What's New: Recent WebSite Updates 2010: POST COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND DISCUSSIONS IN THE LONE SENTRY FORUM NEW POSTS ON THE LONE SENTRY BLOG New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #34: The Me-410 Aircraft, Protection Against Japanese Aerial Bombing, General von Arnim's Orders for Ground Deployment, Italian L Type Grenade, German Conversion of French 75s into Antitank Guns, Japanese 70-mm Howitzer Model 92, Notes on German Artillery Tactics in Tunisia, Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks, Notes of a British Armored Force Officer on German Tank Employment, Detailed Report on the German "Tiger" PzKw 6, Italian Portable Flame Thrower, Model 41, German Compass Card, German Butterfly Bomb, Notes on the German Infantry Division, Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, Axis Use of Skoda AA/AT Gun, Testing Antiaircraft Gun Barrels in Combat Areas, Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun, German Recognition Signals, Drinking Water from the Rattan Vine, Lessons from the New Zealand Division Operations in Cyrenaica New Blog Posts: Vehicle Paint Problems, Tail Warning Radar, Take the "HE" Out of Summer's Heat, XB-42 Experimental Bomber, P-61 Black Widow Guns, VHF Ground-to-Air Radio, Message to Messengers, FW-190 near Frankfurt, Tanks Train in the U.S. Deserts, Luftwaffe Bf-109 and Ta-152H Decals from EagleCals, The Famous Fourth, New Books from Wydawnictwo Militaria, Pantiger, Airborne Jammer Radar Set AN/APT-1, King & Country Snow Tiger, Foxholes: Dig or Die Under construction - TM 9-2800: Standard Military Motor Vehicles: Carrier, Personnel, Half-Track, M5A1; Car, Half-Track, M9A1; Carrier, Cargo, T14; Carrier, Cargo, T14; Carrier, Light Cargo, T15; Carrier, Universal, T16; Carriage, Motor, Multiple Gun, M14 Recent Blog Posts: Digging in AA Half-Tracks, B-29 Remote Control Turret System, Russian Battleship Sevastopol Miscellaneous: 8th Air Force Ordnance, PBY Catalina Gunner, Boeing YB-17 Bomber, Fw 189 Uhu, Bayonets, Captured Schwimmwagen, Civil Air Patrol, Cologne Panther, Fiat G.50 Freccia, Fieseler Fi 156 Storch New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #32: Japanese Offensive Tactics, German Smoke Tactics for Support of Combat Troops New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #31: Japanese Conduct of the Defense New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #27: The Spotlight Antitank Laying Teacher, German Blast Drive Rod, D.K., German Habits in Defense and Attack, British Observations on Fighting in Burma, Japanese National Festivals New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #29: Japanese Notes on Jungle Warfare, German Views on Sniping, Underground Mining Operations in Warfare New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #23: German Views on Russian Summer Camouflage, German Close-in Tactics Against Armored Vehicles New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #12: German 105-mm Gun, 305-mm Skoda Coast Defense Gun L/50, 210-mm German and Italian Howitzers, German Self-Propelled 150-mm Howitzer, Demolition Charge for 20-mm AA/AT Gun, Winter Fighting in Russia, Propeller-Driven Sleds, Report of Italian Pilot on "Crows Feet", Markings on German Motor-Maintenance Vehicles, New German Methods Against Russian Winter Conditions New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #22: Three Japanese Incendiaries, Operations and Tactics—Guadalcanal Recent posts on the Lone Sentry Blog: G.I. Nightmare, The Century Tours France, Warning to Observation Post Kibitzers, First Army AAA Versus the Luftwaffe, Death of a Tiger Tank, Chaff, Don't Do Loops in a B-17, The Artillery Jeep Plane, Rules are so Stupid!, Ohka Schematic, How Radio-Controlled Bombs Were Jammed, Japanese Rockets and Launchers, U.S. and Allied Tanks in Color, Handbook on Japanese Military, 65th Infantry Division at Camp Shelby, German Large Caliber Artillery, Japanese Type 98 Halftrack, Don’t Scare Replacements, Japanese Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier, Ordnance Assembly of Crated Trucks, Route of the 9th Armored, Ditching a B-17 Flying Fortress at Sea, How to