War Machine - N 34, 1984.pdf

(49936 KB) Pobierz
from
WAR
Mf
CF
Qqn
_&
Gotch
South
Africa,
Europe,
Malta and
New
Zealand:
Back
nt,rbe.s
are
available
at
PO Box 767G,
,A-s
_::
\=
3ac<
Numbers,
Gor-
r
4
Wiltiam
Sireet,
Ve
+:--e.
Vic
300'1
1
.
ot
drffrculty
wrile
to
the
address
in
your
country
given
for
binders. South
Afrlcan
Ho.w
readers should add sales tax.
cover price
from your Newsagent.
In case
Volume3
Issue
34
CONTENTS
Pistols
of World War
Enfield
No,
2
Mk
I and
Webley Mk
4
II
662
663
664
666
66?
668
668
TokuevTT-33
Occupation!
PistoleP0S
(L,uger)
What
use is
a
pi$olin
combat?
Jeremy Moore
KCB OBE
MC, Gomman-
der
of
British
Land
Forces
during
the
Falklands campaign.
Printed
in
Great Britain
bv Tne
Artisan press
Ltd
26444
Consultant Editor: Major
Gerieral Sir
WaltherPPandPPK
VttaltherP3S
The
Walther
P
38
Iocal Newsagent, price
f3.95.
ln
c.-asb
of
difficulty wrire
to
wAF
MACHINE Binders,
Miller
(Malta) Ltd, M.A. Vassalli Street,
Vaj-
letta,
Malta.
Australia
: For
details of how to obtain
your
binders see
inserts
in early issues or
write
lo
WAR_MACHINE
Bindeis, First
post
pty
Ltd, 23 Chandos Street, St Leonards, NSW
2065. The binders supplled are
those
illus-
traled in the
maoazine
tFiough your
local
Newsaqent
or
f
rom
WAR
\E
Binders,
Gordbn
& cotch
(NZ)
f,O
Box 1594. Wellinoton.
-:d,
South Africa:
B.nders
are
available
th
rough
a-r
c-a^chof
Central
NewsAgency.
ln
caie
c-
d
w.r'iie
to
WAR MACHINE
Bin-
ce's
-:e--ag.
DO
Box 57394,
Spiingfield
lishing
Ltd to
WAR
MACHTNE Binders,
QQrs. Houge,
20-22 Bedfordbury,
London
WC2N
4BT,
Malta:
Binders
are
obtainable through
your
MACHINE
UK
&
Eire:
Send
a
cheque or Postal Order
p
QS
per
binder (init
p
&
p) payabte
to
!^o1
Orbis
Publishins
Ltd
to WAh
iVACHjNE
Binders,
Orbis House,
20.22 Bedfordbury,
London
WC2N
4BT
Europe;
Write
with iemittance
of
f5.00
per
binder (incl
p &
p)
payabte
to
Orbis
plb-
to
obtain
binders
for
WAR
in
Action
669
Pistole
AutomatiEe
Browning moddle
lg
I0
New Zealandi
Binders are
available
VACII
Pistole Automatigue
Browning, moddle
Grande
Puissance
(Browning
HP)
LiberatorM1942
i
6t2
672
673
6?3
6?4
676
Distribution and marketinq
offic€s:
Orbis
Publishino Ltd
Orbis
House "
20-22 Bedfordbury
London
WC2N
4BT
Telephone:
01-319
6jj1
Circulation Director:
David B.eeo
Marketing Director:
Michae!
jcvce
*:! ]
ColtMl9llandM19llAl
The
CbltMI9ll
andMlgl
lAl
Smith
&
Wesson
0,38/200
Revolver
Revolver versus
Automatic
WAR MACHINE
Price
UK
80p.
lR
f
1.
Aus
St.95
Canada $1.95
rng a
67t
678
678
679
679
680
680
SA
R1.95. Singapore
54.51
\Z
:S:
=-:
:-:.
'>2
2a
Smith&WessonMl9lT
Pistolet Radom w2,35
How
to
obtain your
copies
of
WAR
MACHINE:
Copies are
obrj
-a:
:
: .
:
::-
regularorderatVour
Automatic$
Pistole
v2,38
(CZ 38)
94ShikiKenju
Pistola
Automatica Glisenti
modello
19l0
Pistola
AutomaticaBeretta
modello
1934
Subscription Ratei
l-or six
months
{26
issues
223
2,1.
