The "Floating Shermans" also were the victim of poor testing -- they hadn't been tested at sea with a cross-current which put lateral pressure on...
Bit of clarification about HEAT -- the slug get's it energy from the jet formed by the explosive but the penetration is more dependent upon the...
Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_error_probable The bombs of WWII were much less aerodynamic than the "low drag" bombs of...
I hadn't seen that data on losses. That is pretty light but the programs on the "Air War" always talk about flak but now that I think about it...
Watching a program on the raids on Ploesti and the number of planes shot down by AAA. Did we do anything to suppress the flak batteries? Seems...
Just in case it's been overlooked we only had three "devices" -- Trinity, Fat Man and Little Boy. After Nagasaki we were out of atomic bombs for...
Uranium will burn if it gets hot enough and is in small enough pieces (like machine turnings). Modern production is done in an inert gas...
I'm a retired USAR Major who got to work on Armor Magazine while I was on active duty. Native Texan, returned to Ft. Knox area by young lady who...
