Tied Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Gotta wonder how the cameraman survived, or atleast how the film did Final Banzai cheer of the crew of Zuikaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tied Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 >range of 200 miles >40kph top "engine will explode" speed >could be taken out by 7.62mm fire, let alone 12.7 Fun fact about the Type 94: The suspension wheels had the exact same diameter as the typical manchurian furrow. It jumped repetively each time it crossed a rice field and a few minutes of that treatment were enough to make every crew member completely KO. It was such a problem that they actually modified the tank, hence the bigger back wheel on the late models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotMinisterofTrueKorea Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Fantastic pictures Tied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffentrager Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 >range of 200 miles >40kph top "engine will explode" speed >could be taken out by 7.62mm fire, let alone 12.7 Fun fact about the Type 94: The suspension wheels had the exact same diameter as the typical manchurian furrow. It jumped repetively each time it crossed a rice field and a few minutes of that treatment were enough to make every crew member completely KO. It was such a problem that they actually modified the tank, hence the bigger back wheel on the late models. ... and it came from 1932. The modification only happened to use the remaining units as expeditionary and recon vehicles. The Type97 Te-Ke was the successor to the Type94's over all failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 ... and it came from 1932. The modification only happened to use the remaining units as expeditionary and recon vehicles. The Type97 Te-Ke was the successor to the Type94's over all failure. fair enough, but most tankette's dont carry the reputation of being lethal to their own crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffentrager Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 fair enough, but most tankette's dont carry the reputation of being lethal to their own crew Most tankettes dont go against a loose formation of partisans that very rarely carried significant arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 You know what I see? Dust covers. Dust covers everywhere. I noticed the same thing. So much for the bullshit gun magazine conventional wisdom about Japanese troops discarding them so they can be more stealthy in their jungle or night fighting movements. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffentrager Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I noticed the same thing. So much for the bullshit gun magazine conventional wisdom about Japanese troops discarding them so they can be more stealthy in their jungle or night fighting movements. Where did you hear that? Thats news to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Where did you hear that? Thats news to me... This has been a common canard repeated in firearms and WW2 history magazines for years. You can do your own Google searching but it isn't hard to find gems like this. http://gunsmagazine.com/small-arms-of-the-rising-sun/ Some Type 38 rifles and most Type 99s were issued with a folding wire monopod. Also all rifles and carbines until late in the war were issued with circular sliding dust covers shielding their actions. Both monopods and dust covers are relatively rare on Japanese rifles and carbines today because hetai and rikusentai, just as combat troops worldwide, tended to toss away any item they deemed worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffentrager Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 "Japanese Soldiers Were Armed With A Variety Of High-Quality Arms Going Into WWII." I stopped there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I stopped there... *Shrug* I wouldn't call their small arms "high quality" but for the most part they weren't absolutely shit either. We've had some discussions on this earlier I believe on this forum. What was crap was the logistics and leadership of the Japanese from the general staff all the way down to company and platoon level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Jap RPG, the original JRPG heh heh, translation would be appreciated \ Looks like a paratrooper judging by headgear Captured Soviet Weapons from border conflict (japs got their asses handed to them, ZHUKOV STRONK) That's not exactly an impressive haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 About those burning Jap planes. When I was still playing IL-2 Sturmovik, Jap planes were 'famous' for their "ten-second burn". When they caught on fire, they'd burn for approximately 10 seconds, after which they'd explode. I'm wondering whether it's even remotely true or not, but I can't really find anything on it. (Or I'm just not searching in the right places) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Being made out of wood and lacking self sealing fuel tanks will do that Also helps that almost all American planes were armed with scores of 12.7mm machine guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Being made out of wood and lacking self sealing fuel tanks will do that Also helps that almost all American planes were armed with scores of 12.7mm machine guns Wut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Alot of jap planes were primarly made of wood early war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Pity we're not talking about 1939. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffentrager Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 About those burning Jap planes. When I was still playing IL-2 Sturmovik, Jap planes were 'famous' for their "ten-second burn". When they caught on fire, they'd burn for approximately 10 seconds, after which they'd explode. I'm wondering whether it's even remotely true or not, but I can't really find anything on it. (Or I'm just not searching in the right places) It depends what aircraft you're talking about. The 10 second burn is a myth made by the US to reference their burn notoriety. The A6M series didn't have a specific burn to explode ratio, it varied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperComrade Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Alot of jap planes were primarly made of wood early war Early in what war? The Sino-Japanese War? Because they had long made the transition to all-metal aircraft by 1941 The Kawasaki Ki-10 is all-metal framed with fabric covering Waffentrager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good stuff Tied, where did you find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 I'd think fuel storage would have more to do with planes burning than being made of wood. For instance, I don't remember the Mosquito having a reputation for catching fire easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good stuff Tied, where did you find it? books mainly Like the carrier sinking with the crew saluting is from the Rise and Fall of Imperial japan, or something. Great book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Best picture of the war. Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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