1. La Ubicuidad y Evolución de las Ametralladoras.
Las ametralladoras, desde las pesadas y refrigeradas por agua de la Primera Guerra Mundial hasta las subametralladoras simplificadas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, jugaron un papel crucial. Su diseño se centró a menudo en la fiabilidad y la facilidad de producción, como se vio en los modelos australianos y estadounidenses.
- The centurion on the left is holding an m3 submachine gun, better known by its nickname, the grease gun.
- The germans did have the best machine gun of the war in the m-42, which served them well.
- The vickers machine gun is a water-cooled .303 british machine gun. The machine gun typically required a six to eight-man team to operate one fired, one fed the ammunition, the rest helped to carry the weapon, its ammunition, and spare parts.
- The owen gun which is both the ugliest sub machine gun of wwii but has a brilliantly simple design that kept the mechanism hygienic and therefore reliable in extreme conditions.
- The sten gun was a remarkably simple weapon that the commonwealth could produce in vast numbers, second only to the ppsh-41 for submachine guns made during the war.
- The m3 grease gun is a great example of good weapons design. Simple to build, simple to maintain, extremely functional.
2. El Poder de la Artillería y los Cañones de Gran Calibre.
La artillería pesada y los cañones antitanque definieron muchos enfrentamientos. Desde los monstruosos cañones ferroviarios alemanes hasta el formidable cañón británico de 17 libras, la búsqueda de mayor alcance y penetración fue constante. También se exploraron tecnologías futuristas como el cañón de riel (rail gun).
- Imagine a gun so powerful it could shell london from 100 miles away. Germany built it during wwii. Meet the terrifying v-3 supergun.
- The british 17-pounder gun was a powerful but unwieldy weapon.
- German artillerymen reload an infamous anzio annie--the krupp k5 283mm railway gun.
- The 88 mm a-a gun also worked in a pinch as ersatz fire support, which was one of the tricks rommel used to thump the british like big bass drums around north africa.
- The british developed the powerful 183 mm l4 gun to combat the soviet is-3 heavy tank.
- The rail gun would be quiet bc no gunpowder and almost shit myself when it fired.
3. Armamento de Tanques y Vehículos Autopropulsados (SPGs).
La carrera armamentística de la Segunda Guerra Mundial impulsó la mejora constante de los cañones de los tanques. Los aliados a menudo optaron por adaptar cañones más grandes a chasis existentes (como el Firefly), mientras que los soviéticos experimentaron con calibres pesados en sus tanques y SPGs, enfrentando desafíos logísticos y de cadencia de fuego.
- The sherman firefly with the excellent british 17 pounder gun could take on any german rank at long range.
- The gun mounted on the js asuka uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles the us attempted to develop a similar weapon but abandoned the technology after a decade of research.
- The biggest drawback of the is-2s d-25t gun was the slow rate of fire caused by the screw breech inherited from the a-19 corps gun.
- The t-34-85 was put into service several months later, but production of the su-85 continued.
- The m10 self-propelled anti-tank gun had an open turret.
- The t-62 was first shown to the public otd in 1962 at the october revolution parade in red square. The tank featured a new 115 mm smoothbore gun firing fin stabilized ammunition with exceptionally high penetration for its time.
4. Doctrina y Filosofía de Diseño de Armas.
La función de un arma a menudo dictaba el diseño del vehículo que la portaba, llevando a debates sobre la diferencia entre tanques, cañones de asalto y destructores de tanques. La filosofía de diseño variaba, desde construir un avión alrededor de un cañón (A-10) hasta priorizar la facilidad de producción y mantenimiento.
- The a-10 warthog is less an airplane and more a gun that they strapped wings to made it click in my head that the a-10 is basically the usaf equivalent of a toyota hilux technical.
- The difference isnt just who has the gun, its who owns the shop.
- The sherman was a solid design. The only real fault was that it probably did need a more powerful main gun.
- The hetzer was hated by its crews as well, because the breech of the right-of-centerline gun opened to the right, making it difficult to load and service.
- The only hero in wwii was that one american conscientious objector medic who went into battle without a gun.
- The all big gun design was key.