Fly the P-47, Panzerwrecks, The Blazer’s Trail – 70th Infantry Division, Destruction of German Vehicles, FG42 Automatic Rifle, 12th Army Group Provost Marshal, K-14 Gyroscopic Gunsight Additional pages in TM 9-2800: Standard Military Motor Vehicles: Car, Scout, M3A1, (4 x 4); Car, Half-Track, M2; Car, Half-Track, M2A1; Carrier, Personnel, Half-Track, M3; Carrier, Personnel, Half-Track, M3A1; Carrier, Personnel, Half-Track, M5 Recent posts on the Lone Sentry Blog: 128th Armored Field Artillery Photos, Third Army Charts - August 1944, Artillery Lessons from Normandy, Wehrmacht Infantry Gruppe, SB2C Helldiver Recovered from California Lake, 70th Anniversary of Battle of Britain, Grumman at War, KO'd Panthers in the Bulge, New Concord Title: Operation Little Saturn, P-38 Flight Characteristics, Bailing Out of a P-38 Lightning, Flak Traps, Aerial Bombs, Bronco New Releases TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces: Equipment Introduction, Infantry Equipment, Artillery Equipment, Signal Equipment, Engineer Equipment, Cavalry and Reconnaissance, Automotive and Land Transport Equipment Geographic Signs, Military Signs, Military Abbreviations, Supply, Movements, Evacuation, Uniforms, Personal Equipment, and Insignia New posts on the Lone Sentry Blog: Antimechanized Defense, Coast Guards SPARS, Battle Route of the 10th Armored Division, Tigers on the Loose, Checkerboard, M40 and M43 Gun Motor Carriage, Warsaw 3-D Documentary, Churchill & Eisenhower Accused of UFO Coverup?, Spearhead - 3rd Armored Videos, Flak was Everywhere, 1/6th Scale Dioramas, Baka... Flying Warhead, Germans Surrender in Czechoslovakia, 761st Tank Battalion Figures, Route of the Ghost Corps, Disruptive Camouflage of Vehicles Under construction: TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces -- Major Organizations, Japanese Arms (Nondivisional), Japanese Air Equipment, Chemical Warfare, Japanese Tanks and Armored Cars, Naval Artillery, Antiaircraft Artillery New Blog posts: Trajectory and Its Elements, Know Your Enemy Weapons, Tank Riders, and New Dragon Model Kits New field manual: FM 18-5: Organization and Tactics of Tank Destroyer Units Under construction: TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces New blog posts: Thru France with the 2nd Infantry Division, Italian Navy Ship Silhouettes Under construction: TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces -- Japanese Air Equipment, Japanese Arms (Nondivisional), Major Organizations, Chemical Warfare, Japanese Tanks and Armored Cars, Naval Artillery, Antiaircraft Artillery New blog posts: German Rifleman Uniform, Camp Shelby and Tank Gun Trajectories New blog photographs: SdKfz 251/9 and Destroyed SdKfz 251 Ausf D New blog posts: You Can Crack that Tank, Panzer IV with Mesh Schürzen, PzKpfw II Ausf L "Luchs", and Armor Penetration Tables New blog post: U.S. Navy Ship Silhouettes New blog posts: Dummy Tanks, Rocket Run, and Follow Thru: 60th Infantry Regiment Updates and fixes to: Tiger Tank Replicas and 1:1 Scale Models, Tank Destroyer Battalion Websites, Online Sources for WWII Photographs, 1/6th Scale WWII Action Figures, and Unit Identification Markings for U.S. Military Vehicles Under construction: TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces -- Japanese Joint Operations, Japanese Parachute Troops, Recruitment and Training, Conscription System, Procurement of officers Training, Promotion, Pay and Awards, Morale, Discipline, and Efficiency, Organization of the Japanese Army Air Service, Japanese Air Strategic Doctrine, Japanese Air Tactics, Japanese Military Police, Army Tactics Introduction, Naval Land Forces, Task Forces and Special Defense Units, Japanese High Command, Territorial Organizations Including Depot Divisions, Field Replacement System, Tentage, Medical Equipment, Services (Nondivisional), Military Intelligence, Offensive Tactics, Defensive Tactics, Retrograde Movements, Employment of Tanks and Mechanized Units, Antiaircraft, Antitank Defense, Jungle Warfare, Small Island Defense, Coastal Defense, Pistols, Revolvers & Rifles, Machine Guns, Mortars and Grenade Dischargers, Mortars and Grenade Dischargers, Grenades, Land