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Infantry of World War II and Big Tanks (Read 368 times)
Aug 25
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I better eat my words on general or beginner sites, because right now that's what I need, or you fine people could help me.
I'm basically doing some preliminary research on the major types of infantry, tanks and aircraft used in World War II. Aircraft is covered just by memory or scanning through some of my books. Being unfamiliar with the terrestrial details of World War II, I found a
good site
as far as detailed armour specs go, and checked out a book from the library to acquaint myself with the major types. Infantry however has proved to be one tough cookie. At first thought I took this to be the easier of the three groups, but so far all I could think of is standard infantry and bazooka teams. So questions are as follows:
What are the standard infantry types of World War II?
What are some unique types of infantry? (like the American flamethrower, I think)
Were there any tanks in World War II, even concept or experimental versions, that were multi-turreted?
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Aug 25
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Well as far as infantry goes...
Recon teams,
Machine gun teams,
Grenediers,
storm troops,
Snipers,
Anti tank,
Flame thrower teams,
Special Forces
And thats all I can think of... Oh yes. Artillery Observers.
As for the tank problem... There might have been a french tank or something with 2 turrets... The Crusader MkI had a main turret and a small machine gun turret on the hull. And the M3 Lee tanks had a main gun in the hull. A secondary gun in a turret and a machine gun in a turret on top of that. So there you go.
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Aug 25
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Scorp. I found this by typing < ww2 infantry weapons > in Google.
http://www.stormpages.com/garyjkennedy/Weapons/infantry_weapons_of_world_war_tw....
There are many more like it. I'm sure you would have more success by using a variety of search words. (wwii. ww2, world war 2 etc.)
Narrow the search criteria down by adding specific words.
PS. I found these with < multi turret tank >
http://www.battlefield.ru/t28.html
http://www.battlefield.ru/t35.html
http://www.clandavidsonusa.com/wac/panzergruppe/jun03/jun03.HTM
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Aug 25
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Standard Infantry is tricky as there is no such thing. All of the major combatants of WW2 used quite a variety of differant classifications of foot troops. But however it is classified the classification usually just refers to the transportation employed ie:-
Infantry, Motorised Infantry, Armoured Infantry, Parachute (Airbourne Infantry).
All of the above were troops whose role was to fight on foot using small arms.
The basic organisation at this time was:
Squad > Platoon > Company > Battalion > Brigade > Division > Corps > Army
But when you get to Division or above you will get support arms of various types (eg artillery and recce elements) thrown in just to confuse the issue.
WW2 caused massive tactical advances in the use of the "specialist troops" such as pioneers, commando's and parachutists and libraries have been written on these units. Specialist troops such as flame thrower users in the US system (correct me if I'm mistaken American people) tended to be grouped together in a heavy weapons company within a standard battalion. Or a heavy weapon platoon within each company I forget which.
Sorry.
Good sources for a basic overview tend to be books written with wargamers in mind. They tend to have plenty of detail and emphasise the tactical reasoning for the existance of "unique" troop types.
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Aug 25
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Thanks Woody, chalk up one issue...
And Hagar, I gotta give it to you. You're just better than phrasing searches than I am.
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infantry roles "World War II"
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PS: I meant to say mutli-barreled. Although this proved to be better! That T-35 is a monster!
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Aug 27
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I've Always found the 'Britannica.com' Normandy site very interesting and useful.
I just pop 'Normandy' into google and it coms up in the fist 4 or 5 options.
In the 'Weapons' section of the site there is alot of info. I recall finding my way to a particular part of that site (or maybe a link) that gave a breakdown of all the different types of 'Divisions' during WWII, of the diffrerent Armies etc.
It gave marvellous detail as far as what was included in the different types of divisions, right down to 'how many .45 Colt Semi Auto handguns in the 2 different American types of division (Triangular and Square).
I think you may find the whole site, and that particular part I got to (if you can find it) very useful. It also has alot of 'interactive' maps and diagrams of attacks and positions etc.
P.S. If anyone does know the location of that 'detailed Division' site or page I'm talking about, please give me the link.
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How can u go past
www.google.com
with the search term - tanks. . .
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Aug 28
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If you're looking for tanks in WWII, some of the Main Battle Tanks landmarks for each country...
Germany...
PzIId
PzIIIn
PzIVd
PzIVg
Panzer A, D, and G models
Tiger
King Tiger
USA
M31 Walker Bulldog
M4A1
M4A3
M4A3E8
M5 Stuart
M26
Britain
Matilda
Centurion
Cromwell
Firefly
Sorry, I'm a bit weak on the Brits, but any of these tanks were significant points in tank development.
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Aug 28
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Quote:
Britain
Matilda
Centurion
Cromwell
Firefly
Sorry, I'm a bit weak on the Brits, but any of these tanks were significant points in tank development.
One point. The Centurion did not see service in WWII. The Firefly was a variant of the Sherman. List of WWII British built tanks here.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1975/g_tnkuk.htm
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Aug 28
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What about the Churchill!? How can you forget the Churchill!?
OK, I know nothing about how useful it was, but it's one sexy tank!
Even better than the T-35, M3, M4 or Kingtiger! Then again I also think the Corsair's better than the Mustang or Spitfire...
This is getting very interesting. Before I know it, I won't just be interested in the Air Forces any more. Wouldn't that be a concept!
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Aug 28
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T-34-85 (T-34 with 85mm gun, only gun which would damage it was the german 88mm)
JS-1, 2 and 3... 125mm cannon of a SU-125 in a turret, what else do you need to mess up a Tiger-II
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Tu-154 and Il-62
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Aug 28
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A dodgy gearbox LOL.
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Aug 28
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Like I said, I'm weak on the British Tanks...
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Aug 28
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I was going to jump in with a "how could we be overlooking the T34" but Ivan beat me to it.
It certainly was the first, and probably only, tank in WWII that really gave the Germans a lesson in getting blown up!
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Of course, if you want big you cant get much bigger than the Maus.....
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