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Combat Bulletin 56 - Leaflets dropped on German forces. Bazooka that has recoilless properties is shown. Hamburg is liberated. Tarakan Borneo assault. Baguio is captured. Japanese suicide plane, the Baka is captured on Okinawa.

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This 1959 black-and-white U.S. Army military training film (T.F.17 2778) presents road test procedures for tactical tracked vehicles, which rapidly approach the camera. A tank crosses an open ditch and drives up an embankment. M-59 personnel carriers cross a river (:20-1:15). Soldiers dash into the back of a vehicle. A truck and a tank are broken down due to poor inspections (1:16-2:08). A transmission steering linkage is inspected in an assembly line. Students are taught to make inspections and repairs. Second echelon maintenance is performed on an M-48 tank (9B0695) using a road test (2:09-3:44). Before Operation Inspection. Outside, the mechanic checks under the tank for leaks. The fuel, main engine oil, auxiliary engine oil, and transmission levels are checked. The mechanic checks for defective parts and the gun travel lock for security. The loaders’ escape hatch cover and commander’s cupola door are checked. Hand tools are checked, as per the service manual (3:45-6:28). Inside, the mechanic inspects the fixed fire extinguisher system and mounting brackets. The cylinder pull handles are inspected. The service brake system and parking brakes are checked (6:29-8:06). The turret lights, ventilator blower switch, and airstream are checked. The portable fire extinguisher’s seal is checked. The master relay switch and dome lights are checked. The horn, all outside lights, and the blackout lights are checked. Drive vents are checked. The transmission and steering linkage are checked. The steering linkage is repaired (8:07-12:54). The suspension system is checked. Both engines are started and the steps showed to do so. The power plant, pressure gauge, magneto switch, and RPM gauge are shown (12:55-17:37). The tank rolls forward to test the suspension system. Treads and tires are inspected. Mountings and springs are checked. Towing hooks are checked (17:38-20:31). The tank is moved forward to check another area of the tracks. A loose bolt is marked with chalk and tightened. The torsion bars are checked (20:32-21:58). The Road Test. The driver and mechanic wear headsets to communicate as the tank is driven. The brakes are checked for a fast stop. The tank is tested at full throttle. The RPM gauge is shown. The steering mechanism is shown by making quick turns. The parking break is tested on a steep incline (21:59-24:07). The oil pressure gauges and generators are checked on the power plant. The tank is tested moving forward and backwards. The tank returns to the maintenance area (24:08-25:08). After Road Test Inspection. The engine and oil levels are inspected. The tank is inspected for leaks. The suspension system is checked. The track and tension are inspected (25:09-28:00). The mechanically sound tank is guided out of the maintenance bay. The tank is taken on another road test (28:01-28:46).

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This film is about American tank production and shows work at the Detroit Tank Arsenal in the 1941-1942 era. A shorter version of this film was released narrated by Orsen Welles.The film details the manufacture and use of M-3 medium tanks. Tanks are assembled and treads, motors, guns, and turrets are put in place at a factory. Shows stock of many parts required. At the end of the film, tanks stage an attack at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Detroit Arsenal (DTA), formerly Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (DATP) was the first manufacturing plant ever built for the mass production of tanks in the United States. Established in 1940 under Chrysler, this plant was owned and managed by the U.S. government until 1952 when management of the facility was turned over to the Chrysler Corporation. This plant was owned by the U.S. government until 1996 . It was designed by architect Albert Kahn. The building was designed originally as a "dual production facility, so that it could make armaments and be turned into peaceful production at war's end. Notwithstanding its name, the 113-acre (0.46 km2) site was located in Warren, Michigan, Detroit's largest suburb.

Chrysler's construction effort at the plant in 1941 was one of the fastest on record. The first tanks rumbled out of the plant before its complete construction.During World War II, the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant built a quarter of the 89,568 tanks produced in the U.S. overall. The Korean War boosted production for the first time since World War II had ended; the government would suspend tank production after each war. In May 1952, Chrysler resumed control from the army, which had been unable to ramp up production.

The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. In Britain, the tank was called by two names based on the turret configuration and crew size. Tanks employing US pattern turrets were called the "Lee", named after Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Variants using British pattern turrets were known as "Grant", named after Union general Ulysses S. Grant.

Design commenced in July 1940, and the first M3s were operational in late 1941.[2] The U.S. Army needed a medium tank armed with a 75mm gun and, coupled with the United Kingdom's immediate demand for 3,650 medium tanks,[3] the Lee began production by late 1940. The design was a compromise meant to produce a tank as soon as possible. The M3 had considerable firepower and good armor, but had serious drawbacks in its general design and shape, including a high silhouette, an archaic sponson mounting of the main gun preventing the tank from taking a hull-down position, riveted construction, and poor off-road performance.

Its overall performance was not satisfactory and the tank was withdrawn from combat in most theaters as soon as the M4 Sherman tank became available in larger numbers. In spite of this, it was considered by Hans von Luck (an Oberst (Colonel) in the Wehrmacht Heer and the author of Panzer Commander) to be superior to the best German tank at the time of its introduction, the Panzer IV (at least until the F1 variant).

Despite being replaced elsewhere, the British continued to use M3s in combat against the Japanese in southeast Asia until 1945. Nearly a thousand M3s were supplied to the Soviet military under Lend-Lease between 1941–1943.

The M3 Lee was also the medium tank counterpart of the light tank M3 Stuart.

The M3 Stuart, officially Light Tank, M3, was an American light tank of World War II. It was supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end of the war.

The British service name "Stuart" came from the American Civil War Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart and was used for both the M3 and the derivative M5 Light Tank. In U.S. use, the tanks were officially known as "Light Tank M3" and "Light Tank M5".

Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat.

The Stuart was also the light tank counterpart of the M3 Lee, which was a medium tank.

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This 1947 U.S. Army training film deals with the staging of tank battalions and shows a re-enactment of the U.S. 50th Tank Battalion preparing for battle. The film was made just after World War II and features many battle scenes and explosions. Some real. Some staged. The job of the 50th is to knock out a German communications center.

At time code 3:27 we see a flash back of the general briefing session the day before the attack begins. Lots of Generals and Colonels talking to troops, writing on blackboards and looking at maps. At time code 13:02 prep begins with troops and commanders studying more maps and driving to commandeered farm houses being used as command posts. At time code 18:34 the soldiers are out in the field scouting the objective.
At time code 29:06 the attack begins at 0-6 00, followed by various battle scenes; tanks rolling and firing, explosions, ground fire and troops engaged in rifle combat. In the end, the objective is met. The communications outpost is captured by the Allies.

The 50th Armored Division was a division of the Army National Guard from July 1946 until 1993. On 13 October 1945 the War Department published a postwar policy statement for the entire Army, calling for a 27-division Army National Guard structure with 25 infantry divisions and 2 armored divisions to accommodate the desires of all the states. Once the process of negotiation was complete, among the new formations formed, for the first time in the National Guard, were armored divisions, the 49th and 50th. The 50th Armored Division replaced the 44th Infantry Division within the New Jersey Army National Guard. New Jersey, which had supported part of the 44th Division before the war, now supported the 50th Armored Division, which became nicknamed the "Jersey Blues." Therefore, most of its elements 'inherited' the history of the organic units of the old 44th, and elements of the new 44th perpetuated the history and traditions of former units in Illinois.

In a 1968 reorganization, the 48th and 49th Armored Divisions were disbanded but not the 50th, which from that point was joined by the 27th Armored Brigade from New York, the remnant of the 27th Armored Division. At this point, the division lost its 'Jersey Blues' nickname. Following efforts by Army Chief of Staff General Frederick C. Weyand to raise the readiness of the Army National Guard, the 50th Armored Division was reorganized as a bi-state division in New Jersey and Vermont. At the time, individual armor battalions in NJ and VT were issued 90-mm M48A1 and M48A3 medium tanks.

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This issue of "Fighting Men" entitled KEEP IT CLEAN warns WWII American soldiers that they must keep their rifle clean, or face the consequences. Made by a Hollywood studio, this is a very polished WWII training film. The premise being that it is told through letters written by soldiers who experienced issues due to their lack of care with their M-1s. The film starts with a re-enactment of a situation in combat where a soldier was unable to fire his weapon due to the mud he allowed into the mechanism, nearly costing him his life. At 2:30, men in basic training are seen being issued rifles and learning how to use them. At the replacement center seen at 2:56, a firing range is seen and instruction, including the famous blindfold training where troops are asked to put their weapon together and take it apart in total darkness. The film teaches more than just how to fall with a rifle, but how to lay it down correctly and keep it clean, because it can save your life.

A 5:37, another scenario is shown as an artillery crew scrambles to move their gun in combat, after being spotted by a German aircraft. A soldier who could not find his gas mask (he left it at the latrine) delays an entire unit and ends up falling into a puddle and getting his weapon dirty. Instead of cleaning his weapon he ignores the problem and ends up in a fix later, when his weapon won't work in combat.

At 9:56, a soldier caught in the rain with his rifle pours oil down the barrel and stops it up to "waterproof it". This backfires when an aircraft appears and he fires his rifle, causing it to explode and putting him into the hospital with a severe facial injury.

"Keep Your Rifle Clean".

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One of a series of newsreels directed at U.S. troops during the war, this Combat Bulletin consists of various segments. It begins with a reserve airbase on an island in Yugoslavia where damaged American aircraft are being repaired, and emergency landings are being made. Americans are shown meeting with Yugoslavian freedom fighters.

At 2:30, the film shifts to show some of the experimental activities of the USAAF including shatterproof oxygen tanks for aircraft. At 3:20, a U.S. version of the German V-1 buzz bomb is shown being tested at Wright Field in Ohio. This would be known as the Loon or Republic-Ford JB-2, also known as the KGW and LTV-N-2. At 3:50 a test launch on one of the Great Lakes is shown (could also be at Pt. Mugu in California).

At 4:30, work is seen on the Burma Road where it connects to the Ledo Road on January 20, 1945. A nine-foot python is seen at 5:56. Chinese engineers are seen building culverts at 5:45, and bridges are seen under construction.

At 6:52 the Ninth Army is seen in winter camouflage dress or "snow suits". At 8:11, a captured German artillery piece is used to blast German positions in Belgium. At 8:40, bazooka shells are used as improvised explosive devices, set off with flashlight batteries. At 9:13, an M-29 Weasel is shown laying communication lines. The M29 Weasel was a World War II tracked vehicle, built by Studebaker, designed for operation in snow

At 10:27, the M-24 Light Tank is shown operating in Germany. The Light Tank M24 is an American light tank used during the later part of World War II and in postwar conflicts including the Korean War and, with the French, in the War in Algeria and the First Indochina War. In British service it was given the service name Chaffee after the United States Army General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., who helped develop the use of tanks in the United States armed forces. While long removed from American and British service, it is still found in service as a light tank in third-world countries, along with other hardware from that era.

At 12:40, air strikes in Labuan, Borneo are seen by Allied aircraft. The targets are an oil refinery and storage tanks.

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This 1943 Royal Army film presents weapons including the Bren gun, anti-tank rifle, the anti-tank two pounder and the Thompson submachine gun and how to use them properly in various combat areas. It points to the need of knowing when to fire weapons for most effective use. The British military demonstrates scenes of combat against would be German forces during WW2. It opens with the Bren gun to be used in defense against enemy ground forces (:18). The lightly wooded countryside that the defense is to be responsible for follows (:26). The exposed section is shown with the Bren gun to the right of the trench (:54) and the corporal in the center with his range card (1:01). A sentry scouts for enemy movement (1:29). Enemy troops are spotted (1:45) and the men fire too early giving away their position (2:05). The enemy forces hit the British forces’ location (2:25). The proper procedure follows (2:40). The sentry spots movement (3:34) and informs the section leader. More German forces pile out (4:26). A German troop is sent forward to draw fire from the British (4:55). Once the troops are within range, the order to fire is given (6:07). The anti-tank rifle follows (7:18). It’s sights can be adjusted to 500 and 300 yards (7:22). For the demonstration a British light tank is used (7:30). The angle of impact for effective penetration is 30 degrees or less (7:35). An anti-tank rifleman sits with his Observer Protector Controller (8:59). As the blast of the gun can reveal positions to enemy forces, it is necessary to conceal it (9:15). The OPC spots enemy tanks (9:35). The men fire too early (10:05). One tank moves for the British forces as their position had been given away (10:29). The proper procedure follows with the same scenario (10:59). After the tanks are sighted, the men wait until they are within range (11:38) and make direct hits (12:09). The Tommy gun (12:29) is a short-range weapon most effective up to 50 yards (12:44). A Corporal walking through town (12:59) spots enemy forces (13:02). He signals to his men to take up firing positions (13:10). After they release fire too early, German forces scatter (13:18) and one takes out the Corporal (13:30). A similar situation plays out in a lightly wooded area (14:01). A soldier scouts for enemy troops (14:08) while maintaining cover. His patrol brings up the rear as he spots enemy scouts advancing upon them (14:42). They take cover (14:50). Once the German forces are within range, he orders his men to fire (15:42) and they then are able to advance (15:59). Improper and proper procedure of firing against aircraft follows (16:19). Rifles and light automatics can be used against bombers (16:24). Sights are to be set to 500 yards in order to hit planes (16:48). A platoon is seen marching (17:06) and a sentry signals to them as he spots an enemy plane (17:32). The planes are too high when the men take fire (17:51) and they give their position away (18:01). In another sector of the sky, an enemy plane crashes to the ground (18:17). The film turns to the riflemen who hit the bomber (18:32). The Corporal had waited until it was within range until ordering to fire (19:25). A transport column spots an enemy plane and again fires too soon giving away their position (20:29). Bombers arrive afterwards and hit the area (20:38). The same action conducted properly involves a Bren gun crew spotting the plane and allowing it to pass over without giving themselves away (21:17). Another bomber arrives (21:54) and here they wait until it is flying low enough (22:17). A diagram shows a German force’s position, a British covering fire position (22:54) and the assault team to which they were to provide cover for (23:07). In the first example, British forces continuously fire regardless of whether or not the assault team was covered (23:57) until they have drained their ammunition leaving the assault team without cover for the final stretch (24:47). The proper method includes the covering fire team holding fire while the assault team is well hidden (26:02). This ensures the assault team will have coverage for the final stretch (27:01). The anti-tank two pounder (27:41) should only be used when targets are within 400 to 600 yards (27:50). Several mistakes are made in the first example including the use of a single observer (28:08), wasting time as they decide who is to man the gun (28:45) and firing too early (29:04). The correct method includes concealment of the weapon (29:32), lookouts and crew (29:52). The observer spots the tanks (30:01) and the crew prepares itself for action (30:08). Once they are within range, tanks are easily picked off (30:43).

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“Explosives and Demolitions: Bangalore Torpedoes” is a War Department Official Training Film of the Army Service Forces from 1944. It is produced by the Army Pictorial Service in black and white. It is an instructional video on Bangalore torpedoes, which are primarily used to clear paths through wire obstacles and heavy undergrowth.

The film opens on a barbed wire fence, slowly panning towards soldiers crawling along the ground as they slide a Bangalore torpedo under the fence (0:42). A Bangalore torpedo is a thin metal tube packed with TNT (Trinitrotoluene), invented by the British at the Bangalore Cantonment in India. The soldier is seen lighting the fuse, then he runs for cover (1:19). The torpedo explodes in a wooded area, unleashing a small mushroom cloud of smoke.

Soldiers unpack a box containing torpedoes, removing one of them. A diagram describes the dimensions of the torpedo: 5 feet long, 2⅛ inches in diameter, weighs 14 pounds, with a waterproof case of 20 gauge sheet metal (1:38). It contains an explosive of 80/20 amatol with 4 inches of crystalline TNT at each end. The fragmentation of the metal case allows for the successful breaching of barbed wire.

Soldiers handle the torpedo, putting together sections attached by sleeves with spring clips, which prevent the sections from being pulled apart (2:04). They demonstrate trying to pull apart the torpedo. They place a nose sleeve on the end, preventing wires, brush, and other obstacles from catching on the front end (2:25). Viewers see the well at the end of a section, about three inches deep. Soldiers prepare an electric blasting cap and insert it in the well. The soldier secures it by creating a half hitch knot around the end of the section, fitting it securely. The soldier inserts a non-electric cap, time fuse, and fuse lighter, wedged into place with a small piece of wood (3:00). The soldier demonstrates threading the well (3:14).

Soldiers are seen on a field, carrying a torpedo in their sack (3:26). They set up primer cord on the field, in order to explode several torpedoes at once. They connect branch lines to the main primer cord line, place them in the wells of the torpedoes, knot the cord and wedge it with a piece of wood. They create an improvised torpedo, pouring explosives down a tube and packing it in. Viewers see a close-up of the soldiers packing the casing with broken TNT around the standard blocks (4:00). The primer is created with one block with three turns of primer cord. The soldiers use a wooden plug to keep it all in place, firmly packing it in (4:18). A soldier prepares detonating assemblies by crimping a non-electric cap to one end of the fuse (4:25). A soldier tapes about 18 inches of primer cord to the cap, carefully wrapping the tape to secure it in place (4:40). He inserts the other end of the fuse into the fuse lighter.

Three soldiers join sections using a wooden plug (5:20). After testing the stability of the sections, they walk off with the torpedo. A soldier snakes an improvised torpedo under barbed wire fence (5:46). They prepare to light the fuse, and one of the two quickly retreats. Viewers see a close-up of the second soldier tying a square knot to connect the primer cord lead to the detonator assembly (6:03). He pulls the lighter and quickly takes cover (6:08). Viewers see an explosion in a lightly wooded area.

Soldiers push a board with explosives latched to it under a barbed wire fence (6:26). A soldier prepares the fuse and runs for cover and another explosion is seen (6:46). Soldiers snake another torpedo under a fence (7:07). As one crawls away, the second looks at his watch, waiting for the last possible moment to fire. He lights the fuse and they both run for cover (7:28). The torpedo explodes leaving a cloud of black and gray smoke.

Soldiers charge forward, weapons in hand (7:45). The Bangalore torpedo leaves a 15 foot channel through any entanglement, and the ground is left uncratered. The soldiers are seen on a bridge, securing Bangalore torpedoes between sandbags to use in a bridge demolition (8:00). Soldiers demonstrate the use of the Bangalore when an elongated charge is needed. They stack the torpedoes upright against a concrete structure (8:24). Two soldiers hang a torpedo among brush, creating an anti-personnel mine (8:35). The soldier adjusts the igniter, then conceals it among the foliage (8:50). The film closes with a group of soldiers charging through a gap in a wire entanglement that had been created by a torpedo (9:01).

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