At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Well, we aren't even talking about the *big* stuff yet, Zilch. This puppy has a kick!

I repeat myself - never, ever get in a firefight...

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Well, we aren't even talking about the *big* stuff yet, Zilch. This puppy has a kick!

I repeat myself - never, ever get in a firefight...

Then don't get her mad:

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

A nice looking toy, a PAK 75mm if I am not mistaken.

Aye. PaK40, HV 75mm. One of the only genuine live-firing guns of that ilk left. Got to fire it (twice!) a couple years back. I'm the sucker firing it (and nearly getting concussed) right behind the crew shield.

ETA: That kinetic penetrator makes a mess out of a minivan engine compartment, I'll tell you what. [:D]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Well, we aren't even talking about the *big* stuff yet, Zilch. This puppy has a kick!

I repeat myself - never, ever get in a firefight...

Then don't get her mad:

With that outfit it is hard to carr canceled.

[Voltreffer]

What in the world is happening with that mag? Looks like a golden 30 rnd mag strapped perpendicularly to a 15? rnd mag (looks a little too big to be a 10 rnd). [&:]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Voltreffer

What in the world is happening with that mag? Looks like a golden 30 rnd mag strapped perpendicularly to a 15? rnd mag (looks a little too big to be a 10 rnd). [&:]

Looks like a magazine cover with a connection to a pistol grip connector. Pull off the black magazine cover, remove the magazine from the black magazine cover and you're ready to go. A way to carry an unloaded weapon and functional magazine (20 round) on the weapon.

[BBfanboy]

Wonder where she straps the bayonet ...[X(]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Wonder where she straps the bayonet ...[X(]

Maybe up her thigh? [:'(]

[MakeeLearn]

What rifle?

Took me 20 minutes to see the rifle, 1 sec to figure what it is.
Allows a unloaded weapon, yet mag can be loaded in a flash.

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Wonder where she straps the bayonet ...[X(]

In eam vaginam.

Latin 101

Latin - Vagina

English - "sheath" or "scabbard"

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

What rifle?

Took me 20 minutes to see the rifle, 1 sec to figure what it is.
Allows a unloaded weapon, yet mag can be loaded in a flash.

[:D][:D][:D]

Dang, missed it.

[Cap Mandrake]

Romani ite domum

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Romani ite domum

eh? Is that for me?

I am not Romani.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Romani ite domum

eh? Is that for me?

I am not Romani.

Et tu can say that again.

[T Rav]

OK, now three things:

1. Cap, sorry to continue the hijack, but it does show that I read your AAR everyday.
2. Concur with all things said by Ranger and CB about the M2, MG42 and M60.
3. Lastly, I truly laughed when I read Zorch's response about a firefight!

T Rav

[RangerJoe]

Think of the effect of all of these posts on your enemy, wondering what you are up to!

BTW, I never fired the PAK 40 but I did get to fire a few rounds from a M2 and a M60. Besides BB guns!

[Cap Mandrake]

*********January 20, 1943(e)************

New Guinea and the Sundas of all sizes: Sorong gets the treatment.

Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 45

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
45 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 22810 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M3a Zero x 26

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 21000 feet

[Cap Mandrake]

Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M3a Zero x 45
G3M3 Nell x 37
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

[Cap Mandrake]

Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M3a Zero x 14
G3M3 Nell x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

[Cap Mandrake]

Not sure what happened here. Ambon is too far away for Kates and s is Ternate. Must be a carrier attack but with land based Zekes joining in.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Taberfane at 82,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
A6M3a Zero x 21
B5N2 Kate x 8

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 39
SOC-1 Seagull x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed