The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 86, Issue 2National Geographic Society, 1944 - Geography |
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Page 517
... weapons and rifle companies . They all suffer rela- tively heavy casualties , but the heavy - weapons and rifle companies are the units which suffer by far the heaviest casualties of war . The most powerful fighting units of the ...
... weapons and rifle companies . They all suffer rela- tively heavy casualties , but the heavy - weapons and rifle companies are the units which suffer by far the heaviest casualties of war . The most powerful fighting units of the ...
Page 522
... weapons of the infantry cannon com- pany have been both 75 - mm . guns and 105- mm . guns , but the principal weapon is now the truck - drawn 105 - mm . howitzer , M3 . These howitzers may be considered as forward artillery and are used ...
... weapons of the infantry cannon com- pany have been both 75 - mm . guns and 105- mm . guns , but the principal weapon is now the truck - drawn 105 - mm . howitzer , M3 . These howitzers may be considered as forward artillery and are used ...
Page 524
... weapons in all , but the end is not yet . The doughboy must know how to detect mines and render them harm- less . He must be able to handle captured weapons , such as the German machine pistol , or " diarrhea gun , " as the men call it ...
... weapons in all , but the end is not yet . The doughboy must know how to detect mines and render them harm- less . He must be able to handle captured weapons , such as the German machine pistol , or " diarrhea gun , " as the men call it ...
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