Monthly Archives: March 2014

Mark 24 Naval Gun Mount

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustration of the Mark 24 3″/50 cal. naval gun mount from: Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944.

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Head Control for Hull Machine Gun

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Unique head control for the hull machine gun in the Panzer III. (Source: Preliminary Report No. 5, Pz Kw III, School of Tank Technology, September 1942.)  

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Superfortress Poster

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Biggest, fastest, deadliest… Superfortress — WWII poster. Source: U.S. National Archives.

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ICM Kapitän Saloon Staff Car

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

ICM has announced a 1/35th-scale kit of a Soviet staff car with officer figures from the WWII-era: No. 35477 – Kapitän Saloon Staff Car with Soviet Staff Personnel.

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