Introduction
As a recently retired school administrator, former American history teacher and college instructor in English composition, and as one recently relocated in a retirement community, I quickly came face to face with many veterans of the American armed services. One of those veterans, John Wedel, was introduced to me on a tennis court near my new home. After our first tennis match, I learned that John had served as a marine in the Korean War and had strong ..read more
Originally written By Phillip Ewing and Michael Hoffman – Marine Corps Times / 2007
When the Marines took Iwo Jima in 1945, they used more than bullets and resolve to clear the enemy from his warrens of caves and defensive positions – they also used flame tanks, horrific but effective weapons born of ingenuity and grim necessity.
“To the Marines on the ground, the Sherman M4A3 medium tank, equipped with the Navy Mark I flamethrower, seemed to be the most ..read more
Video Excerpts from the Military Channels Top Ten Tanks:
#10: M4 Sherman
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HEAT -- High Explosive Anti-Tank round. Used for lighter armored targets. A shaped inverted explosive charge with a copper lining that once detonated forces a molten copper jet into the tank at up to 25 times the speed of sound, liquifying the armor and penetrating the crew compartment. Despite producing only a small hole in the armor, the fire and copper can have devastating consequences inside the vehicle.
APFSDS (Armoured Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot). Used for Tank targets, this is ..read more
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