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January 1995
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RAGGED WAR
The Story of Unconventional and Counter-Revolutionary Warfare
ROMMEL'S NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
SEPTEMBER 1940 - NOVEMBER 1942
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Miniature Ordnance:
Ckrman SdKfz 251/9 in 1/35: Two Variants
By Joe P. Morgan
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The Aberdeen Bn.unmbar, photo taken in late 1946. Capturea in Italy, this mid'production version still has a rather complete coating oj
zimmerit. The side plate has 24 vertical columns oj zimmerit while the angledJront plate appears to have eight. Note the pattern changes
on the zimmerit behind the running gear.
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RAGGED WAR
The Story of Unconventional and
Counter-Revolutionary Warfare
By Leroy Thompson
192 pages, 64 photos
1994
Published by: Arms & Armour
Distributed by: Sterling Publishing
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Leroy Thompson has established a cies.
reputation for writing excellent works
In certain areas the book makes
dealing with low-intensity conflicts. An assumptions thatyou have some knowl
earlier work of his, Dirty Wars. was edge or background. For instance. it
reviewed in the July' 1993 issue of mentions General Dozier's kidnapping.
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without telling you anything else about
Laying a brief groundwork for the it. This is not a big issue and if anything
pre-Twentieth Century, the real focus
of the book begins just after WWI with ROMMEL'S NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
the works of Mao. While Mao was not
September 1940 - November 1942
the first to put pen to paper and de
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Jack Greene and Alessandro Massignani
scribe the precepts of unconventional
Rommel's
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warfare. he is credited with doing so in
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track, Tiger II, Panther disguised as an M-10, Sd.Kfz 251 with a flatbed
cargo deck, Bergepanther, Shlrmgeschutz disguised as U.s., Pz.Kfw IV
observation tank, German radio vehicle on a French half-track, Flak
During World War II, the United States Army deployed small teams of towers on railway cars, Panther pillbox, "new" German full-tracked
ordnance personnel throughout the European and Pacific theaters of carrier, Jagdtiger, Sd.Kfz 251 with PaK 40 75mm, Sd.Kfz 140/1,
operation. The task of these teams was to report on each type of enemy Flakdrilling on U.s. M8 armored car, an RSO with PaK 4D 75mm,
ordnance and equipment as they would encounter it in the field.
"German Automotive" material, Tiger B transport trailer, among others.
Their reports and summaries were sometimes the first information
available on a vehicle, gun, tank, or other system. Each report was usuall y
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accompanied by several photographs and a description of the subject.
These reports were not compiled in a rear area motor pool but right on the Tech Intell Volume 1
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Darlington Productions has put together a selection of these reports in
Volume 1 of TECH INTELL. This soft-cover book is 132 pages long with
141 photographs. Formatted with the look of the original reports, these
reports have not been altered or edited and appear as they did in 1944 /
45.
Included in Volume 1 are reports on the Maultier armored half-
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obstacle
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The VickersArmstrong 6ton tank outside the headquarters ojthe 3rd Corps Area. Baltimore,
Maryland on July 6, 1931.
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This photo. taken in May 1990. shows what ISKATEL started with. The T20 was almost
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With some air support, the T-20 was lifted out oj the bog and sent to
await restoration.
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Type 61 Main Battle Tank (MB1) manuJactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and entered
seroice with Japanese GroundSelf-DeJense Force (JGSDF) in 1962. Approximately 400 are
still in seroice. Even though it is slowly being phased out oj seroice, some improvements are
still being made, tanks have been equipped with infrared driving and searchlights and/ or six
smoke dischargers similar to those on the newer Type 74 MBT. The size and weight oj the
Type 61 were dictated by the limits that would permit being carried on Japanese railcars and
through narrow tunnels.
Background
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With the defeat ofJapan in 1945, one of
the primary Allied war aims was that,
"Japan is not to have an Army, Navy,
Air Force, Secret Police organization or
ciVil aviation" said General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Com
mander Allied Powers (SCAP). For five
years these orders were carried out
with a vengeance; plants that were
earmarked for reparations to the Allies
included 314 aircraft factories, 25 weap
ons and air research centers, 119 steel
mills, 19 machine-tool manufacturing
plants, 18 shipyards, 6 synthetic rub
ber factories and 131 military arsenals.
This determination to demilitarize
Japan, also extended to the civilian
sector, with Japan's post-war Consti
tution of 3 May 1947 (as approved by
Allied occupation authorities) rejecting
war or the threat or use of armed force
as an instrument of national policy.
Only three years later, the desire
by the U.S. to limit Japan's production
of military eqUipment and supplies
changed, with the beginning of the
Korean War. Alarm ofhaving to provide
security for Japan, and fight a war on
By David R. Haugh
Photos by Masahiko Saito
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Type 74MBT.
