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During World War II, sound ranging was a mature technology and widely used, particularly by the British (in corps level artillery survey regiments) and Germans (in Beobachtungsabteilungen). Development continued and better equipment was introduced, particularly for locating mortars.
The 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion was a United States Army unit that saw action in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Their main mission was to identify the location of enemy artillery using the "sound and flash" technique (sound ranging and flash spotting). [1]
Rocket artillery T34 Calliope: 114 mm/183 mm 4.5 in/7.2 in Rocket artillery United States: T40 Whizbang: 180 mm (7.2 in) Rocket artillery United States: Field artillery 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6: 75 mm (2.95 in) Field gun United States: Copy of a British weapon QF 2.95-inch mountain gun: 75 mm (2.95 in) Mountain gun United Kingdom: Used in the Philippines
F15 Machine gun clinometer M1917 Parts and equipment; F16 Sight, panoramic, machine gun, M1918 – Parts and equipment; F17 Device, aiming, mirror, M1918 – Parts and equipment, 23 November 1926; F18 Night lighting device, parts and equipment; F19 Board, deflection, M1; F20; F21 Kit, repair optical, for field artillery equipment; F22 Telescope ...
Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equipment.
Sd.Kfz. 251/11 (medium armored halftrack with telephone equipment) Sd.Kfz. 251/12 (medium armored halftrack with survey gear) Sd.Kfz. 251/13 (medium armored halftrack with artillery sound recording gear) Sd.Kfz. 251/14 (medium armored halftrack with artillery sound ranging gear) Sd.Kfz. 251/15 (medium armored halftrack with artillery flash ...
The Artillery Committee (known in short as the Artkom), then led by R.A. Durlyakhov, set up an artillery design bureau in November 1920, with Frantz Lender as its leader. . This design bureau was entrusted with work on "a 203mm howitzer with long range" in January 1926, with the Artkom issuing a resolution on December 11, 1926 to "entrust the Artkom design bureau with designing a 203mm ...
Army 20 cm rocket: Japanese 200 mm artillery rocket; BL 4.5 inch: British 114 mm gun; BL 5.5 inch: British 140 mm gun; BL 7.2 inch: British 183 mm howitzer; BL 60 pounder: British 127 mm gun; Bofors 37 mm: Swedish 37 mm light antitank gun; Bofors 40 mm gun: Swedish 40 mm antiaircraft gun; Bofors Model 29: Swedish 75 mm antiaircraft gun