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WEAPONS OF WAR. ADVANCES IN FIRE POWER WORLD WAR 2 SAW THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN HUMAN HISTORY BIGGER BETTER FASTER MORE DEADLY WEAPONS FROM PROP TO.

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Presentation on theme: "WEAPONS OF WAR. ADVANCES IN FIRE POWER WORLD WAR 2 SAW THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN HUMAN HISTORY BIGGER BETTER FASTER MORE DEADLY WEAPONS FROM PROP TO."— Presentation transcript:

1 WEAPONS OF WAR

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3 ADVANCES IN FIRE POWER WORLD WAR 2 SAW THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN HUMAN HISTORY BIGGER BETTER FASTER MORE DEADLY WEAPONS FROM PROP TO JET FROM SINGLE SHOT TO RAPID FIRE FROM BOMB TO NAPALM TO A- BOMB

4 TANKS THE ARMOURED BEASTS OF WAR

5 T-34 medium tank –Perhaps the best overall tank in all of the War –Most advanced tank design in the world –6 main variants –Often captured and used by Germans –85mm guns

6 RUSSIAN T-34

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8 T-34

9 RUSSIAN KV-85

10 RUSSIAN SU 76

11 Panzer I -A very small light tank (6 tons) out of service by 41’ Panzer II-Light Tank (10Tons) –Fast recon tank, amphibious with propeller –Flammpanzer-flame thrower tank

12 Panzer III-Medium tank (22 Tons) –Main tank 40-42 –37 mm gun –T-34 made it worthless (50 mm) –15,000 produced Panzer IV- Medium Tank (25 Tons) –Short 75mm Gun, 2 machine guns –9,000 produced –Hitler’s decision not o produce more

13 Tiger -Most famous and most formidable of the war—Heavy tank (55 tons) –88 mm guns-anti-tank and anti-aircraft –Originally the Panzer VI –Slower than early Panzers –Very Short range due to fuel consumption –UNMATCHED FIRE POWER Panther - (Panzer 5) a heavy tank (45 Tons) –Designed to counter the T-34 –75mm gun and 2 machine guns –4,800 produced Rushed to war untested –Considered best of the German Tanks –First battle was Kursk

14 KING TIGER HEAVY TANK WITH A 88 MM GUN, BUT WITH ARMOUR PIERCING ABILITY COMPLETED IN 1943 485 PRODUCED, USED IN RUSSIA AND FRANCE IN 1944 WEIGHED 69 TONS, VERY SLOW

15 PANZER I

16 PANZER II

17 PANZER III

18 PANZER IV

19 PANTHER

20 TIGER

21 KING TIGER

22 Cruiser Mk IV Crusader II Medium Tank Mark VII Churchill CRUISER COMET=BEST OVERALL OF BRITISH TANKS

23 CHURCHILL TANK

24 VALENTINE

25 CROMWELL

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27 CRUISER COMET

28 M4 SHERMAN TANK (32 tons) –M4 Sherman tank was a winner by numbers, not by quality –30,000 M4 Sherman's versus 600 Tigers and King Tigers and 1500 Panthers –75mm or 76mm guns –Many variants of the Sherman for every possible role

29 AMERICAN SHERMAN

30 T-28 No conventional turret, giving it a comparatively low profile Top speed of about 8 mph 105 mm gun 2 were ordered and none saw combat

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32 Type 89 Otsu

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36 ARTILLERY & ANTI- PERSONNEL

37 INFAMOUS 88’S

38 GERMAN BIG GUNS “ANZIO ANNIES”

39 GERMAN INFANTRY WEAPONS LUGER WALTHER P38

40 Mauser MG34/41 'Spandau’ MP44 'Sturmgewehr'

41 MP 40 Schmeisser

42 Kar 98k Gewehr 43

43 MP43 FG42

44 MG 42 'Burp Gun'

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46 “STOVEPIPE” Panzerschreck

