20221 - "Here You Go Lad" Chaplin Smith Distributing Ammunition, 1879 world war 2 A trained crew could deploy

A trained crew could deploy a gun in 2 1⁄2 minutes and fire at a ground target up to nine miles away – a distance that exceeded almost every Allied tank’s main armament range

had the soldier move his weapon from the shouldered position by grabbing the musket at the wrist with the right hand while moving the left hand up the musket toward the swell and turning the lock in toward the body

The Confederate Army was retreating when the 1st Texas was ordered to counterattack in Miller’s cornfield

Spontoons were never popular in the Continental army and in 1776 many British officers stopped carrying pole arms because of a report that “the Americans were in the habit of picking off the officers

In many cases the only parts of early silk flags that survive are areas that have been painted with a design

20221 - "Here You Go Lad" Chaplin Smith Distributing Ammunition, 1879 world war 2 A trained crew could deployReverend George Smith served as a missionary in South Africa before the Anglo Zulu War. However, he is best remembered for his part in the famous defence of Rorkes Drift during 22 23 January 1879 which won him the praise of several officers involved in that action in their reports. As an assistant army chaplain, and therefore a non combatant, Smith played a supportive role in the defence, where he distributed ammunition to the soldiers manning the