Monthly Archives: October 2010

Paris 1944

Paris ’44, The Big Picture, Army Pictorial Center, U.S. Army — The story of the liberation in Paris by the Allies in August 1944.    

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Private Droop

Pvt. Droop Has Missed The War!, War Department Pamphlet No. 21-10.      

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Russian Battleship Sevastopol

Details and illustrations from a U.S. Naval Intelligence 1943 report on the Russian battleship Sevastopol: BATTLESHIP SEVASTOPOL GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Date laid down: 1909. Date commissioned: 1915. Normal displacement: 23,000 tons. Length overall: 594 feet. Beam: 87 feet. Maximum draft: 27 … Continue reading

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Artillery Against Siegfried Line Pillboxes

The following combat report by the 258th Field Artillery Battalion described the effect of short-range 155-mm artillery fire against the pillboxes of the Siegfried Line. HEADQUARTERS, 258TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION APO 230, U.S. Army 5 October 1944 SUBJECT: Destruction of … Continue reading

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Hobby Fan Nashorn Crew

New 1/35th figure set from Hobby Fan. HF703 – German Nashorn Crew Eastern Front

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WWII Hungarian Newsreels

The Hungarian National Film Archive has placed an extenive collection of newsreels from 1931-1943 online at Filmhíradók Online. In 2005, with support from the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications, the Hungarian National Film Archive digitalised a part of its … Continue reading

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B-29 Remote Control Turret System

Another entry from the Bombardiers’ Information File, War Department, March 1945: B-29 REMOTE CONTROL TURRET SYSTEM The 4 turrets and tail mount of the B-29 all operate by remote control. The gunners sit at sighting stations inside the fuselage and … Continue reading

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Tank Operations in Sicily

Combat Lessons, No. 3 described the fighting on Sicily between U.S. Sherman tanks, Panzer IIIs and Panzer IVs of the Herman Goring Panzer Division, and Tigers of sPzAbt. 504. The Herman Goring Panzer Division lost heavily in the fighting around the … Continue reading

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Digging in AA Half-Tracks

Instructions for digging defensive positions for AA halftracks from “Antiaircraft Artillery Notes,” HQ ETO, No. 8, December 1944: Digging in Half-Tracks Source: AA Section, Headquarters Twelfth Army Group The principle of digging in equipment is one which all AAA combat units understand … Continue reading

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MiniArt Kit Updates

Updates on the MiniArt website for two of their latest 1/35th scale plastic kits: 35061: Soviet Field Kitchen PK-42 and 35086: German Civilians.

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