Yes, I do. Do you want all of them that are listed?
"Finally"
It reads like an entry out of an equivalent manual from a game. At least it’s obvious where those RPG descriptions came from.it does make to for interesting reading! and I now know what a smatchet isA Traveller Blade!
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I had to find in amid all of my other photocopies. Then I had to quit reviewing all of the other good stuff I came across while looking for it. Such as bombing accuracy verses Japanese bunkers in Burma and what it took to destroy them: what it took in terms of aerial weapons to sink a specific type of warship in World War 2: and a nice set of aircraft performance charts based on actual operational experience in the Southwest Pacific. Those sort of goodies.
You need to check this out.
They were used in the mountainous areas of Italy as the only way to supply the units consistently. From the Quartermaster Corps in the War Against Germany.
The 75mm pack howitzer was certainly used by the US (and Australians) in the Pacific theatre. The Australians also did a stripped down version of the 25 pdr gun which could be broken down and dropped by parachute (although I only recall them doing that once, when a troop were sent to support the US 503 PIR during the Nazdab operation).
The Australians also made use of the British 3.7 inch mountain howitzer, which could also be broken down and packed. The Japanese had a 70mm battalion gun that was man-portable and quite useful.
Carl Gustav is a recoilless weapon with significant back blast, limiting its usefulness to outside areas with clear areas behind the gun. The Carl Gustav also has somewhat limited range. Mortars are strictly high-angle weapons. What they are thinking about is a light, direct fire weapon, similar to the Japanese 70mm infantry gun, the British 3.7 inch pack howitzer, or the WW2 German 75mm infantry gun. The US 75mm pack howitzer would also be quite useful.
They mention that they don't know how they were sunk in that.
Giving this a 'Love Emoji'
. Something like this could really give a unit 'Character'. Also, a unique 'unofficial' unit patch like this would be good for unit/troop morale, I think.
I will need to get out my copies of Allied and Neutral Battleships of World War 2 and also British Battleships of World War 2, as they both have detailed write-ups on the loss. Now, to figure out where they are.
It was mentioned in the documentary they didn't understand how they were defeating the belt armor, until forensics showed they were using multiple hits to roll it up, to hit under the belt line; prop would be there.
They used those and mountain guns during the Kokoda Trail/Track campaign - pack on horses initially, then man-carried after the horses were "abandoned".
