[Feature]
-American Light Tank History (1)
-American tank development and light tanks
-Development of light tank T series
-T1 prototype combat vehicle
-T2 prototype combat vehicle
-T4 prototype combat vehicle
-T5 prototype combat vehicle and M1 combat vehicle
-M2 fighting vehicle series
-M2 light tank series
-World War II light tank development
-New generation light tank M2A4
-Development and production of production light tank M3 series
-Gibraltar Fortress
-A7V Photobook (2)
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[Apology and correction]
-On this occasion, there was a missing and duplicate commentary on pages 5 to 9 of the opening feature of Grand Power June 2020 [Fortress of Gibraltar].
-The correct explanation and page image will be posted below.
-We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our readers.
[Correct comment]
[Page 5]
-Initially equipped with a 9-inch gun, the gun was removed in 1900.
-Newly equipped is a 6-inch gun, equipped with two gates. The range is 5.5 km.
-The gun was installed in 1902 and the lower structure was completed in 1903. Only in 1917 was the German Army U-Boat fired at the battle.
-During the Second World War, it was still active, and its operation was suspended in 1954.
[Page 6]
-Harding Battery. It is made in the southern tip of the peninsula of Gibraltar, at a place called Europe Point, facing the southern sea.
-For this reason, it has a wide range of fields on the seas east, south and west. It is mounted on an open turret, which is hardened with concrete.
-1) is the place where the ammunition was, and it is now an exhibition space. The name comes from an engineer who was active in the mid-19th century.
-Originally the site of an old 18th century battery, it was built in 1859.
-Initially an 18-pounder and later a 32-pounder.
[Page 7]
-The currently equipped gun is a 12.5 inch gun installed in 1878.
-In 1904, a further 9.2-inch gun was planned for conversion, but it was not realized.
-During World War II, it was equipped with a Bofors 40mm machine gun and used as an anti-aircraft position, not as a coastal battery.
-After that, the place was abandoned and the turret was buried, but in 2010 it was redeveloped and the turret was maintained.
-The installed gun was the same type as it was at the time, but it was installed on a different battery in Gibraltar.
[Page 8]
-Highness Cave Battery.
-Rock of Gibraltar, hillside in the Midwest of Rock, slightly south of the Devil's Gap battery.
-Originally there was a turret during the siege of Gibraltar, where two 4-inch guns were installed in 1904.
-However, it was removed as early as 1911.
-The name of the battery was taken from the name of the chief officer during the siege.
-It was he who created the road to the battery.
-Another original cave with its name is used as a water tank and pumping station.
[Page 9]
-Raglan's battery.
It is located in the Rock of Gibraltar, on the hillside in the Midwest of Rock, just below the Devils Gap turret.
-It was a turret that controlled the harbor, but the higher it was, the more advantageous it was in terms of range and hiding, and it was abolished relatively early in the series of modern turrets.
-During World War II, it was used as a shelter.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )