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Interesting thanks :)

From my limited reading a great many of the "home guard" weapons - Blacker Bombard & Smith gun being two good examples were not available to the HG during the "peak" of the invasion scare in Sept 40. Only the Northover projector seems to have been available at that time and i...

phylo_roadking wrote:No, but have seen mention of "naval guns" - and this might account for them, weren't the 6pdr WWI tank guns originally naval ordnance?

I think you are correct - but I'm having trouble tracking down confirmation

All, I've been chasing down information lately on the Home Guard, and have come across an oddity; i've got pics and details of almost every one of the incredible variety of obsolete, unsuitable and downright dangerous weapons they were issued with....but also its frequently said that some units wer...

Were the rounds standarized in mm? Or did they have to rechamber captured artillery peices? Most guns were kept in their original calibre. Guns that were widely used, for example the 122mm M1938 the Germans put the ammo in to production in Germany A few guns were re-bored - both the Russian 85mm an...

5RANGLIAN wrote:I thought (I'm an ex-infanteer, so what do I know) that the performance of HEAT rounds is the same regardless of range, because it's the shape and volume of the charge that effect the penetration, rather than the velocity of the round.

I stand by to be corrected.

I'd agree with that

That file sounds really interesting coluld we have some more details please? Is it short enough to scan?

Cheers

Bob

Gents The penetration data often quoted for the panzerscreck looks very high compared with that for the Bazooka "The armor penetration of both RPzB.Gr. 4322 and 4992 was 230mm (9 in.), at a 60° impact angle this figure was reduced to 160mm (6.3 in.). " From http://www.geocities.com/Augusta...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob_mackenzie/

Should answer the question

Thanks Hans - exactly what I was looking for :)

Gents

Anyone have any info on organisations and strenths in March/April 45?

Cheers

Bob

http://www.testofbattle.com/drupal-4.7.4/

Command Decision :)

Try this

http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=1411

Cheers

Bob

Gents There has been reams of stiff written by folks on the 501 sHPzAbt's participation in the clashwith the 51st & 53rd Brigades near Ogledow in '44 (for example see: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=51380&highlight=ogledow ) However next to nothing seems to be know about 16 Pz ...

Whitefoords name does not appear on any of the JRA articals I have. Skimming through them it is evident the British artillery officers were taking a close look at forigen artillery, but printing very little detail of use in the JRA. Or, perhaps they wernt really comprehending what they saw. The mos...