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The 2nd 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that was active during the 1940s & 1950s. Originally formed during World War II as the 9th Defense Battalion , the battalion took part in combat operations on Guadalcanal , Rendova , Munda Point , and Guam .
It was capable of firing a 3.5 in × 23.6 in (90 mm × 600 mm) shell 62,474 ft (19,042 m) horizontally, or a maximum altitude of 43,500 ft (13,300 m). The 90 mm gun was the US Army's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun from just prior to the opening of World War II into 1946, complemented by small numbers of the much larger 120 mm M1 gun.
Pages in category "World War II artillery of the United States" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... 90 mm gun M1/M2/M3; 105 mm gun T8 ...
M3 Stuart (432) light tank used by America and Canada; Ram (2,993) regular tank not used in combat, specialist models used; Grizzly I (188) A modified version of the M4A1 Sherman tank license produced in Canada; Valentine (1,420) Valentine tanks produced in Canada. Most sent to the Soviet Union as Lend-Lease aid. Some were retained in Canada ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
This article lists production figures for German armored fighting vehicles during the World War II era. Vehicles include tanks, self-propelled artillery, assault guns and tank destroyers. Where figures for production in 1939 are given, they refer to September 1939 onwards; that is, they only count wartime production.
In contrast to American doctrine, mobile anti-tank weapons were also considered self-propelled guns and were similarly operated by the Royal Artillery. Bishop – 25 pdr gun-howitzer on Valentine tank chassis; Deacon – 6 pdr anti-tank gun on armoured truck chassis; Archer – a self-propelled anti-tank gun
Its parent regiment is the 27th Field Artillery Regiment. First constituted during World War I as Battery B of the 27th Field Artillery, it remained stateside with the 9th Division. The battery was reactivated as part of the 27th in 1940 and served with the 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion during World War II with the 1st Armored Division.