I was just stating for the record my deduction. With these coats, they really stopped being worn after VJ Day, not even sure if they were even issued after a certain point after 1947 to trainee's. 1947 is the year of significant changes in uniforms in the Army, the ...
Nevertheless, the army had plans to buy one Renault FT tank and was already operating one armored car, based on an Ehrhardt Kraftwagen-Flugabwehrkanone taken from the Germans in 1918…. Continue reading GMC Improvised Armored Cars C.P.I.M. Improvised Armored Car ...
Yugoslav Partisans (1944-1945) Medium Tank – 1 Converted On April 18th, 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia fell and the King and his Government fled to London. The country was split between the Axis occupiers; Germany, Italy, and Hungary. Additionally, the Axis powers created pro-Nazi regimes...
This badge is still sewn to a uniform worn by a Major in the Army Air Corps during the mid-1920s. He served overseas during WW1 and was rated a "Military Aviator" prior to January 25, 1919. Time wise, this particular badge was made in the 1920s so it actually pre-dates the "Mili...
the unit received its first patients – 24 convalescents from the1st General Hospital. This first group of patients was followed by 12 other Hospital Train cars averaging 44 patients per car. The facility was located in the center of 7 Army Air Corps installations and served a military populati...
an engraving department. Quite a number of her siblings (she had 11) served Uncle Sam well. They were John H. Ochs (Corps of Engineers); Carl Ochs (Army Air Corps); Philip H. Ochs (Antiaircraft Artillery); Elias Ochs (Army Air Corps); and Richard D. Ochs (Marine Corps/Air Force)...
Kingdom of Italy The IV Battaglione Carri M13/40 (English: 4th M13/40 Tank Battalion) was the only Italian unit equipped with Carri Armati M13/40 (English: M13/40 tanks) that fought in the Balkans during the Second World War. Although deployed in a different theater of operation compared...
Although wearing different uniforms and insignia,A.R.C.personnel did however wearregularArmy Identification Tags! The authors have not been able to find out whether specific numbers (or boxes) were allotted to theA.R.C., but what we do know is that, for the second line, they used prefixAR...
Soviet Union (1941) Improvised Armored Vehicles – Estimated 100 Built It is hard to stress how dire the situation was for the Red Army in the summer of 1941. In as little as two months, 10,000 tanks had been lost to the German Army and her allies. Therefore, factories across...
(in fall of 1943, the plants at Gotha in Thuringia were the largest German manufacturing units of twin-engine fighters accounting for 30% of the total production; they also produced major components and therefore became a valuable target for the US Army Air Forces –ed) had been taken over ...