WWII Wepons by Samuel Slyder https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2 en-us 2017-03-26 13:23:23 UTC 2017-03-26 14:16:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Infantry 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162620875 Bren LMG -The Bren gun, usually called simply the Bren, was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces' primary infantry LMG in World War II]]> 2017-03-26 13:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162620875 Infantry 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162621344 Browning Automatic Rifle-is a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benét–Mercié machine guns that US forces had previously been issued.]]> 2017-03-26 13:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162621344 Infantry 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162621838 M1911 pistol - The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1986. It was first used in later stages of the Philippine–American War, and was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The pistol's formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924.]]> 2017-03-26 13:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162621838 Tank 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162622245 M5 Stuart-  was an extension of the original M3 Stuart light tank line of 1941 and brought about the American military relocation of vital war-making supplies - namely the Continental aero engine used in the M3. This initiative begat a modified Stuart light tank known as the "M4" but was later changed to "M5" to differentiate it from the clasic M4 Sherman medium tank]]> 2017-03-26 13:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162622245 Fighter Plane 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162623054 The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October]]> 2017-03-26 13:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162623054 Bomber 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162623480
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed, the air corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances.
The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets.

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USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class. Named for New York State, she was designed as the first ship to carry the 14-inch (356 mm)/45-caliber gun. Entering service in 1914, she was part of the U.S. Navy force which was sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea near the end of World War I. During that time, she was involved in at least two incidents with German U-boats, and is believed to have been the only US ship to have sunk one in the war, during an accidental collision in October 1918. Following the war, she was sent on a litany of training exercises and cruises in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, and saw several overhauls to increase her armament, aircraft handling and armor.
She entered the Neutrality Patrol at the beginning of World War II, and served as a convoy escort for ships to Iceland and Great Britain in the early phase of the war. She saw her first combat against coastal artillery during Operation Torch around Casablanca in North Africa, and later became a training ship. Late in the war, she moved to the Pacific, and provided naval gunfire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima and later the invasion of Okinawa. Returning to Pearl Harbor for repairs until the end of the war, she was classified obsolete and was chosen to take part in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. She survived both explosions and the effects of radiation on the ship were studied for several years. She was eventually sunk as a target in 1948. She received three battle stars for her service.

]]> 2017-03-26 14:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162623740 Navy 19slydsa https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162623745 USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (AC-3), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship. Conversion of another collier was planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the cancellation of the partially built Lexington-class battlecruisers Lexington and Saratoga, freeing up their hulls for conversion to the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga. Langley was named after Samuel Pierpont Langley, an American aviation pioneer. Following another conversion, to a seaplane tender, Langley fought in World War II. On 27 February 1942, she was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd Naval Air Flotillas and so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled by her escorts.]]> 2017-03-26 14:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/19slydsa/32w1vie7t0z2/wish/162623745