Type 60 Self-propelled Tank Destroyer manuJactured by Komatsu. Slightly over 200 vehicles
oj this type were completed by 1979. The two J06mm recoilless rifles can be elevated
hydraulically Jor a bette r angle ojj'lre.
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Design Rationw
When the JGSDF was fonned its first
vehicles and annorwere suppled by the
U.S., mostly from left over and recondi
tioned World War II stocks. The M4
Sherman and M24 Chaffee made up
the bulk of the armor, with various
half-tracks, 1/4-ton Jeeps and 3/4
ton and 2 1 /2-ton trucks filling in the
force. Small arms for the most part
were U.S. weapons. The drawback to
this eqUipment was that it was in many
cases too large for the average Japa
nese to use with comfort, and the very
size of the vehicles made them difficult
to use in Japan, as well as in the
defensive tactics that were being devel
oped. As an example, Japanese rail
cars and tunnels were too small and
narrow to fit most of the American
suppled vehicles.
In response to the requirement for
a tailored force with equipment that fit
their tactics, a design program was
started In the late 1950s. One advan
tage the Japanese designers still have
is that they don't have to consider the
possibility of exporting their annored
vehicles, so designs can center on what
best suits Self-Defense Force require
ments and Japanese industrial capa
bility.
Equipment Notes
Being a small military organization, the
JGSDF has been very frugal with their
vehicles and systems. Vehicles that
were originally to be replaced, have
instead been supplemented by newer
designs. Several Japanese vehicle types
are still in service after 30 plus years.
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References
Japanese Ground Self-Defense
Force Armored Vehicles
Aoki, Tsutomu, Japan's Defence Indus
tl)', Military Technology, Vol 9 #7, Monch
Pub. Grp., Bonn, Germany, 1986.
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SCALE DRAWINGS1:35
BY GEORGE R. BRADFORD
This is an attempt to carry on where Bellona Military Prints left off, but
with 1:35 scale plans. For those working in other scales I can easily
N eubaulahrzeU\J l K rI
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CB Otter NCar
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PzKpfw I Ausf F (VK 1801)
Jagdtiger (SdKfz 186)
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SPzSpWg (SdKfz 233) (75mm)
SdKfz 252 (munitions carrier)
SdKfz 253 (ob servation post)
Pak 40 auf RSO (sf)
Jagdpanther (SdKfz 173)
ITALIAN
11 Semovente da 90/53, SPG
BRITISH
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B2 Indian Pattern Carrier Mk.lIA
FRENCH
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AMERICAN
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A2 M12 155mm GMC
JAPANESE
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SnKFZ 251/9
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1/35: Two
VARIANTS
By Joe P. Morgan
Tamiya makes the early model of the
Sd.Kfz.251/9, but if you want the late
model, a conversion is the only answer.
EnterAirwaves "vith an all photo-etched
brass set to do the job. This wasn't as
easy as It sounds, though.
The problem here is that the gun
mount is much different on the two
marks, and the plans furnished with
the conversion are little to no help at
all. I'd have been dead in the water on
this one if I didn't have an !taleri
Sd.Kfz.234/3, which also uses the later
gun mount. Since itwas unbuilt, I drug
it out from under the pile of other
unbuilt kits, and put the gun mount
together so I'd have something to go by
while moditying the Tamlya one.
First cut the angle off the gun
mantlet (part CI6); the later one is
squared off. If you try to cut the gun
barrel off C 15 it'll be too short. Dave
Haugh supplied me with one ofMichael
Dobiesz's beautiful turned brass bar
rels so I had one to use (does this mean
that you knew about all this, Dave, and
didn't warn me?). I made a new end to
the mantlet out of .035 Plastruct, and
drilled it for the new barrel. I also
added Grandt Line bolts to the new
part. Don't glue this on until you put
on brass part B8! At the rear of C 16
there's a couple of flanges and the pins
for the trunnions. All this has to go; I
In the rear is the early model (Twniya kit). painted in Panzer gray. The Ainvaves conversion
is in the foreground and the differences between the two mounts are obvious.
At the top is the uncut Tamiya part and below it is the part with the surgery done. I added
. a piece of Plastruct to beef it up. At the bottom is Ainvaves part CI. which covers the hole.
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The right side oj the Tam iy a gun, modified into the late model. Note the top rail of the recoil
guard cut away, the new mantletfront madefrom Plastruct. and the brass barreL
The Airwaves replacement partjor the huUJront. Hent with two metal rulers, it was not as
crisp as it should be. At the top of the photo barely visible is the runnerfrom one of the brass
jrets that TTU.LSt be glued to the huU top to avoid a gap.
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