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The Czech MG37 is not the same as the BREN LMG which was developed from the Czech ZB26/30 LMGs. The MG37 was the basis for the British BESA MG used in British AFVs in WW II. Both the MG37 and the BESA were chambered for the 7.92mm x 57 Mauser cartridge which was the standard service round for the Cz...

I believe the M60 is gas operated while the MG42 is recoil operated. Not a direct descendent. I believe I read that either the M60 bolt locking mechanism or the belt feed is based on the MG42. US tried to copy/reverse engineer the MG42 during WW II, but forgot that the US .30/06 cartridge was longer...

Might be some info in British Official History "History of the Second World War, The Mediterranean and Middle East, Vol II" by I.S.O. Playfair. That should be the relavant volume on the camapaign in East Africa.

Jack Nisley

Ken,

Thanks!

Jack Nisley

So many books, so little money!

Ken, how did we do on compiling our list?

Jack Nisley

Try http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/chronik.htm, look at 1.9.39 entry. This is an on-line version of Jurgen Rowher's Chronology of the War at Sea in its original language, German. With a little effort and application of logic, you will be able to figure it out. US Naval Institute published the ...

Update to my list of USN Admirals: VADM Willis A. Lee, heart attack, 25 Aug 1945 RADM Charles P. Cecil, plane crash in Ellice Islands, 31 July 1944 Royal Navy Admirals KIA: RADM Blagrove, Commander 2nd Battle Squadron, on HMS ROYAL OAK in Scapa Flow, 14 Oct 1939 VADM L.E. Holland, Commander BattleCr...

The ADC of 82nd ABN Div was BG Charles Keerans, MIA 11 July 1943.
BG James E. Wharton, CG 28th ID, KIA 12 Aug 1944, the day he took command of 28th Div.

Jack Nisley

MG Edwin Patrick, CG 6 ID, KIA 14 March 1945 on Luzon BG Donald Pratt, ADC 101 ABN, KIA glider crash during D-Day assault, 6 Jun 1944 The ADC of 82 ABN went MIA when his glider was lost during the invasion of Sicily but I can't remember his name. Lesson learned: If you're an ABN Div ADC, don't ride ...

Don't think there was any specific agreement. Cash and Carry deal, just like UK buying arms from the USA until they ran out of money and Roosevelt started Lend Lease.

Jack Nisley

MNG, Go to http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/update.htm, go down righthand column to Flottenuberblick Mittelmeer. Not all the stuff is on line yet and need I mention, it's in German, but you can glean a lot from this site. Its the updated version of Jurgen Rohwer's Chronology of the War at Sea wi...

UJ2214 (ex-Clairvoyant) redesignated UJ6075, sunk by HMS Untiring, 27.4.44. As the UJ numbers were assigned to the flotillas, not the specific ships, UJ2214 (ex-Vivigel) may have been sunk or reassigned and replaced by ex Clairvoyant. Article in Warship magazine about Italian corvettes stated Cormor...

Lupo, are you still researching this? I think I know your problem. Rohwer in Chronicle of the War at Sea says TA11 and UJ2203, UJ2205, UJ2214, and UJ2219 sunk by Torpedoboat Aliseo and corvette Cormorano at Bastia 10.9.43. All other references I 've seen say TA11 sunk at Piombino. Have you been able...

STEFAN RADM KIDD, 7.12.41, PEARL HARBOR ABOARD USS ARIZONA RADM SCOTT, 13.11.42, GUADACANAL ABOARD USS ATLANTA RADM CALLAGHAN, 13.11.42, GUADACANAL ABOARD USS SAN FRANCISCO RADM MULLINNIX, 24.11.43, MAKIN ABOARD USS LISCOME BAY RADM CHANDLER, 7.1.45, LINGAYEN GULF DIED OF WOUNDS ABOARD USS LOUISVILL...