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U.S. Army Firing Tests conducted August 1944 by 12th U.S. Army Group at Isigny, France. Board of Officers APO 655 30 August 1944 SUBJECT: Final report of board of officers appointed to determine comparative effectiveness of ammunition of 76mm gun and 17pdr gun.
Firing Tests conducted 12-30 July 1944 by 1st U.S. Army in Normandy. REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF OFFICERS Organization: Headquarters, First U.S. Army. Place: APO 230, U.S. Army. Proceddings of a board of officers which convened at Headquarters, First U.S. Army, pursuant to Special Order No.196, Headquarters, First U.S. Army, 19 July 1944, a … Continue reading “U.S. Army 1944 Firing Test No.2”
Report on Comparative Firing Program Witnessed at Shoeburyness, Essex, 23 May 1944 by U.S. Army Headquarters ETO representatives. ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES & WEAPONS SECTION APO 887 319.1 – 24 May 1944 MEMORANDUM TO: Executive Officer, AFV&W Section, Hq., ETOUSA. SUBJECT: Report on Comparative Firing Program Witnessed at Shoeburyness, Essex, 23 May 1944.
Over the years there has been a lot of confusion around British HE for 2pdr and 6pdr guns – especially in the early part of the war. e.g. The 2pdr didn’t have HE, yes it did originally in 1940 but they stopped making it, no it didn’t, yes it did and they even had 11,000 … Continue reading “The Confusion of British 2pdr & 6pdr HE in WW2”
Periods are the “Eras” or “Level of Technology” present for wargaming. Having a Greek Army of 300 BC facing a Russian Army of 1944 AD is obviously quite a mismatch and both armies need quite different sets of rules to control how they perform. Hence we have “Periods” in which armies all operated in similar … Continue reading “Wargaming Periods”
