Against tanks with sloped side armor, the gunner would have to know what point to aim and the favorable angles for taking the shot. That's pretty...
Manufacturing standards for German weapons were not all that great since they had to dip into their pool of skilled workforce for troops very...
Thanks for remembering and fishing up Rich old post. That explained a few things. Sometime during Overlord, the US Army authorized additional and...
Legacy 4th Gen aircraft will have soon become unsurvivable against integrated air defenses incorporating modern radars, SAM and AA batteries, and...
A small addendum. Springfield rifles affixed with rifle-grenade launcher muzzle devices were retained for a bit, until the Garand-compatible...
According to the Americans, StG-44 rifles were often carried by assault troops that supported SP assault guns in the Ardennes Campaign, so there...
Hi Col. FOG, Greetings from Taipei! There was one big POW camp in New Taipei and a memorial was built near its site. See: Never Forgotten :: The...
You are probably right. Since I moved out of the US my access to US dot mil sites are curtailed. I faintly recall passing references in secondary...
Well, the Germans captured a few M4 tanks in the first days of the offensive, and would later lead armored columns with those to surprise US...
The 90-mm. was mentioned in the US Army's lessons learned document post Normandy. The "Green Book," or US Army official history, of the Ardennes...
Concentrations from 155-mm. guns were said to damage tank treads, optics and barrels with some efficiency and the preferred arty on call for...
The Soviets equipped many of their elite Guards Mechanized Corps with M4 tanks, probably because M4 tanks were suited for the long-range...
M4, M4A1, M4A2, M4A3, M4A3 and M4A4 have different engines and hull shape/construction. Any of them could be armed with a 76-mm. gun or installed...
Is there proof that there ever was any intention on the part of Marshal, McNair et al to build a US Army that was superior to the German ground...
According to Harry Yeides, attached self-propelled tank destroyer battalions had been a fixture with armored divisions since Sicily. There was the...
USMC Price, I don't understand what's the China angle in your original post. I am by no means a fan of Chiang Kai-shek, but he could not have...
It's frequently stated that combat veterans from the few US armored divisions that fought in North Africa were not enthusiastic for about the 76mm...
My guy was a lower ranking officer with about 2,000 surviving troops under his command at time of surrender. But yes, my thinking is that they...
Thanks anyway! It's been a huge mystery.
Ladies and Gentleman, Triple C here. I have been working as a translator/staff writer in an English newspaper in Taiwan. Ran across an article...