47 ANTI-AIRCRAFT 38

48 British Infantry Weapons Thompson

49 Enfield Number 2, Mark I

50 Short Magazine Lee Enfield The Bren Gun

51 The Vickers

52 AMERICAN INFANTRY WEAPONS COLT 45

53 M3 “GREASEGUN”

54 M1A1 -Thompson

55 M1903A4 sniper rifle M1 Rifle (Garand)

56 BAR BLMG

57 81 MM MORTAR BAZOOKA

58 Browning M2HB

59 M1-M2 FLAMETHROWER

60 SOVIET UNION INFANTRY WEAPONS Nagant revolver PPSh-41

61 Mosin-Nagant Model SVT 40

62 DP SG43

63 ANTI-TANK GUNS

64 ROKS-2 FLAMETHROWER

65 JAPANESE INFANTRY WEAPONS T-38 NAMBU PISTOL

66 T-100 WOODPECKER-T-92 T-98

67 VARIOUS ARTILLERY & ARMOURED VEHICLES OF THE INFANTRY

68 The 25 Pounder Gun (Howitzer)

69 DUKW D= 1942 U = Amphibious K = Front Wheel Drive W = Rear Wheel Drive

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72 LVT 1 THE ALLIGATOR LVT 4

73 BREN GUN CARRIER

74 “JEB”

75 WEAPONS OF THE WATER

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79 MINE PLANTER

80 USS SARATOGA

81 USS ENTERPRISE

82 USS HORNET

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88 BRITISH SUBMARINE

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91 USS PENNSYLVANIA

92 USS MISSOURI

93 BRITISH BATTLESHIP KING GEORGE V

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95 USS INDIANAPOLIS

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97 AIR POWER OF WORLD WAR 2

98 GRUMMAN HELLCAT CARRIER BASED Night-Fighter

99 Vought F4U Corsair Carrier Based Pacific fighter Corsairs downed 2,140 enemy planes while only 189 Corsairs were lost – a ratio unmatched in the history of air warfare.

100 Lockheed P-38 Lightning high-altitude "pursuit aircraft" More concentrated firepower than other US fighters

101 P-38 LIGHTNING Pacific (twin engine fighter)

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103 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Workhorse of the Allied aerial arsenal right through 1944

104 P-40 Warhawk Plane used by Flying Tigers

105 P-40 Tomahawk

106 Made up ½ of the Air power US had in 1941

107 P-47 Thunderbolt “The Jug” 2,000 horsepower engine Each wing rested four 50 caliber machine guns

108 Tank buster Heavy Fire Power

109 P-51 Mustang Max speed:437 mph (

110 "The day I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up." Hermann Goering

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112 P-51 MUSTANG Europe—Dominant propeller air craft

113 440 MPH, six 50 caliber machine guns

114 Grumman F4F Wildcat 320 MPH, six 50 caliber machine guns Pacific Fighter hard to handle

115 Vought F4U Corsair

116 Became a Marine Plane Pappy Boyington & the Black Sheep Squadron

117 BREWSTER BUFFALO MIDWAY

118 A heavy bomber is a bomber aircraft of the largest size, and typically longest ranges. The term was used primarily prior to and during World War II, when engine power was so scarce that designs had to be carefully tailored to their missions. The heavy bomber was generally considered to be any design that delivered 8,000 lb (4 t) of bombs or more on distant targets, with medium bombers having loads of 4,000 to 8,000 lb (2 to 4 t), and light bombers 2,000 to 4,000 lb (1 to 2 t). These distinctions were already disappearing by the middle of WWII, when the average fighter aircraft could now carry a 2,000 lb (1 t) load and the "light" designs had now largely taken over the missions formerly filled by mediums.

119 MESSERSCHMITT BF 110

120 FOCKE-WULF FW 190

121 87 STUKA

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123 ME 262 A (very limited use)

124 MESSERSCHMITT BF 109

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126 BRITISH SPITFIRE Battle of Britain

127 HAWKER HURRICANE

128 B-24 LIBERATOR

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131 JAPANESE ZERO

132 FG-1D COSAIR

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134 F4F WILDCAT (Marine Plane)

135 Top speed 295 MPH, 17,600 lb. bomb load, twelve.50 caliber machine guns B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

136 MEMPHIS BELLE

137 B 29 SUPER FLYING FORTRESS

138 The most expensive military project of World War Two

139 P-61 BLACK WIDOW 1 ST WITH RADAR-PACIFIC AND EUROPE

140 B-25 MITCHELL

141 F6F HELLCAT ¾ of air kills in the Pacific Theatre

142 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver responsible for the destruction of more Japanese targets than any other aircraft

143 Heinkel He 111

144 DORNIER 217

145 TBF/TBM Avenger

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