2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz
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Microphones in zeppelins over London (and perhaps other English cities)...
ahh i get it. Asprin was the codename? nickname? for the british AAA system that countered the German knickebein system of using radio beams to direct bombers... wait no they didnt use ack ack, they jammed the radio waves and sent the bombers to bomb the english countryside instead of the cities. The german system used 2 intersecting beams, once the navigator on the plane ( or pilot in a stuka) had both lights he dropped his bombs and went home.At night how was he to know if it was a city or a field? but im totally assuming the codename, nickname for the jamming system is the asprin part.
Close enough, cidknee.
Knickebein was a German navigational system that used signals from three ground transmitters to tell bombers when to drop their bombs. Aspirin was the code word for the British jammers that blocked Knickebein.
BTW, after the first week of the German bombing campaign against Britain, Stukas weren't used as bombers. They were too slow to get away from Spitfires and Hurricanes and carried too small a bomb load (500 kg).
Knickebein was a German navigational system that used signals from three ground transmitters to tell bombers when to drop their bombs. Aspirin was the code word for the British jammers that blocked Knickebein.
BTW, after the first week of the German bombing campaign against Britain, Stukas weren't used as bombers. They were too slow to get away from Spitfires and Hurricanes and carried too small a bomb load (500 kg).
? The Stuka that is.
"Pink Lady" was the 100% (200 proof) ethyl alcohol used as torpedo fuel during WW2. Sailors would drain the pink lady out of the torpedo, strain it through a loaf of bread, cut it with fruit juice (pineapple juice was popular), and drink it. Since the U.S. Navy was the only "dry" navy, American sailors were the only ones to do this. Royal Navy sailors, who got a daily rum ration, didn't bother with pink lady.
BTW, I'm a retired U.S. Navy submariner. The last of the alcohol fueled MK14 torpedoes were leaving the fleet about the same time that I went to my first submarine. I've only had pink lady once.
BTW, I'm a retired U.S. Navy submariner. The last of the alcohol fueled MK14 torpedoes were leaving the fleet about the same time that I went to my first submarine. I've only had pink lady once.
steviejay
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really? cool....... what's it like?
FriendlyFire
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YNCS said:
lol thats one way to put it.
I would have said they were hacked out of the sky in large numbers.
Once they completed there dive and had to right itself after breaking it was at its most vunrenable being at low speed, disorinated and low altitude. The British soon learned this and stuka suffer heavly.
All the WW2 torpedoes were alcohol fueled. PT boats (MTBs for you Brits), submarines, destroyers, and even some cruisers carried torpedoes. Drinking pink lady was pretty well universal on those ships that carried torpedoes. For that matter, any aircraft carriers carrying torpedo bombers (TBD, TBF, TBM) would have pink lady on board.cidknee said:
Not particularly good. Even cut 2 to 1 with fruit juice, it's very strong.steviejay said:
Adler17
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YNCS: German torpedoes were propelled with electricity G7e types (T III, T IIIa FAT II, T V). Only the type T I (G7) was propelled with alcohol. But since it had a trace the torpedo was only used by night or against targets in long distances (up to 12,5 sm). German aitr torpedoes (LT 1A, LT 2, LT 950) were propelled by a certain fuel without alcohol.
So all in all bad chances to get a drink in the German Navy...
Adler
So all in all bad chances to get a drink in the German Navy...
Adler
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at least it isnt the sens
YNCS said:
The Philipine Division?
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In August 1942, three unattached infantry regiments, along with some miscellaneous units, were formed into a provisional division on the French colony of New Caledonia in the Pacific. The division's name derives from "Americans in New Caledonia." In October 1942, the Americal Division became the first U.S. Army unit to go on the offensive, taking part in the attack on Guadualcanal. The Americal fought in New Guinea and the Philippines and was disbanded in Manila in October 1945.Wotan said:
In 1954, during the Korean War, the Americal Division was reestablished in Korea, again using three unattached infantry regiments. It only served in Korea for six months before it was again disestablished.
During the Vietnam War, the Americal Division was activated using three independent brigades, the 11th, 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades. This took place in September 1967. This time, the Pentagon, not willing to let a division not have a number, designated it the 23rd Infantry Division. However, even in official documents, the division was still called the Americal. The Americal, less the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, was deactivated in December 1971. The 196th LIB remained in Vietnam until June 1972, when it was the last combat brigade to leave Vietnam.
The Americal is unique in that it is the only U.S. Army division never to have been stationed in the United States or any of its possessions. Here's the division patch:
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