Its 11 (soon to be 12) battleships were among the most powerful in the world. And its surface forces, armed with the superb 24" Type 93 (Long Lance) torpedo, were incomparable night fighters. How and why this impressive force was eventually crushed by the U.S. Navy is a subject that...
ww2dbaseDuring the night of 20 Jun 1942, Commander Minoru Yokota's I-26 surfaced off the Estevan Point light on British Columbia's Vancouver Island for the purpose of shelling the nearby Hesquiat radio direction finding station. The submarine fired seventeen shells (including two exercise rounds...
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九七式自動砲: The Japanese Type 97 20mm Anti-tank Rifle by Christopher Bailey In the middle part of the 1930’s, it became apparent to nearly all observers that another war was on the horizon. Recalling the lessons of the First World War, nations around the world each began their own pr...