"We're going to cut the enemy off and then we're going to kill them!" "You break it, you own it!" Powell had a gift for total clarity in just a...
Still, the Schmidt-Rubins (both the K11 and 31 versions) were well made, actually VERY well made, rifles. They have a well known reputation for...
Yes, it could be summary execution, and in fact probably was in most cases.
In the Red Army, the soldier who did such a thing, would feel lucky to be sent to a punishment battalion. It wasn't quite a death sentence but...
Hi Bronk7! IIRC, it was the summer of '72. Bent? Oh, some water skirts torn off, plaining boards broken. Some metal, as I said, bent. The...
Ah yes, the good old M113! I have good memories of that thing. If you'll permit me a story... I was in my junior officer's course at the Ft....
Excuse me KP, but by "cupola" did you mean "turret"? Actually, "they" did put in the 50mm, but it was a rather underpowered cartridge. They...
From what I've read, it seems that just about every discarding sabot high or hyper velocity AT round suffered from accuracy problems. Getting the...
The Norden bombsight was fairly accurate as long as the data fed into it were correct. It was kind of a "gabage in-garbage out" type of thing...
Wire mesh could also help defeat kinetic energy projectiles. When they hit the mesh, it's possible that they would then begin to yaw/deflect. This...
One of the main reasons that American tanks had better serviceability was that we had an unlimited supply of spares and Germany did not. Many...
Jumping in here: It's my opinion that many of the examples of "over-engineering" had real-world advantages: 1. Panther's overleaved road wheels...
It was never wise to break out of the formation. In fact, either in the BoB or later over Germany, going alone was practically committing suicide....
I suspect the problem EK had was solved when primer manufacturers came out with magnum primers. Having the primer in the rear was not the problem....
Elmer Keith claimed a lot of things! Not all of them were true!
A little more on cruisers: The task of the cruiser was just about anything that wasn't being handled by small escort ships, destroyers,...
Just a quick one here. I found the culminating battle scene ludicrous. If an SS Bn couldn't handle one immobile Sherman without taking 80%...
I doubt that 10% of Americans under the age of 30 could tell you what happened on June 6, 1944. Same with Dec. 7th, 1941. I also doubt that 50%...
Neither.. A balance is needed. Sometimes one will need the penetration of the 8". Where the 6" is needed is in engaging destroyers, which are fast...
Re. tank crew. In its pre-war planning the U. S. Army underestimated the casualties that they would take in both the infantry and armored forces....
