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Browning Automatic Rifle, .30 cal, heavy, shoulder fired weapon, used in WWII and Korea. The M-14 sought to combine the firepower BAR with portablilty of the M-1. The M-60 machinegun replaced both the BAR and the Browning light machinegun.
1. A lightly armed and armored warship of the 20th and 21st centuries, smaller than a frigate, capable of trans-oceanic duty. In great use by the Canadian Navy during WWII. 2. A flush-decked sailing warship of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries having a single tier of guns, ranked next below a frigate.
Admiral Rollo Mainguy's report on mutiny incidents in the post WWII years of the RCN.
A metal 5-gallon fuel can. Its name was derived from the fact that the first ones seen were German, during WWII.
Historically, a female member of the WRCNS (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service) which existed during WWII and continued post-war through to the 1960s. Originated in the Royal Navy where the term Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was shortened to "Wren". The term carried over to the Canadian Navy, however it is out of regular use in today's RCN. Also known as "Jenny Wren".
these were WWII tracked vehicles brought to RVN. They were medium size and sported two 40mm pom-poms plus one M60 Machine Gun, plus a crew of about 4 to 5 with individual weapons. They were used for convoy security and perimeter security for artillery bases each night.
adj Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition (or Repair); Utterly botched or confused. [WWII military slang]
Pronounced 'helmet heed'. Basically a type of haircut, often inflicted by your own mum, not straight round like a basin head, but shaped as it describes. Reminiscent of a helmet worn by German soldiers in WWII.
(ed: entered verbatim - anyone have more information please?) Means "buzz off", but with the force of "f--- off". Used in Ipswich in elementary schools in the late 40's, early 50's., I suspect, and I would dearly love to have someone investigate this, that this expression was picked up from British soldiers and/or US airmen returning from the Pacific front in WWII, and I suspect that they adapted it from the Japanese verb "ikimasu", to go.
Order of the British Empire. A decoration that one might see on the uniform of a WWII veteran.
A 40-millimetre British autocannon, used famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the RCN (and other navies) in WWII. The name came from the sound that the gun made when firing.
World War II.
The chorus of the song "Wavy Navy" sung by thousands of members of the RCNVR during WWII and continuing into the post-war years.
Noun. 1. Gin. 2. Chin. 3. A skin, a cigarette paper. E.g."Buy me some veras and 10 Marlboro Light when you pass the newsagents." * All senses from cockney rhyming slang. Vera Lynn, popular British singer best remembered for her songs during WWII.
The Navy's traditional newspaper/magazine. During WWII "The Crowsnest" existed as a newspaper. Postwar, it became a monthly magazine. Its run was ended in 1965, when it was replaced by "The Sentinel", a monthly magazine that covered the CF as a whole. Recently, though, the RCN has revived "The Crowsnest" as a quarterly publication.
In modern language this is the hull number, painted on the side of a warship. Incidentally, during WWII most of the RCN ships did not show a pendant number, so as to cloak their identities from the enemy.
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or ended, this is the period most frequently cited. Often abbreviated as WWII or WW2 The UK declared war on Germany at 11 am. France followed 6 hours later
Look up WWII in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. WWII is an abbreviation of World War II. It may also refer to: WWII (album), a 1982 album by Waylon Jennings
Power" at the 1946 Paris conference and officially signed the treaty ending WWII between the "Allied and Associated Powers" and Italy in Paris, on 10 February
Cost of WWII: A Breakdown of Military and Civilian Deaths". Southwest Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-10-24. "WWII: Japanese
Call of Duty: WWII is a 2017 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released worldwide on November
Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis, the film portrays a heavily fictionalised version of the
The National WWII Museum, formerly known as The National D-Day Museum, is a military history museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans
Kaname Harada (1916–2016) was the last surviving pilot of the attack. "WWII Veteran Statistics". National World War II Museum of New Orleans. September
Stick Grenade (WWII & Later - Inert-Ord.net". www.inert-ord.net. Retrieved 25 February 2024. "Russian F1 Fragmentation Grenade (WWII) - Inert-Ord.net"
WWII Aces is a flight simulator video game set in World War II for the Wii, developed by Slovak studio Arcade Moon. WWII Aces allows players to choose
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