See the American Light Weapons Section. The M1 Garand was superceded by the M16 in the early 60's I believe, just prior to America's escalation of...
There is a good documentary made by Daryl F Zanuck (The Producer) about 10 years after the film was made. He went back to the invasion beaches and...
No. The AK 47 wasn't produced in any great quantity until about 1948. The SKS was the first true Soviet designed Assault Rifle which also didn't...
Of all the recent films made it has to be Downfall for me. Watched it at the cinema with my late dad in a small screen with the decent sound...
The main problem I think was that the full effects of an Atomic Explosion on a city were not known until after the event. The Americans had...
Depends really. I'd have to put mine in to eras I think. 50's - The Longest Day The Dam Busters The Cruel Sea Ice...
Maybe not so unusual. The Germans also used Allied Aircraft in this way. KG200 used B-17's that were patched up after crash landing as well as...
Swan : Yes please be my guest to use any material from any of my posts. And the same goes for anyone else. If i didn't work on the Railway I'd...
See the "Operation Uranus" Section. The Russians knew that the Wehrmacht was being stretched thin in the Stalingrad area. The 6th Army was taking...
I believe the idea stemned from a similar operation a few months earlier when a cut off Army was re-supplied by air. However because Stalingrad...
Yes it was a bit too Hollywood - ised but a good watch none the less.
Saw this on UKTV History last night. Very good film. Me & the boy enjoyed it a lot. True story of a Russian Sniper in Stalingrad & the German sent...
The Tank, Infantry, Mk II was designed by the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich and built by Vulcan Foundry (Later part of English Electric). Based on the...
The Type 97 Chi-Ha was the most widely produced Japanese Medium Tank of WW2. It was used before, during and after WW2 in the Pacific War,...
The Type 99 Rifle was a development of the earlier 6.5mm Type 38 Rifle. The Imperial Japanese Army wanted a bigger Calibre weapon so the Arisaka...
No. You're probably thinking of the Russian ( or a Chinese Copy ?) RPD.
The Type 99 Light Machine Gun was an updated version of the earlier Type 96. Once Japan had adopted the 7.7mm Arisaka Type 99 rifle an...
The Nambu Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun was introduced in 1932 by the Japanese. It was based on the Hotchkiss M1914. It fired a special semi-rimmed...
PC I think but not sure. They've got the bloke who did the first MoH's back to do this one. Certainly looks good and plays well :thumb:
Anybody played MoH : Airborne yet ? We got it yesterday for the 360. 1st impressions are very good. After the abysmal Rising Sun & European...
