Word: armored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...catacombs of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has come another type of body armor for U.S. airmen (TIME, June 14). At the Army's Aberdeen (Md.) proving grounds, ballistics experts are testing a steel suit modeled after the coat of armor worn by King Henry VIII...
...body armor developed for the Eighth Air Force (TIME, June 14) a new, lightweight protective helmet has been added. Like the flak suit, it is the invention of the Eighth's smart air surgeon, Brigadier General Malcolm Grow, for protection against low-velocity missiles: flak, spent bullets, metal torn loose by enemy gunnery...
...Corsets: "Like armor. . . . Sitting down becomes an accomplishment...
...weeks this reckless expenditure of armor kept Moscow worried. The loss of Kharkov in similar circumstances last March was still fresh in everyone's mind; would Kharkov's fate befall Kiev? But by a prodigious effort, General Nikolai Vatutin halted the German advance. As in the summer, Russian artillery won its duel with German armor...
...boasting, but with the assurance of experience and of deep, intelligent study, Chennault taught his early pilots to minimize the P-40's disadvantages and utilize its advantages : greater fire power, heavier armor for pilot and fuel, sturdier construction, a much higher diving speed. He also insisted on using a tight, flexible and ecomical two-plane formation. He discouraged dog-fighting by individual pilots. Essence of his teaching: hit hard, hit precisely, hit as a team...