British Spitfire

The British Spitfire was the primary fighter of the RAF during world war two. It was used extensively during the battle of Britain. The spitfire was technically out matched by the superior German Me 109. My guess as to why the spitfire was so effective against the Me 109s was partly do to the use of radar, and that the spitfires could stay in the air much longer that their German counterparts. The Spitfire would remain in service thought the war although some of its operations were given to the new P-51 mustang.

After watching the video in class I was trying to find pictures from the blitz when i found this picture. This is a picture of St. Paul's cathedral from 1940 during the Nazi blitz.  The incendiary bombs were most likely dropped by Junkers Ju 88 bomber, I can't tell for sure if this is the bomber that did most of the damage but i can guess due to its roles as a night fighter/tactical bomber.

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STG-44

The STG-44 (right) was a German assault rifle made in 1944.  It was in service until the end of world war two by the Nazis in 1945. The STG-44 is one of the first massed produced assault rifles of its time. It fired a 7.92 mm round, this round is bigger than the Ak47's 7.62mm and the M16's 5.56mm. The STG-44 wieghed in at 11.5 pounds slightly heavier than the 11.6 pound U.S. M1 grand.

Great grandfather to the .50 cal sniper rifle?

The Boys anti-tank rifle Mk I was made by the British in world war two. The round that is fired was 13.9x99mm, to give you an idea of how big that is the modern day .50 cal bullet is 12.7x99mm. This rifle fired a larger round than its modern day counterpart. The Mk-1 was in service from 1937 - 1943. It was used by almost every country in world war two. It weighed in at around 35 pounds and was 5 feet 2 inches long.

PPSh-41

The PPSh-41 is a Russian sub machine gun created in 1941. The PPSh-41 was massed produced though out world war two. It was used for the most part by the Soviet union, but the PPSh-41 was captured and used by the Nazis, the Chinese, Vietnam,  North Korea, and Hungry.  There is a high chance that the PPSh-41 could still be in active service in Korea or China along with the AK-47.

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

The M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle more commonly known as the "BAR". The bar was in active service from 1918 to the 1960's.  The BAR was an iconic gun in world war two, in almost every movie that have been made there has been at least one BAR in the movie.

ME 262

The ME 262 was the first operational jet fighter. It was introduced to the German air force or "luftwaffe" in april of 1944.  It served until the early 50's when it was being used by the Czecho airforce.

ww1 tracer round

The tracer round was developed in World War 1 in order to improve accuracy. The tracer round is usually every fifth round fired from a machine gun. The need for a tracer was realized when the gunners had no way of telling where their rounds where going. Before smokeless powder was invented a gunner need only look at the smoke trail left by each bullet, but in world war one with the widespread use of smokeless powder this was impossible. The tracer round is a basic round with a chemical attachment to the bottom of the round making it appear as if it is glowing while traveling to its target.

MARK V TANK

The Mark V tank was designed in 1917 and saw service in World War 1. Roughly 400 of these primitive tanks where built between 1917 and June of 1918. These tanks had two different versions the Male and the Female versions. The Male had two six pound canons with 200 rounds. The six pound guns where shortend artillary pieces attached to the tank for added firepower. The Female version had four .303 vickers machine guns mounted on it. The Mark V had a speed of 5 mph, about average walking speed.  The crew was about 8 including the commander, the driver, two gearsmen, and four gunners. The armor was about 14mm at its maximum.