Author: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ammunition
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Handbook of Japanese Explosive Ordnance
Author: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ammunition
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ammunition
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Japanese Explosive Ordnance
Author: Department of the Army Technical Manual Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962320866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962320866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Interrogations of Japanese Officials
Author: United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Japanese Explosive Ordnance 1
Author: Navy Department
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781478142805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Merriam Press Military Reprint 4. Second Reprint Edition (June 2012). OP 1667 describes and illustrates Japanese explosive ordnance. It covers bombs, bomb fuzes, land mines, grenades, firing devices, and sabotage devices. This work was intended to provide general descriptions of these fields of ordnance for instructional and informational purposes. It superseded the publications on Japanese explosive ordnance issued by the U.S. Navy Bomb Disposal School. Every item in this volume is fully described in complete detail, including specifications, description, construction of body and tail, operation, employment, and remarks. Each item is illustrated with one or more highly detailed B&W tone drawings of the exterior and/or cutaways or sectional views of the interior. First published 14 June 1946 by the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Dept., Washington, D.C. Contents: Army Bombs; Navy Bombs [including the "Baka" Piloted Rocket Bomb]; Army Bomb Fuzes; Navy Bomb Fuzes; Gaines and Magazines; Land Mines; Grenades; Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices; 459 drawings and illustrations.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781478142805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Merriam Press Military Reprint 4. Second Reprint Edition (June 2012). OP 1667 describes and illustrates Japanese explosive ordnance. It covers bombs, bomb fuzes, land mines, grenades, firing devices, and sabotage devices. This work was intended to provide general descriptions of these fields of ordnance for instructional and informational purposes. It superseded the publications on Japanese explosive ordnance issued by the U.S. Navy Bomb Disposal School. Every item in this volume is fully described in complete detail, including specifications, description, construction of body and tail, operation, employment, and remarks. Each item is illustrated with one or more highly detailed B&W tone drawings of the exterior and/or cutaways or sectional views of the interior. First published 14 June 1946 by the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Dept., Washington, D.C. Contents: Army Bombs; Navy Bombs [including the "Baka" Piloted Rocket Bomb]; Army Bomb Fuzes; Navy Bomb Fuzes; Gaines and Magazines; Land Mines; Grenades; Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices; 459 drawings and illustrations.
Japan's Struggle to End the War
Author: United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Handbook of Japanese Explosive Ordnance
Author: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ammunition
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ammunition
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Kamikaze
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780960816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by US naval and air forces. In desperation, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using “special attack” formations, or suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships. Called “Divine Wind” (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. In view of the success of these attacks, the Japanese armed forces began to develop an entire range of new special attack weapons. This book will begin by examining the initial kamikaze aircraft attacks, but the focus of the book will be on the dedicated special attack weapons developed in 1944. It also covers specialized suicide attack weapons such as anti-tank lunge mines.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780960816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by US naval and air forces. In desperation, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using “special attack” formations, or suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships. Called “Divine Wind” (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. In view of the success of these attacks, the Japanese armed forces began to develop an entire range of new special attack weapons. This book will begin by examining the initial kamikaze aircraft attacks, but the focus of the book will be on the dedicated special attack weapons developed in 1944. It also covers specialized suicide attack weapons such as anti-tank lunge mines.
Surface Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explosive ordnance disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explosive ordnance disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Japanese Naval Shipbuilding
Author: United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bombardment
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bombardment
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Operation Storm
Author: John Geoghegan
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0770435734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0770435734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.