War Ideas
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War Ideas
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War Ideas
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CAPSULE SUBMARINES are not exclusive-
ly a Japanese idea. In 1940, John A. Han-
ley, of Noroton, Conn, received a U. S.
patent on the design of a six-ton undersea
craft, which would be operated by two or
three men and would carry two full-sized
torpedoes. Powered only by batteries, the
pocket sub would have limited range, being
carried close to the scene of action by a
larger vessel, to which it would return after
performing its mission.
POWER TURRETS like those of big bombers,
mounted on half-track trucks and equipped with
automatic lead-computing tights Pst Nov.
‘43, p. 112), are proposed for the defense of
ground forces against low-flying planes. Below
are’ shown ‘six ways in which the suggested self:
propelled AA weapons might be used: |. Putting
up he of fire over advancing infantry.
2. Knocking down gansn-cairying planes snd dive
bombers attacking medium tanks. 3. Grouped
around railheads and bridges to prevent dive-
bombing and strafing. 4. Traveling in convoy
with trucks to destroy attacking enemy aircraft.
5. Defending tank-destroyer units against dive
bombers os cannon planes. 6. Giving AA pro-
tection to armored field-artillery units. The tur-
rets would be armed with 50 caliber aircraft
machine guns mounted as they are in a plane
PARATROOPERS may find it easier
to hit their ground targets through
use of a device invented by G. G. Coleman,
of Greenville, Miss. It is a wide, scooplike
tail attached to the chute’s edge, which the
chutist can manipulate by shroud lines to
guide his descent. Coleman’s parachute also
is strengthened by bias-cut silk panels.
FIRE aboard Navy PT boats is being fought
by a system developed by Walter Kidde &
Co., of New York. It includes shatterproof
cylinders of liquid carbon-dioxide gas piped
to nozzles above the engines, where most
fires start. Remote-control valves are op-
erated from the helm, with an auxiliary re-
lease outside the engine compartment.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1943-12
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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98-99
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, vol. 143, n. 6, 1943
