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...Spencer, first into action was the forward 3-in. gun. A splash foamed beyond the submarine. Another was closer. The port 3-incher roared. Big 5-in. guns fore & aft plowed furrows of water near the U-boat. The air reeked of cordite fumes. Black dust and smoke settled over the Spencer's decks and hung in the air. Stocky, gruff Captain Harold Sloop Berdine kept his ship on a course that gave the gunners a maximum chance...
...weapon will be a great improvement on the pre-war standard U.S. anti-aircraft piece: a 3-incher with a top altitude of 15,000 to 18,000 feet. Next came a 90-mm. gun-in its turn quickly outmoded by aircraft designers. Now the race between gun and airplane should be closer. German and British aircraft designers are also out after higher operating altitudes. The top-flight aircraft of 1942 will still be able to crawl up beyond the reach of the new 4.7's threatening fingers. But their pilots won't-until aircraftmen design a suitable...
...time, the Navy expects to have over 1,000 armed within four or five months. Armament will depend on the size of the ship: the largest will mount 5-in. guns fore & aft, two 20-mm. guns amidships, 1.1s topside wherever possible; the smallest will mount a 3-incher and pompoms. All will carry depth charges...
...campaign to breed better horses for the Red Army, and spent his happiest afternoons at the races at the Moscow Hippodrome. He became a dandy with only half his heart in soldiering. Many an old soldier is summed up in hismustache, and Budenny says of his magnificent eight-incher: "One end of it is directed against the enemies of my country and the other is for the ladies...
...water, try to spin it so as to roll each other off. With eyes glued to the other fellow's calked shoes, they "cuff it" (roll the log), "snub it" (stop dead and reverse the rolling). First they roll a log 18 inches in diameter, then a 17-incher, finally a 16-incher ("the toothpick"). Two falls out of three wins a match...