An article by Author Chuck Veit The torpedo launched perfectly, and ran “hot, straight, and normal” towards its target, its solidfuel pushing it along at over 130 mph. It took but a second and a half to cover the hundredyards—well within the six hundred yard range...
By Joseph Ed. Low, and Sander Kingsepp. This is the second of a series of articles that explores the history of aircraft launching devices used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) that will be featured on the NGB (Naval General Board) website. The series started with...
By Joseph Ed. Low, and Sander Kingsepp This is the first of a series of articles that explores the history of aircraft launching devices used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The series will start with flying-off platforms and will eventually also cover catapults....
By Blair Shaw Looking quite out of place in a tiny marina in the town of Zeebrugge Belgium is the former Russian project 641 NATO code name Foxtrot class submarine B-821. B-821 and her seventy-four other sisters would become one of the most produced post World War 2...
AAA Umbrella vs Rain of Bombs Naval Anti-Aircraft vs Aircraft in World War II “Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft” – William “Billy” Mitchel Before World War II, air power enthusiasts believed air power would sweep the seas clear of ships...
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