IIRC there is the front end of a 16 incher that hit the Jean Bart welded to the deck of the Massachusetts as she is displayed at Fall River.
Don't know how long this link will be around, but an interesting item: Valuable WWII Gun at Police Buy-Back | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo!
Didn't see this thread when it came out, so sorry for posting so late. They were in my town just before going to OKC. Will attempt to add my pics...
Good luck on finding a date, as my books disagree on which model it was developed from, One states an L, the other a K.
According to my book the M36 chassis was based on the M10A1 which in turn was based on the M4A3. Grandchild I guess you would say. The turret was...
It was so long ago that I read it that it was practically the dark ages, but IIRC the book is far better than the movie as it goes into far more...
South Dakota was basically a non factor in the battle except for acting as a target for the Japanese. I believe she was hit 45 times (to lazy to...
Recently acquired a copy of the show myself although I had seen it many times going back 30 years ago plus or minus. Believe this was the first...
Limits: Pacific, U.S. Personal choice: Guadalcanal Reasons: First large scale operation where both sides had a reasonable probability of defeating...
IIRC the FW 200 was designed as a transport, and had a bad habit of breaking It's back under combat load stresses. I see someone else was...
One of the stories I read stated (IIRC) that McVays' father (a higher ranking officer) had once gotten all over CNO King's rear when he was a very...
Pass on posting anything myself.
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Too bad they don't have anything near that 16 inch projectile as a size reference as they are impressive when you are close to one of them. It's...
I think you'll find them interesting and present a pretty fair view of the war from all sides.
Read somewhere that his limp was due to his wound.
Hate to burst your bubble, but the 357 was available in 34 or 35 depending on which source you use. As far as power is concerned, I think everyone...
Another effective device was the wire cutting bar/post whatever put on the front of jeeps.
Be hard to come up with a better one than the hedge row cutters they made and welded on the Shermans.
Specs in that article are overstated vastly according to my books. Was marginally larger than a B-29 with only a 6000 mi recon range (12k round...
