WWII Ordnance: The Boys Anti-tank Rifle
•October 19, 2018 • Read Comments (2)
The Boys Anti-tank Rifle was an early attempt to stop Axis tanks and armored vehicles during World War II.
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The mortar is a basic infantry carried support weapon used at relatively short range and with a high angle of fire. Those of 60mm and 81mm were used extensively by American infantry units during World War II. Such weapons were also fielded generally by all armies engaged in the war. The mortar is serviced by a crew of several soldiers and is fired by dropping a high explosive projectile down the barrel to strike a firing pin that in turn detonates a charge and fires the projectile.
•October 19, 2018 • Read Comments (2)
The Boys Anti-tank Rifle was an early attempt to stop Axis tanks and armored vehicles during World War II.
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•October 16, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Recently declassified documents reveal the preparedness of Japanese forces to meet an American invasion of Kyushu during Operation Olympic. More »
•October 4, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Christopher Miskimon
Special Forces Sergeant Nick Brokhausen awoke to the taste of dirt in his mouth and the crump of exploding mortar bombs. Above him there were voices but he could not tell who they were. Hands pulled him from the ground where he had been lying face down. Nick More »
•October 4, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Pat McTaggart
It was called Nordlicht, or Northern Lights. With Hitler’s drive toward Stalingrad in full swing, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW—German Armed Forces High Command) was also planning to end the almost year-long siege of Leningrad in a two-pronged attack to capture the city.
Failing to take Leningrad in 1941, More »
•October 3, 2018 • Read Comments (4)
The defense of the ‘Admin Box’ in the Arakan region of Burma was a turning point that greatly boosted the morale of British and Indian troops. More »
•September 28, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Michael Hull
As powerful, fast-moving German panzer and infantry columnsrampaged across Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and into northern France early in May 1940, the British held their breath and watched apprehensively from across the narrow English Channel.
The lightning “blitzkrieg” advance split the retreating French and British armies, and the outlook was More »
•September 25, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The British PIAT (Projector Infantry Anti-Tank) gun was maligned, but effective against enemy armor. More »
•September 25, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The destroyer escort USS England and the Hedgehog weapons system sank six Japanese submarines in 12 days. More »
•September 19, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By David A. Norris
Captain Daniel Lienard de Beaujeu rushed to save the remote French outpost of Fort Duquesne in early July 1755. Weeks away from receiving substantial reinforcements, the fort was the target of British Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock. With Braddock was the largest army in the North American frontier, More »
•September 19, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Gene E. Salecker
The first explosion came as a complete surprise to everyone around Pearl Harbor. The Sunday had started out clear and bright, but the sky quickly darkened as great clouds of thick black smoke rose high above the burning ships.
Fuel oil spilled atop the water and caught fire, More »
