Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...millimeters equal one inch; a 75 is roughly a 3-in. gun. *The distinctions between "gun" and "howitzer" generally: the howitzer is lighter, has a shorter barrel, is more mobile; a howitzer with the same mobility as a gun fires a much heavier projectile but with a lower muzzle velocity and at a shorter range...
Even mightier than the 8-in. gun, though with a shorter reach (14.3 miles), is the 240-mm. howitzer. These behemoths are used in groups for long-range destruction. They are also used to back up the lighter fire power of infantry division artillery. Their backing is a wallop. The 240-mm. howitzer lobs a projectile weighing...
Even mightier than the 8-in. gun, though with a shorter reach (14.3 miles), is the 240-mm. howitzer. These behemoths are used in groups for long-range destruction. They are also used to back up the lighter fire power of infantry division artillery. Their backing is a wallop. The 240-mm. howitzer lobs a projectile weighing...
From Italy and England, Lieut. General "Tooey" Spaatz's heavies blasted hardest at enemy airplane plants, but they also struck heavily at German fortifications on the coast, presumably in the spots where lighter craft had not done the job. Major General Lewis Brereton, boss of the Ninth (tactical) Air Force, which will give close support to the invasion, sent his mediums against the coast, airfields, railroad centers. Swarms of his fighter bombers also hacked from dawn to dusk, bored deeply inland...
Significant of the infantryman's increased importance is the news that more of him are needed. The War Department has announced that 36,000 men who had volunteered for the Air Forces were being turned back to the Ground and Service Forces. (Lighter-than-expected air casualties are also responsible for suspension of aviation cadet procurement.) Some 9,000 2nd lieutenants from coast artillery outfits were at Fort Benning, being turned into infantry officers...