fastfreddie Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 In this post I will focus on American ground units. I will be throwing most common for Normandy 1944 scenario, which should be able to build a very believable ground force. USA 1. Armoured. I think the priority is to have M4 Sherman, one of the most iconic tanks of WW2, present during Normandy and any other major operation since 1942 Data: http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m4sherman.html#M4A2 Gun penetration data. http://amizaur.prv.pl/www.wargamer.org/GvA/weapons/usa_guns5.html Different Sherman types are included in the link. Most common during Normandy operations were short barrel M4, M4A1 and M4A2 Variants, but there were also, M4A1 and A2 versions with a new turret that contained M1 76mm gun. M10 GMC Primary US tank destroyer for 1942-45 Data http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/3ingmcm10.html M5 Stuart light tank. One of the most wide spread allied light tanks of the war. Data: http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m5stuart.html Weapon Data. http://amizaur.prv.pl/www.wargamer.org/GvA/weapons/usa_guns2.html M8 Greyhound It uses the same Weapon as M5 Stuart. Additional .50cal machinegun was possible to be mounted on the turret. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M8_Greyhound Armoured cars M3 Halftrack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Half-track Hornorable mentions (post france) M18 Hellcat M36 Jackson M26 Pershing. M24 Chaffee 2. Air Defense Stationary: M45 Maxon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M45_Quadmount M2 90mm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90_mm_Gun_M1/M2/M3 M1 37mm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37_mm_Gun_M1 Mobile: M15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M15_Halftrack M16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_Multiple_Gun_Motor_Carriage 3.Cars GMC CCKW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_CCKW Willis MB Jeep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willys_MB US6 Studebaker truck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_US6 I wonder how deep the simulation will go. I'd take off the US6 Studebaker since almost all of them went to Russia. I'm sure we won't need more than one US transport vehicle but the rest of the list looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skjold Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Bofors L/60 40 mm was very commonly used by the Commonwealth and the US. Germany even used captured guns, very prolific AA gun of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_gun Twin Bofors M19 Motor Carriage, less common but it is a option that haven't been mentioned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M19_Multiple_Gun_Motor_Carriage 2 cm Flak 30/38, very common German anti-air piece. Was also commonly mounted on a variety of vehicles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_cm_Flak_30/38/Flakvierling Wirbelwind Quad 2 cm Flak 38, again less common but haven't been mentioned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirbelwind 8.8 cm Flak XX is probably the most famous anti-air piece of the war, be it for other reasons then anti-air. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.8_cm_Flak_18/36/37/41 Edited August 25, 2015 by Skjold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticpuma Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Actually if you want to speak to someone who was involved in modelling WW2 rolling stock, Foobar he did some amazing work. http://fooblog.mexxoft.com/ http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/user/113-foobar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurfürst Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 One of my personal favorites - the Sd_Kfz 234/2 Puma armored car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SdKfz_234 http://www.kurfurst.org - The Messerschmitt Bf 109 Performance Resource Site Vezérünk a bátorság, Kísérőnk a szerencse! -Motto of the RHAF 101st 'Puma' Home Air Defense Fighter Regiment The Answer to the Ultimate Question of the K-4, the Universe, and Everything: Powerloading 550 HP / ton, 1593 having been made up to 31th March 1945, 314 K-4s were being operated in frontline service on 31 January 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufpassen Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Just today in Spiegel Online http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-875854-galleryV9-eqvi.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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