Tag: rocket
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Katyusha M13 – Part Three – Whooshin’ Rooshians
The wartime accounts of the use of rocket trucks by the Soviets are quite spectacular. Stories of mass attacks that caused whole vilages to disappear are rife. These rocket artillery pieces may have been restricted to 5-8 miles range but the effect of 16 of the rockets falling simultaneously – even if the target circle…
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The Royal Ruritanian Army Air Force – Part Five – Strategic Supply
Every airforce needs certain givens; air space, landing fields, aircraft, fuel and armament, and personnel. An enemy to fight is also useful for purposes of publicity. The RRAAF was no exception to this. They had potential enemies enough, airspace limited only by mountains and fogbanks, and enough flat ground near to the town to allow…