John Kettler Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 The unit's blog has lots more.https://sichrgt195.blogspot.com Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 @John Kettler thanks for digging out all the usefull stuff. Highly appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 10 hours ago, John Kettler said: From a living history site for a Sicherung unit comes a wealth of German groggery devoted to the nits and grits of soldiering, uniforms, equipment, ant-partisan ops, training and more. These guys are straight up grunts, with the highest rank being an Obergefreiter.http://www.festung.net/livinghistoryarticles.htm Regards, John Kettler found this of particular interest since foreign weapons usage in certain german units was discussed in another thread just recently: http://sichrgt195.blogspot.com/2014/08/mg26t-and-mg30t-light-machine-gun.html excerpt: The use of Czech and other captured, obsolete and reissued weapons in rear-line units was widespread. The following weapons were recorded in use by Sicherungs-Brigade 203 on the Eastern Front as of June 1, 1942:German K98k rifles: 3.123Polish, Czech, Yugoslavian rifles: 2.650French and Dutch rifles: 811Russian rifles: 1.110 Pistols: 929Submachine guns (MP 38): 43MG 08/15: 137 MG 34: 6MG26(t) and MG30(t): 178Russian machine guns: 73MG08 heavy machine guns: 5Russian heavy machine guns: 85Russian light mortars: 87Russian heavy mortars: 28Anti-tank rifles: 4Russian anti-tank cannons: 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 Be sure to check out the section Pictures at the above link. Many are like looking at someone's wartime snapshots, while others are like you're there, back during the war. Eerie! Also, though there's some duplication, the unit's blog has gobs of grog goodies, too.https://sichrgt195.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Fms0DOaIO847V-MoCSK0JYm1ZfiXna4_oZmrB7NZEW14jDzAbkjSY7H4 Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Technically, quite a few of these British/CW small arms manauls aren't from WW II per se, but what's here verges on incredible, with dozens and dozens of manuals, pamphlets and other docs pertinent to shooting instruction, including the Vickers MMG and the PIAT. The above info treasure horde is feely downloadable.https://vickersmg.blog/manual/small-arms-training-manuals/ We're supposed to get LVTs in CMBN Vehicle Pack 2, so here is the Army's FM 17-34 AMPHIBIOUS TANK AND TRACTOR BATTALIONS. Published in 1950, it incorporates everything learned the hard way and has a such a high level of detail you could plan an amphibious assault using it.https://archive.org/details/FM17-341950/mode/2up Regards, John Kettler Edited February 10, 2020 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 The small arms manuals include the Boys ATR, the 2-Inch Mortar and the Three-Inch Mortar. Everyone in the 3-Inch Mortar Section has a rifle and 50 rounds. It's led by a serbeant and also has a corporal, with the remained being privates. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila-SmartWargames Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) Multi-national collection of manuals: http://lexpev.nl/manuals/index.html Edited February 18, 2020 by Aquila-SmartWargames 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) Here's a set I found which covers well before and after WW II but has all sorts of goodies, such as the manual for the famous Russian Maxim.It's so detailed you could probably build one using it, but it's about the gun, not how to use it in combat. Was hoping for a crew breakdown. It's in Russian, and there are other languages, too, including Chinese for weapons from there. https://www.forgottenweapons.com/lorem-ipsum/original-manuals/ Regards, John Kettler Edited March 11, 2020 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 To make sure this LVT trove doesn't get lost, here's the link for the OP, which lists both an amtrac FB group and has the Full-on Army LVT Battalion Manual for the armored and unarmored versions (referred to as Amphibious Tractors and Amphibious Tanks). Aquila-SmartWargames, Had seen that one before but couldn't remember it. Great resource! RockinHarry, You're welcome. A most enlightening list, ref the Sicherungs Brigade armaments. Especially like the MG 08 was, I believe, the backbone of German WW I MG defenses. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Though not a manual per se, this is a site devoted to markings for British tanks of World War II. All the images expand. This treasure was created by one of my CoC colleagues.https://tank-markings.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR0nMjZLUYC7GWynfseaG_hpjN170FKfFZoPyEqHioHrVI454JhmMhU56EQ Also of real interest is this research site on German AFVs, unit organization and certain weapons. Has quite a few free manuals (need the StuH/42 manual?) in PDF and offers other information for a few bucks per document. www.sturmpanzer.com Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 British ordnance manuals covering far more than WW II. Some pre-date 1900, but others go at least into 1970. Even better, some analyze foreign weapon performance. German grenades, anyone?http://www.bulletpicker.com/british.html Regards, John Kettler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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