Off bench on Dec 24, 2024. 105CM M2A1 Howitzer (M101) The M101A1 (previously designated Howitzer M2A2 on Carriage M2A2) howitzer is an artillery piece developed and used by the United States. It was the standard U.S. light field howitzer in World War II and saw action in both the European and Pacific theaters and during […]

The 20 mm weapons had always had weak development perspectives, often being reconfigured or redesigned just enough to allow the weapons to find a use. Indeed, it came as a surprise when Rheinmetall introduced the 2 cm Flakvierling 38, which improved the weapon just enough to make it competitive again. The term Vierling literally translates

The Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen, or simply Kübel, is a military light utility vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the Nazi German military. Based heavily on the Volkswagen Beetle, it was prototyped and first deployed in Poland as the Type 62, but following improvements entered

The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. The gun was universally known as the Acht-acht (“eight-eight”) by the Germans and the

Set-up could be accomplished by dropping the gun off its two-wheeled trailer, “Sonderanhänger 51” (trailer 51) and levelling the gun using hand cranks. The result was a triangular base that permitted fire in all directions. But the main problem with the design remained unsolved. The rate of fire of 120 RPM (rounds per minute) was