understand the difference. "A counsel : for your own good:...