,:-
:-:
Year
(52 issues)
f47.60.
S€-:
.:-- :-::-
and
remittance
to Pu^c-
S-:s:-::
:-
S*.
vices, Watling
Sireei.
3
:::- :,
'.,
::-
Keynes, Bucks MK2
slate the number of
taking
out
a subscridtro^.
\ei1s.tr=-:
Armed
forces
of the
World:
USNavy(Part
l)
Editorial
:
Trisha Palmer
lil
Chris Bishop
Chris Chant
Design:
Rod Teasdale
ColourOrigination:
lmago Publishing Ltd,
Thame, Oxon
Typesetting:
SX
Composing
Ltd
Film
work:
Precise
I
itho
I
td
Published by
Orbis
Publishino Ltd
@Aerospace
P"ublishing
Lld
1984
e--le=
:-: :.:: -:::
:- .-:-
..,:=
MACHINE
Back
N--:e=
l=
:_:,
-:
=
Limited,20-22
Beo=:-::--.
_:-::-
,'.
=-
lll
4BT
at cover
prce
Australia:
Bac<
---:==
?-i
t!
-= -
=z
r
f
Back Numbers
UK
&
Eire:
Bac<
i-e.
-:
s:_:--::,
-=:
23.',
:r
-
j :--:
--:
rom
your
New.s=::-:
Editorial
Offices
War
Machine
Aerospace Publishino Ltd
10
Bailey
Mow
Pass"age
London
W4
4PH
Artists:
Richard Hook
John
Ridyard
Managing Editor:
Stan Morse
Chris Rothero
Pierre Turner
Cow
phmgr4l
:==
:-erro= til:
=tre:a
i'is
\iEudlmperial
Wd
Musew.
663:
Robed
Hu:
Libw'.
66*
-:!e:.-=- --rJ
DE&
-;;te:::::
-rrary.
666:
Robert
Hut
lribrary/Robert
Hut
Libnry.
669:
F€€.l::
lur-+r,=- 6?t
--:!.-
F.ur lrbrary/I.J. 6?li
Imperial War
Muem.
6?,lr
=m:=e
Inpena
i';- \1=-
llt:,.:
sdf:::€r:ll-il
MBeur/Imperial
Wil
Museur/lmpeda.l
Wa
Picftre achorledg€Deofs
Mres1:e:
We
Cover photographi
An
ltalian
Alpinl officer
aims his Beretta
modello
lg34
fi- _].ts:'ics:":ii:l
.'r
==--,trcE
-l.ts:
ph:::"1-!:
r==-;,:c::: --: ::s-:::
a€
:i:s
;rj:- : --
(iiih
US
NawruS Nary.
(iv)
US
NavyruS
Na!ry.
S:1Fl
of
Infantry, Warminster, for their
kind
permNion
::
FflsfmBsm#
W#r&d\ffmwffiffi
are
very
elose
ta the heart af
frghting
soJdders,
andi:t
World
$Var
JJ
one
of the
most
prized
fropfties
on the
Allied
side
was
a
eaSrfured
Ge.aanan
or Jfa.ffan
pistol
"
ffef
as
a
weaS:ott
of,
mrar
fft e
ft
and gun
seerxr
s
o
f
v
e
ry
fiittle
v
alue,so
wft
a
f
is
fJre
expJanafion
for
the
retenffom of f&c
sideamre
im
fft e armades
ef,
tke
20tkeentaty?
"StisfoJs
Bulsre
fJ"oi?t
Js
Deeernber
J944, and
the
Eattle
o{tke
al.rfs
FcrErfil. $$
fl61s2
p6r5g
ffi
ofe
c6pf ured-"4"rnerjeaR
armoured
can eapdured
eameJ"s
ft
a.ngrirgfrorn
thcir
lips. Ift epx"foJr's
aErawning,
made:n
SeJgiurn
for
f&e
occupying
Germans.
fft
e
"sarneplsfoJ
desrgn
was man
uf,aef
ured
rn
fanada
f,or
ffte"{Jjresl
The
pistol, be
it
a
revolver
or
an
automatic,
has
long
had
an
attraction for
the
soldier,
Quite apart from the rntrinsic attractron
of
the weapon,
it
is
one that
is
very
often
a
highly
personal
possession and
one
in
r,rrhich
he
usualiy takes
great
pride,
for alter even
a
very
short tirne in service
the
soldier
learns to
appreciate
its value to
hrs
well-being
and chances of
survrval especially when
he
is
carrying
out an
cperational role where
no
other weapon is
avarlable.
