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Bulldozer Removes Dummy German Plane

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A bulldozer from the 9th Air Force engineers clears a German dummy plane from a captured airfield on the Cherbourg peninsula of France. (U.S. Air Force Photo.)

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Bofors Guns Concealment in Dummy Tent

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Source: Engineer-in-Chief’s Consolidated Intelligence Summary, Nos. 1-17, Headquarters, Australian Military Forces, May 1944.  

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60mm Mortar Practice Shell

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustration of 60-mm mortar practice shell from the U.S. WW2 technical manual: TM 9-1901: Artillery Ammunition, War Department Technical Manual, June 1944:   81. SHELL, PRACTICE, M50A2, W /FUZE, P.D., M52, 60-MM MORTARS, M1 and M2, COMPLETE ROUND (fig. 59), … Continue reading →

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