another British canon
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here is the simple circular breech housing
and the stepped thread plug (Welin type)
here is vertical breech
and here is the horizontal breech
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Dual 20 mm guns
Thanks to Eppo who work on most of the base
I modified it and added some little accessories around , materials and the guns
thanks
20 SCR-584s were installed to protect London wiht 80 guns using proximity fused shells and on one sunday
97 out of 101 V1 were shut down.
For D-day 39 SCR-584s were used tracking Luftwaffe attacks on the beaches.
Ounce locked on the antenna followed the target and synchornized the guns.
It could track planes going at up to 700 MPH and up to 60 000 feet at a distance of 8 miles.
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churchill crocodile tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) was a British heavy infantry tank
800 tank kits produced
Fuel tank 400 imperial gallons (1,800 l) of fuel and use the compressed nitrogen propellant,
enough for 81-second bursts, were stored in a 6 ½ ton detachable armoured trailer towed by the tanks Crocodile
The fuel rate = 4 GPS
refuelling took around 90 minutes and pressurization around 15 minutes
The flame thrower had a range of up to 120 yards (110 m)
on D-day flame thrower was used so successfully against bunkers that many bunkers surrendered after the first ranging shot
balloons pics
future ballons
LCVP - Higgins boat
The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat
More than 20,000 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees in USA.
Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 9 knots (17 km/h).
Guns: Two 0.30 Cal. Machine Guns
Capacity: 8100 lbs
Engine: Gray Marine 64-NH9 Diesel, 225 HP
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future boat 2
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Winter vehicle
M29 Weasel
At the request from England by the combined Operations Headquarters of the British war office
The Weasel began development in 1942, to meet a requirement by the First Special Services Force for transportation into Norway where the target was power plants supplying Germany with electricity and productino of heavy water.
But never really used there.
Design in Canada / USA
total made 15892
crew 4
L = 10.5 ft 3.2 m / W = 4.92 Ft 1.5 m / H = 4.27 ft 1/3 m
Weight = 2.2 US short tons / 2000 kg/4 409 lbs
Power plant
Studebaker model 6-170 Champion 6 cylinder 4 strokes gasoline
70 HP @ 3600 RPM Speed 36 MPH 48 Km/h
Design for action in Norway against the power plants but never really used there.
The Weasel was used by the 1800 strong American/Canadian 1St special service force the Devil’s Brigade or Black Devils
from 1942 to late 1944.
The Devil’s Brigade fought throughout the Aleutians, itlian,Anzio and French campaings before being disbanded on December 4 th 1944
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Here is the first German night vison scope model FG 1250,
This unit was used in limited quantity toward end of WWII
( 50 Tanks were equipped with this )
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Attachments
https://www.armasight.com/night-vision-academy/night-vision-history …they state differently:
“After the World War II started and until 1944 Wehrmacht equipped over three hundred night fighting Panthers with 200-mm infra-red searchlights FG 1250 and a BIWA (Bildwandler — image converters) with effective night viewing range to 600 meters.”
guess that not all sites seems to show this quantity used on tanks
and using a big IR telescope can improve the maximum distance too
in any case still impressive to see it was invented in WWII
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