Military History

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Interesting link on generic manual of many US Navy weapons. On this page, Mk13 GMLS (Perry-class). Standard missiles are launched at 10 seconds interval, Harpoon at 22 seconds interval: http://www.tpub.com/gunners/169.htm

Find Army Times article here. Sherman with major role at Bastogne found Staff report Posted : Monday Dec 29, 2008 7:12:48 EST Army historians have identified a World War II-era tank on display at Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany as being the first tank to enter American lines 64 years ago in relief of besieged 101st Airborne Division soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. Called the “Cobra King,” the M4 Sherman tank was used by the 4th Armored Division’s C Company, 37th Tank Battalion to break the German encirclement of U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium on Dec. 26, 1944. Army historians from U.S. Army Europe and the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Ky., us…

Great National Interest article by Andrew Davies on ASW warfare, the challenging sound environment of the seas last years, and very interesting links: http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-killing-enemy-submarines-not-easy-it-use-be-21576 Main links: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Caution.png https://www.japcc.org/portfolio/alliance-airborne-anti-submarine-warfare/ https://www.japcc.org/wp-content/uploads/JAPCC_ASW_web.pdf https://www.japcc.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Forecast-for-Maritime-Air-ASW-in-the-Future-Operational-Environment.pdf https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/simulating-anti-submarine-warfare/

Badass of the week: Pte Leo Major Distinguished Combat Medals in two wars ... impressive!

From the April 2010 issue of Air Force Magazine: MiG Alley American F-86 Sabres versus MiG-15s with Soviet pilots.

From BBC News 11 March 1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader There is a new man in charge at the Kremlin - Mikhail Gorbachev has taken over following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. Chernenko, 73, died yesterday after a long illness - but his death was only announced to the Soviet people this morning. Sombre music preceded the news on radio and television and scheduled programmes were cancelled. The speed of naming of his successor - at 54 the youngest man to take over as general secretary of the Soviet communist party - has taken people by surprise. In another break with tradition, Mr Gorbachev has announced arms talks with the Americans in Genev…

Friends, When I'm not playing Harpoon, I play GURPS (Generic Universal Role-Playing System). In fact, I write for Steve Jackson Games on a freelance basis. I am thinking of writing some articles about vehicles that adventurers might use. It is not difficult to find web sites that provide basic statistics for military vehicles such as range, weight, the weapons carried, etc. But that only tells you so much. And other factors are not so easily quantified. Here is my question... I'm looking for sources that can provide information on more qualitative aspects of vehicles, like their overall maneuverability (how easy are they to drive, keep stable, etc.)…

The last Swedish ASW helicopters were retired in 2011, the events of October 2014 with mysterious submarines in Swedish waters showed the lack of a critical capability for a long time, as the future NFH90 ASW service entry is delayed probably to 2018-2020 (also Sweden losed retiring these HKP-4 a critical wood wildfire fighting asset). The HKP-4 will be ever worth of remembering (in Swedish): http://navyskipper.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/var-har-forsvarsmaktens-hkp-4-tagit.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40knj0qg_Us

Welcoming the U.S. Atlantic Fleet to Sydney, Australia, August 1908. Artwork by Norman Carter, published in The Sydney Mail, Wednesday, 19 August, 1908. Courtesy of John C. Reilly, Jr.. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. The cruise of the Great White Fleet took the U.S. Navy around the globe in fourteen months on a journey totaling 43,000 miles. They visited twenty unique port calls across six continents. It was a monumental “show of flag” for the burgeoning world power. The fleet showcased the naval and maritime capabilities of its new “Steel Navy” to nations around the world. Here are ten interesting facts about the historic around-the-world cruise. …

Guardian Story Declassified British Cabinet Papers on the state of UK defences in 1978. Prime Minister Callaghan was not happy. (Would make a fascinating Harpoon scenario too).

From Air Force Magazine, July 2012 issue [excerpt]

From the Spring 2011 issue of US Naval War College Review: Hiding in Plain Sight: the US Navy and Dispersed Operations under EMCON, 1956-72 (PDF) This is a subject to which I think most if not all Harpoon players can relate: trying to hide your carrier group (or for that matter, any naval formation) from the enemy.

Lockheed's Senior Peg: The Forgotten Stealth Bomber (Foxtrot Alpha) Lots of line drawings.

What did these mean?

From Air Force Times [excerpt]

Added some inter-wars French destroyers guns: http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons_Source_Notes.htm

A very interesting site about discrete operations in Groom Lake and near sites in the Cold War, as example: http://area51specialprojects.com/sp_area51.html Finded only some minutes ago, but it's clearly a very interesting site, worth of extended browsing.