Journal of Military Ordnance - November 1997 (Vol. 7, Number 6)
English | 1997 | 30 pgs. | PDF | 38MB
CONTENTS:
* FAST ATTACK VEHICLE; THE MARINES MAKE IT HAPPEN!, by Jeff McKaughan. (Jeeps armed with machine guns, in current use by the US Marine Corps.)
* FROM SHERMAN TANK TO SHRIKE LAUNCHER, by Marsh Gelbart. (Previously unknown 1970s modification of Sherman chassis to mount an anti-radar missile.)
* VEHICLE MOUNTED MINE DETECTOR, by Jeff McKaughan. (US Army adoption of a South African mulit-vehicle system of wheeled mine detectors and clearers. Tire pressure is so low that one drove over the hand of an American officer with no pain or damage.)
* CANADIAN ARMORED REGIMENTS; ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT, NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45, by Chris Johnson. (Complete details, graphic charts, including changes.)
* THE BATTLE OF EL UACH, by Adam Geibel. (Somalia, 1940. 1st South African Light Tank Company's Vickers Mk III's as used in destroying an Italian garrison on the border.)
* HISTORIC RESTORATION, by Stephen Sewell. (Efforts and Aberdeen Proving Ground. Proof of concept trials for restoration and environmental protection. The T-72 and BMP-2 were the worst polluters due to PCB-containing lubricants. A Crusader and T-34 are also chosen to be among the initial restored vehicles.)
RapidShare