WWII Forums Quiz Part VII

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Armored Regiment of Naval Riflemen.(translation?)
Formed in North Africa in 1943 from volunteers from the French Fleet.
A Tank Destroyer Battalion of the 2nd Armored Division, spread out to provide extra firepower.
Equipped with the M-10, their best unit was named Siroco, credited with 9 German tanks including 3 Panthers.
Currently on display at the Saumur Tank Museum.

Your go

 

How many neutral merchant ships where sunk during WWII?

It is a three digit number, and I'll give you +/- 15

 

Tough number to come up with.
What classifies "Neutral"? A Flag?
Then all the Bismarck would've had to do was fly a Swiss flag, all the way to New York, lower that, Raise the German flag, open fire, lower that and raise the Swiss flag and sail away?
Neutrals sailed with combatant convoys for protection, human shields?
The point is obvious "Fraud" (such as raiders/pirates), and hauling a bit of war goodie to help the balance sheets, and then screaming rape if you get attacked.
2,828 to submarines
820 to air attack
534 to mines
632 to other causes (weather/grounding/collision)
133 to raiders
104 to warships
99 to coastal whatever
5,150 total

My guess is 20% of that, or.....1030 but you say 3 didgits so....

899

 

Well, that didn't take you very long. According to this 902 were sunk. makes no mention of how.

Yer go

 

A "Total" W-A-G !

Two acorns in one day, yikes, means something bad will happen tomorrow.

Everyone talks weapons/spirit/production/logistics/numbers as the winning advantage.
One serious advantage the Americans enjoyed over all other combatants in World War two, and it's at the Platoon level.

Name it/them

 

Bada Bing!

Close enough...was thinking the

SCR-300 "Walkie Talkie" &

SCR-536 "Handie Talkie"

same thing, only different

yer go

 

I was going to guess spam.

 

OK then

On Guadalcanal...

The first Japanese air attack against the Allied landings (at 1320 hrs) consisted of 24 planes (of the 25 th Air Flotilla), spotted approaching by an Australian coast watcher. A reception "committee", welcoming party, was sent to meet them. 12 Japanese planes were shot down by Wildcats.

Where did they come from? (the "Wildcats")

 

The reception party for the japanese planes where sent from the decks of USS Wasp and USS Enterprise. Twas the reason they left just before Savo Island.

 

Not the first wave.

Current avatar is hint

 

Stupid me not double checking. Wasp was not there for the landing Saratoga was
USS Saratoga

 

Bingo

Not sure who all got in licks at the second wave, 2 hours later, but "Sara's" Wildcats drew first blood.

yer go

 

OK than I'll stick with Guadalcanal. The SBD's taking off and landing at Henderson Field created a problem with the runway as the tires where to big and heavy and "plowed" through the runway, destroying it with every takeoff and landing. What was tried to alleviate the problem?

 

PSP ? (perforated steel plate)

 

Negative. It was something on the plane that got switched

 

Oh man, and after I looked up...
SMT 3" square wire
PHS/PBS burlap
the two together and then PSP (pierced steel plank)(original name)
or a combination of all

the plane huh?

Bigger/better/more "Shock absorbers" ?
less air in the tires ?
mud skis like "Bush-Pilots" ?
better pilot training ?
"Wind-Talkers" to do an anti-rain dance ?

 

Getting warm

Now i gotta clean Gatorade off my computer