Prototype weapons showcase
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Prototype weapons showcase
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Prototype weapons showcase
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TESTING TORPEDOES of the type carried
by aircraft is simplified by a launching de-
vice used at the Naval Torpedo Station at
Keyport, Wash. Constructed from salvaged
metal by mechanics at the Keyport station,
the device simulates the action of a low-
flying torpedo plane in dropping its “tin |
fish” in the water near an enemy warship.
From a boxlike platform suspended above
the water, an observer watches the per- |
formance of the torpedo as it plows its way |
toward its target.
CONCRETE “SUBMARINES
eel-like craft that will operate
almost completely submerged as
carriers of troops and cargo |
through waters infested by real |
underwater raiders, are envi-
sioned by Hal B. Hayes and Hal
Williams, both of Hollywood,
Calif. At the left, Hayes is seen |
inside a 124-foot model, which is |
shown below under test on San
Francisco Bay. If trials are suc- |
cessful, plans call for construc-
tion of full-size, 10,000-ton ves-
sels of this novel type. The pho- |
tograph shows the two V-8 mo-
tors that drive the model. ]
“LONG TOM" AT THE FRONT. U.S.
troops in action have had welcome support
from the huge shells hurled by our 155-mm.
long rifle. Here one of the American-de-
signed big guns is creeping across a bad
spot in a bomb-battered Sicilian mountain
road, under the watchful eyes of engineer
troops who have just cleared a path for it.
WOODEN BELLY TANKS are
used by the Japanese to give ex-
tra fuel-carrying capacity to
their planes. The two flimsy
specimens shown at the left were
found near the Munda airfield
when that important New Geor-
gia base was captured by the
American forces. Apparently,
the containers are made of mold-
ed plywood with some sort of
gasolineproof lining—a poor job
when compared with American
aircraft fuel tanks designed for
similar uses.
JEEP ON RAILS. Still another job for the
Army's versatile quarter-ton is indicated
by the picture below, which shows officers |
trying it out in the new role of switch en- |
gine somewhere in Australia. Fitted with
flanged steel wheels, the jeep proves that it
can move a long string of loaded freight
cars. A dump trailer doubles as tender.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1943-11
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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70-71
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Public Domain (Google Digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, vol. 143, n. 5, 1943
