400 yards. The four-inch howitzers were typically deployed in the three battalions (three batteries each) of an infantry division’s artillery regiment. Another 105 mm piece was the K.18 medium gun, with a range of more than
Kingdom of Denmark (1928-1929) Light Tank – 1 Purchased As a neutral bystander, the Danish Army had no hands-on experience with the introduction of the tank on the battlefields in the First World War. This did not mean that the new weapon was ignored in Denmark. However, post-war ...
Hogg (German Artillery Of World War Two). These values may differ between various sources. Distance250 m (0°)500 m (0°)1 km m (0°)1.5 km (0°)2 km (0°) PzGr 41 HK 226 mm 209 mm 177 mm 149 mm 124 mm 250 m (30°)500 m (30°)1 km m (30°)1.5 km (30°)2 ...
327th Glider Infantry Regimental Surgeon, would call in to supervise the Medical Officers and personnel of the81st Airborne AA Battalion,326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,Division Artilleryand705th Tank Destroyer Battalion. These
and luckily drew no enemy artillery fire. Bad road conditions prohibited adequate supply of food and evacuation of patients, therefore both the patients and the unit had no food for three days except some Indian coffee without neither sugar nor milk. At this point everyone was very disgusted an...
The artillery of the time was heavy and not mobile enough to keep up with the infantry to destroy bunkers, pillboxes, and other obstacles, with direct-fire. Although the problem was well known in the German army it is General von Manstein who is considered the father of the arm of the ...
German Reich (1942-1945) Self-Propelled Guns / Weapon Carriers – Several Wooden Mockups Built Animal Farm In early 1942 Wa.Prüf 4, the German organization in charge of field artillery, put forward a design requirement for a vehicle to move heavy artillery. The main stipulation was that it...
Medical personnel of the 104th Infantry Division examine the remains of one of their 3/4-ton Weapon Carriers hit by an enemy artillery shell in Arnoldsweiler, Germany, 25 February 1945.This article has been produced to offer a brief overview of the Medical Department during the Second World ...