including a number of Essex-class aircraft carriers, known for their long range and ability to hold nearly 100 aircraft. With new ships came new aircraft. The TBF Avenger bomber, deployed aboard carriers since Guadalcanal, remained for “the duration.” Big, long-ranged, and versatile, with...
German Reich (1939-1945) Self-Propelled Light Anti Aircraft Gun – 2,016 Built By the time of the Second World War, modern armies were searching for ways to improve the mobility of their anti-aircraft guns. Germany initially used a simple twin machine gun mount placed on light unarmored ...
Japan (1941-1945) Armored Carrier – Around 200 Built (Estimated) The Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was developed by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1941 and 1942, although it saw mass production later on, in 1944. This vehicle was designed by Hino Heavy Industries along ...
Flattop fighting in World War II : the battles between American and Japanese aircraft carriers P Degan 被引量: 2发表: 2003年 USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934--1946 (Book) fast carriers fought in the Pacific. An exception was the Ranger, the first purpose-...
Further, while I really like the new aircraft carriers, it is way too difficult to maintain a fleet of ships at the hardest-level. I never wrote reviews and am only writing this because I am a big fan of the developer, and while I know he always cites “time restraints,” I hope ...
The261st Medical Battalionwas activated15 June 1942, as per GO #64, Engineer Amphibian Command, at Cp. Edwards, Falmouth, Massachusetts (Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center).First Lieutenant Howard F. Conn, was assigned and joined, as per Paragraph 25, SO #12, Engineer Amphibian Command, ta...
Team consisted of 5 EM traveling in 2 ¾-ton Weapons Carriers with 1-ton Trailers. On good roads they could evacuate up to a distance of 150 miles during rapid advances by the Army. The plan adopted by TUSA not only tended to save critically-needed personnel and equipment but further...
Relieving him as target coordinator was Lexington’s Commander Hugh Winters, controlling some two hundred aircraft. He recalled, “There was no chance for surprise, as the Japs were already bleeding some, so we didn’t have to shoot on sight, so to speak. We wanted all the carriers, with...
German Reich (1944-1945) Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Gun – At Least 1 Vehicle Modified, Possibly 2 The occupying Axis forces in Yugoslavia during World War II were constantly under threat by the ever-increasing Partisan activities. Given that the Germans lacked production capabilities and were short...