Mines, and Booby Traps, Antitank and Infantry Guns, Artillery General, Field Artillery Miscellaneous: WW2 Articles and Photographs Added field manual: FM 18-5: Organization and Tactics of Tank Destroyer Units (June 1942) Updated Tankers in Tunisia TM 9-294: 2.36-inch A.T. Rocket Launcher M1A1 (War Department Technical Manual, 1943) --- Introduction, Description and functioning, Operation, Malfunctions and corrections, Care and preservation, Disassembly and assembly, Ammunition, Inspection, Maintenance and repair, Operation under unusual conditions, Painting, Storage and shipment Added pages to Catalog of Enemy Ordnance: 7.92 mm Granatbüchse 39 (Gr. B. 39), 7.92 mm Panzerbüchse 39 (Pz. B. 39), 3.7 cm Pak 36 Antitank Gun, 4.2/2.8 cm Pak 41 Tapered Bore Antitank Gun, Marder II, Panzer I (Pzkpfw. I), s. Betr. St. Kess. Kw. (o) Heavy Fuel Servicing Truck, m. Betr. St. Kess. Kw. (o) Medium Fuel Servicing Truck JOIN THE DISCUSSION IN THE NEW LONE SENTRY FORUM Added new G.I. Stories booklet: The Road to Germany: The Story of the 5th Armored Division Armored Special Equipment (Study No. 52, General Board, United States Forces, European Theater) -- Mine Exploders, Earth Movers, DD Tanks, LVT's, Mechanized Flame Throwers, CDL Tanks, Tank Rocket Launchers, Engineer Armored Vehicles Updated Lone Sentry Blog with "The Man Who Owns a Tank Corps": Updated Lone Sentry Blog with Quest for a Full-Scale Tiger Tank: The Armored Group (Study No. 51, General Board, United States Forces, European Theater) Updated Lone Sentry Blog with Library Photo Collections: German Minefields at Alamein (Chief of Engineers, Information Bulletin No. 124, June 1943) Pvt. Droop Has Missed The War! (War Department Pamphlet No. 21-10, June 1944) German Hand & Rifle Grenades: Stick Hand Grenade Models 24 & 39, Egg-Type Hand Grenade (Eierhandgranate 39), Shaving Stick Hand Grenade, Hafthohlladung Magnetic Anti-Tank Grenade, Panzerwurfmine Anti-Tank Grenade, Smoke Stick Grenade, Smoke Hand Grenade 41, Frangible Smoke Hand Grenade 1H, Frangible Smoke Hand Grenade 2H, Hand Smoke Signal, Lachrymatory Hand Grenade, Anti-Personnel Hand or Rifle Grenade, Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade, Large Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade, Rifle Propaganda Grenade, Spigot Discharger Rifle Grenade, 37mm Anti-Tank Grenade, High Explosive Pistol Grenade (326), High Explosive Pistol Grenade (361), Pistol Signal Cartridge, High Explosive Pistol Grenade, Rifle Grenade Propelling Cartridges, Miscellaneous Pistol Grenades, Rifle Discharger (Cup Type), Rifle Discharger (Spigot Type), Grenade and Signal Pistol, Flare Pistol Additions to Catalog of Enemy Ordnance: 8.8 cm Flak 18, 36, and 37, Volkswagen "Jeep", 9mm M.P. 18 (Bergmann) Submachine Gun, Werkstattzug: Work Shop Train, Raupenschlepper OST - Steyr RSO Fixes/updates to 65th Infantry Division, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1944 (Cover, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, Back) Recoilless Weapons (Chief of Ordnance, February 1945) T59 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 10.75 inch (Chief of Ordnance, December 1944) Armor-Piercing Ammunition for Gun, 90-mm, M3 (Chief of Ordnance, January 1945) TM E9-369A: German 88-mm Antiaircraft Gun (U.S. Technical Manual) If You Should Be Captured, These Are Your Rights - War Department Pamphlet No. 21-7 Mobile Artillery vs. Jap Fortifications (Chief of Ordnance, May 1945) Added photographs and diagrams to German Infantry Weapons (Special Series #14): Luger Pistol, Walther Pistol, Submachine Gun (M.P. 38 and M.P. 40), Mauser Kar. 98K Rifle, Pz.B. 39 (Antitank Rifle), Stick Hand Grenade, Model 24 (Stielhandgranate 24), Egg-Type Hand Grenade, Model 39 (Eierhandgranate 39), Special Uses of Stick Grenades, M.G. 34, M.G. 42, 5-cm Light Mortar, Model 36, 8-cm Heavy Mortar, Model 34, 3.7-cm Pak, 5-cm Pak 38, 7.5-cm Light Infantry Howitzer, 15-cm Heavy Infantry Howitzer, Ammunition Labels, Rifle and Machine-Gun Ammunition, Mortar Ammunition, Ammunition Chart New posts at the Lone Sentry Blog Added pages to Catalog of Enemy Ordnance Older Updates

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