Tiiis attraction
is
difficult
fcrr
the
laymari
to
apprecrate,
for even iin-rited
flring
of
any
service pistol
will
reveal iirat it
rs
rnaccurate
clifhcult
to
use
effecti.reiy
and possesses
cnly
a
very
limited
range,
It is
somewhat
tricky
io reconcile
these
two completely
accurate conclusions,
but
the
plain
lact
rs
that the pistol was used on a scaie
during Worid V/ar
11
that
overshadoweC
its empioyment
Ln
any
prevrous
conflict. On
all
fronts
demancls
for
prstols,
more
pistols and
sirll
more pistois
were
made
thrcughou.t the
conflict,
and
as
a
result the
r:ange of
models
ancl
types was
rmrnense, those
mentioned here beinq only
a
general indication
of
some
of
the more important
types
Despite
the many advances
in
pistoi
desrgn and
derrelol.rr-,,-
this
century,
1i
should
be rioted
that the revohzer
vrras
strlj
in
-s
-
, =
1939
and
1945;
and tiris remains true
to
this
d.ay,
for ihe
a.u.ir..-..
,
has
not been able
fu.lly
to oust
the
slrorg
and
reliable
rel,c
.:.
:
autom,atic
pistoi
was
in
wiCesprea.d
u.se
all
the same,
ern
I .
.
number
ol
operatlng
systems
and
an
eo;r-raiJy
c]irierse
lan. r:
-
-
despite
lhe
lact
that the 9-mm Parabellu.m
cartridqle
hac-l
erre.
-'=
.
clear ali
round
leader
And
qL.iiie apar-t
frorn
other
lactors
.-i:
-
the
pistol
rs
ren arding for
its revela.tion of lhe
great degree
:
.,.
that designers
ha.,,e
been able
to
bring
to
pistol
ciesign,
iii'::-:'
brought
vrrrth
it
innovations and oddities, but
irvhat
may be
r3-..1
antiques
weie
siill
1n
the
field,
Some
of
these
will
be
jo,,tnci, h,=, =
reader
is asked
io
rrse
these
entries only
as
a gieneral
gr-ui,:-
7&eprsfe/.i.r'tffsciessicroJeasflteureaponcarr.fed,byaJreader-'r.ilJi-rlr,,i
offi
eer
in
c e
rn
nt
a
n
d
o
{
a
n
i
nf
a
n
t
ry
u n i
t tl
w.rlnE
o.ilc
o.f
fule /'{i:arn
c,,:
i-,;t
1942.
The pistoi
rs
en
Enfieidix/o
"
2
Mk
I ,
f&e 'slanda;'ci'r!i.ri:r':sir
a-;:'..i
i
ir.
Aamrnarrwealtli
s€rr.rra"'eJ,)isfoIrsf
WarldWar
J/"
wif,fr
salbry
lerj;:::':.
>K
Hnfield
No.
2
Mk
I
and
Webley Mk
4
other
of the Webley
0,455-in
(11,56-
mm) pistol,
These
were very
effective
pistols, but
their weight
and
bulk made
them
very difflcult
to handle
correctly
wtthout
a
great deal of training
and
constant
practice,
two
commodities
that
were in
short
supply
at
the
time,
During
World
War
I
the standard Brit-
ish
service revolver
was one
variant
or
After
but would
be
easier
to
handle
and
would require
less
training,
So
Web-
ley
and
Scott,
which
up to that
time had
been pistol manufacturers
of
a
virtually
1919
the
British
armv
decided
that
a
smaller pistol
firing
a
heavy
0,38-
in
(9.65-mm)
bullet would be
just
as
effective
as
the
larger-calibre
weapon
official
status
for the
British
armed
forces, took its
0,455-in (11,56-mm)
re-
volver, scaled it down and offered the
'result to the military,
To the
chagrin
of
Webley
and
Scott,
the military simply took the
design,
made
a
few minor alterations and then
placed the result
rn
production
as
an
'official' government design to be
pro-
duced
at
the Royal Small
Arms Factory
at
Enfleld Lock
in
Middlesex,
This
pro-
cedure took
trme,
for Webley
and
Scott
offered
its
design
in
1923
and
Enfield Lock took over the design in
1926.
