Firefly, equipped with the potent British 17-pounder gun, became a formidable asset during World War II. Yet, the United States did not embrace this modification. Factors such as skepticism regarding British tank adaptation practices, differences in strategic doctrine favoring tank destroyers, and ...
Two U.S. Navy destroyers show down incoming Houthi missiles and drones that were targeting three U.S.-flagged commercial ships that the destroyers. 3 months ago Unidentified drones seen over 3 British air bases used by US forces Unidentified drones have been spotted again over three British air...
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En route the weather would clear, and reveal a flight of roughly 50 Do 217 night fighters, pressed into service as daylight bomber destroyers, and dozens of Fw 190’s which were preparing to attack a nearby formation of USAAF bombers. The pair would decide to attack, in order to disrupt ...
Churchill wrote FDR requesting a “loan” of 50 American naval destroyers, but Roosevelt knew that Congress would never approve it. So FDR’s attorney general came up with a creative legal workaround that allowed the president to send the ships using an executive action. In what’s known as...
cruisers and destroyers were badly damaged. A total of 2,403 Americans were killed in the attack, while the Japanese lost 29 planes and five submarines. "The Americans should have been expecting a Japanese attack, but they were more concerned with sabotage," David Kilton, chief of ...
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In 1942, the Kokomo, IN General Electric plant entered into production of U.S. destroyer escort motor driven generators. Previously, the U.S. Navy had purchased the former Pittsburgh Glass factory on the southwest corner of East Valle Street and South Diamond Street for the manufacture of requi...
The American Auto Industry produced all of the fully tracked tank destroyers during World War Two. Here are three of the most important ones, as seen at the Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles at Nokesville, VA. On the left is a Fisher Body Grand Blanc, MI produced M10 Wolverine. In the...
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