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2021-12-25 11:42:30 Genie in a Bottle Rocket

In this spectacular photo, an F-106A Delta Dart of the California Air National Guard’s 194th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, is seen firing an inert AIR-2 Genie rocket. The Genie was an unguided air to air rocket that was capable of carrying a 1.5kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was in service with the United States Air Force from 1957 until 1985 and was cleared for use on the F-89 Scorpion, F-101B Voodoo, F-106, and the F-104 Starfighter, although the F-104 never carried the rocket operationally. The Genie was intended to be used against enemy bomber formations, being able to wipe out the whole group with one rocket. Thankfully, the Air Force never had to use it in combat and it was only ever tested live once, during the Plumbbob John nuclear tests on 19 July 1957.

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2021-12-25 11:42:27 Navy Liberator

The United States Army Air Force was far from the only operator of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator during the Second World War. The United States Navy’s Liberator variant is seen above, the PB4Y-1. This particular PB4Y-1 belonged to Bombing Squadron 103 and is pictured en route to the Bay if Biscay during the summer of 1943. VB-103 began operating out of Eval, Cornwall, United Kingdom in August of 1943, with their primary mission being U-boat hunting.

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2021-12-24 21:55:24 Bonnie Dick

The Essex class carrier, USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), is seen above on 1 November 1958 with a packed flight deck. She was departing San Francisco with Carrier Air Group 19 for a WestPac cruise. The plethora of aircraft onboard include some F3H Demons, F11F Tigers, FJ-3 Furys, A3D Skywarriors and AD Skyradiers.

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2021-12-24 21:55:22 Later versions of the Sherman would attempt to rectify the issue with larger hatches for the driver and assistant driver and an extra hatch in the turret. Initial production examples were built with suspension carried over from the M3. They also had a low bustle turret and the narrow M34 gun mount. The M34 mount was replaced by the wider M34A1 with a direct telescopic sight for the gunner. The M4 first saw combat in US hands, alongside the M4A1, during the landings in North Africa. They would go on to see action in Sicily, Italy and France. The 75mm armed M4 could still be seen, in decreasing numbers, right up until the end of the war in Europe. When production ended in January of 1944, a total of 6748 75mm armed M4s had been built by five manufacturers. Two Baldwin built M4s of the 1st Armored Division, 13th Tank Battalion are seen above offloading from LST-77 at Anzio in 1944.
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2021-12-24 20:19:36 U.S Military Histoty pinned a photo Open / Comment

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2021-12-24 13:29:20 The Sherman: The M4

The M4 variant of the Sherman series was actually preceded into production by the M4A1 by almost five months. The M4 had a welded hull, a feature that was designed as an attempt to decrease the anticipated production bottleneck of the M4A1’s cast hull. The M4 went into production at Pressed Steel Car Company in July of 1942. The M4 and M4A1 were identical mechanically and were both powered by the Continental air-cooled R975 engine. The welded hull of of the M4 also allowed for the stowage of seven more 75mm rounds. The M4 had a crew of five: driver and assistant driver in the front of the hull, the gunner, loader and commander in the turret. A layout that would remain the same throughout the Sherman series. The turret was equipped with a large rotating cupola for the commander, as was a mount for a .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun. The single hatch in the turret and the small hatches in the hull proved to be inadequate as an emergency exits for the crew.
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2021-12-24 13:29:05 Several thousand older Shermans, many of them M4A1s, were remanufactured in the US and England and upgraded for the European campaign. Applique armor, M34A1 mantlets and other mechanical and technical improvements were made. The M4A1 first saw combat with the British at El Alamein in October of 1942. The American 2nd Armored Division was also equipped with M4A1s in North Africa. A total of 6281 M4A1s were built with the 75mm gun before production ended in December of 1943. They served with most US armored units in the European Theater and Army and Marine Corps units in the Pacific. The British received 942 M4A1s through Lend-Lease. An M4A1 of the 1st Armored Division is seen above in Tunisia in 1942. A USMC M4A1 is seen below, driving off of an LST at Cape Gloucester.
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