Webley
and
Scott was
somewhat
nonplussed
at
the course
ofevents
but
proceeded
to
make
its
0,38-in
(9,65-
mm) revolver, known
as
the Webley
Mk
4,
all over the
world with
limrted
SUCCESS,
Mk
l**
which
embodiedwartrme
pro-
duction expedients)
were
the
official
standard
pistols, the
Webley
Mk
4
was
just
as
widely
r-sed
among British and
Commonwealth armed
forces, Both
re-
mained
in service until
the
1960s
and
Above
:
The Enfield
No.
2
Mk
I *
revolver
was
the
most
widely
used
of
all
the
British
and
Commonweaith
armed forces.
Firing
a
0.38-in
(9.65-
mm)
ball cartridge,
itwas anefficient
combat
pistql
but
lacked any finesse
or
Below:
An
airborne
soldier stands
gruard on a house in
Holland
during
The Enfield Lock product
became
the
Pistol, Revolver,
No. 2
Mk
I
and
was
duly
issued
for
sewice,
Once in
service it proved
sound
and
effective
vice
prstols
in
various
parts
of
the
world,
both
are
still
to
be encountered
as
ser-
frills;yet itwas
able
towithstand
life.
the
many knocks of service
Operation 'Market Garden'. The
pistol
is
an
Enfield
No.
2
Mk
l*
with
the hammer
removed
to
prevent
snagg:ing on
clothing
or
within
the
close
confines
ofvehicles
or
aircraft.
Theywere
issued
to
airborne
soJdr'ers
sucfi
a
s
glider
pilots.
enough,
but
mechantcal progress
Specification
RevolverNo.2Mk
I*
Cartridge:0,380
SAA
ball
(9,65
mm)
Length
overall:
260
mm
(
10,25
in)
Lengthof
barrel:
127
mm
(5
in)
Weisht:0,767(1
7lb)
Mr'zle
velocity:
183
m
(600 ft)
per
second
Chamber capacity:
6
rounds
meant that
large numbers
of these
pis-
tols
were
issued
to
tank crews
and
other
mechanrzed
personnel,
who
made
the
unfortunate
discovery
that
the
long hammer spur had
a
tendency
to
catch
onto
the many internal flttings
of tanks and
other vehicles with
what
could
be
nasty
results, Thts
led
to
a
altogrether
and the
trigger
mechanism
redesrgn
in
which the
Enfield pistol
had
the
hammer
spur
removed
became
the
No.
2
Mk
Specification
WebleyMk4
Cartridge:0,380
SAA
ball
(9.65
mm)
Lengrth
overall:
267
mm
(
10,5
in)
Length
of
barrel:
127
mm
(5
in)
Weight:
0,767
(
1,7lb)
Mwzle
velocity:
183
m
(600 ft)
per
second
Chamber capacity:
6
rounds
lightened
to enable the weapon to
be
fired double-action only,
This
revolver
Mk
ls were modified
to the new
stan-
dard.
The
double action made
the
pis-
toi
very difficult
to use
accurately
at
all
excepi mrnimal range, but
that
did
not
seem to matter too much at
the
time,
Webiey and
Scott
re-entered
the
scene
during
World
War
II,
when sup-
l*,
and existing
phes
of the
Enfield pistols
were
too
slow to meet
the ever-expanding
de-
mand, Thus
the
Webley
Mk 4
was
crdered
to
eke
out
supplies,
and
Web-
ley
and
Scott
went
on
to
supply
thousands
of
its design
to
the
British
army after all, Unfortunately, although
-]le
two pistols
were virtuaily identical
:r
appearance
there were
enough
ninor
differences
between them
to
prevent interchangeability
of pafis.
Both pistols saw
extenslve
use
be-
rseen
1939
and
1945,
and
although the
Er.ield
revolvers (there was a No.
2
The Wehley Mk
as
4
revolver
was
used
lfiebasisfor theEnfieldNo.2Mk
I
but
was
passed
over in
favour
of
the
government-sponsored
development. In time
the
call
for
more
revolvers
was so
grcat that
the
Mk
4
was
placed
in
production
for
the
British armed
forces
and used
alongside
the
Enfield pistols.
aa2
L
ilt"r"u
rr-sg
The
first
Tokarev automatic pistol
to
see extensive
service
was
the
TT-30,
but
not many
ofthese
prstols
had been
produced before
a
modified
design
knoum
as
the
TT-33
was
introduced in
1933,
This pistol was then
adopted
as
the standard
prstol of
the
Red
Army
to
replace
the Nagant revolvers that had
served
so
well
for
many years,
In
the
event the
TT-33
never
did replace
the
Nagant
entirely until
well
after
1945,
mainly because the
revolver
proved
so
reliable
and
sturdy under
the
rougrh
active
sewice
conditions
of
the
various
fronts,
The
TT-33
was
basically
a
Soviet
version
of the
Colt-Browning
pistols,
and
used
the swingrngJink
system
of
operation
employed
on the
American
Ml9ll,
However,
the
ever
practical
Soviet desigmers
made several
slight
alterations
that made the
mechanism
easier to
produce
and easier to main-
tain
under field
conditions, and pro-
duction even went
to the'length
of
machining
the vulnerable
magazine
feed lips
into the
main
receiver
to
pre-
vent
damage and
subsequent
mis-
feeds,
The result
was a
practical
and
sturdy weapon that was
well
able
to
absorb
a
surprising amount
of
hard
use.
By
1945
the
TT-33 had
virtually re-
placed
the Nagant
revolver
in
sewice
and
as Soviet influence spread
over
Europ€ and elsewhere so
did
TT-33
production, Thus
the
TT-33
may
be
found
rn
a variety of basically
srmilar
forms,
one
of
which
is the
Chinese
Type
5I,
The
Poles also
produced
the
TT-33
for
their
own
use
and for
export
to
East
Germany and to Czechoslova-
kia, The
Yugoslavs
still
have
the
TT-33
in
production and
are still
actively
marketing
the design
as
the
M65.
North Korea
has rts
own variant in the
form
of
the
M68,
The
most
drastic pro-
ducer
of
the
TT-33 is Hungary,
which
Above
:
The
Soviet
Tokarev
TT-33
in
action
in
awell-posed propaganda
photogr
aph
d
ating
from about
I I
4
4.
The
officer
is
leading
a
section
of
assault
infantry
and
has his
pistol on
the
end
of the usual
lanyard. Snipers
on
all
sides
came
to
recogmize these
'pistolwavers'
as
prime
targets.
The
TT-33 is
now
no longrer
used
by
the
Soviet
armed
forces,
who
use the
Markarov
automatrc
pistol, but the TT-
33
will
be
around for
a
long
while
yet.
Despite the introduction
of
the
Makar-
ov
many
second-line
and milrtia units
within the Warsaw
Pact
are still issued
wlth
the TT-33 and
as
the type's
overall
standard
of
desrgn
and
construction
was sound
there
seems
to
be
no
reason
why they should be
replaced
for
many
years,
Right
:
A
R
ed
Army
m
ilitary
policeman,
for
whom
the
Tokarev
TT-33
would
have
been
the
primary
we apon.
M
ilitary
policem
en of
all
nations still
carry thepistol
as
the
nature
of
their
duties often
precludes
the
use
of
any type
oflargerweapon,
and
they
have
no
actual combat
role.
rejigged the
design
rn
several
re-
Specification
TT-33
spects and
recalibred
it
for the 9-mm
Parabellum
cartddge.
The
result
was
known as
the
Tikagrypt
and was
ex-
ported to
Egypt,
where
it
is
still
used
Cartridge: 7,62mm
Type
P
(M30)
Lengthoverall:
196mm
(7,68
in)
Lengnhofbarrel:
I
16
mm
(4,57
in)
Weisht:
0,830
ks
(
LB3
lb)
Muzzle
velocity:
420
m
(
1,380
ft)
per
second
Magazine: B-round
box
by
the local police
forces,
The
Tokarev
TT-33 was
a
sturdy and
hard-wearing
pistol that was
used
throughout World
War I
I,
but
it
never
entirely replaced
the
Nagant.

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika:

Zgłoś jeśli naruszono regulamin