![]() ![]() Highly loved by her crew members, she was called Lady Lex by the American sailors. It participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea, where Japanese dive and torpedo bombers sank it. Lexington carrier's nickname given by her crew. The Lexington was one of the few major aircraft carriers before the onset of World War II. ![]() The obsolete planes were nicknamed "wind indicators" by their Marine pilots who had experience with the newer planes of the military. Wind Indicator was the SB2Us planes's nickname given by their pilots. SB2U's were already deemed obsolete by the beginning of World War II, but those were among the only available planes on Midway Island, so the pilots had to use them.The nickname Steel Rain was applied half a century later to the US MRLS systems, which launched large accurate barrages of rockets over long ranges. The German response was the Nebelwerfer, called the Screaming Mimi by the Allies. The Katyusha was a terrifying barrage to live through, if it hit its target, which it wasn't very good at. This simple weapon struck fear into the Axis hearts, as it should have. Stalin's Organ was the infamous Russian Katyusha rocket launcher's nickname. The Katyusha was a rocket launcher mounted on a truck.The Walking Stuka was an SdKfz 251 halftrack out-fitted with Wuhrframen 40 rockets, and the noise it made sounded like a Stuka, therefore the nickname Walking Stuka or Ground Stuka. THe Nebelwerfers were quite accurate for a rocket artillery piece of that time, and were quite terrorizing to Allied troops. The Nebelwerfer was like a conventional field artillery piece, able to be towed and usually stationary. soldiers, and they nicknamed is "Screaming Mimi". GIs. The sound of the stationary rocket launcher was one of the strangest sounds heard by many U.S. Screaming Mimi was the infamous German Nebelwerfer rocket launcher's nickname given by U.S.It was called "Charley the Bastard" due to its enourmous recoil that was hated by infantry. 55 anti-tank rifle's nickname. The Boyes rifle could penetrate 1 inch of armour at 100m, although at the time tanks usually had an armour thickness of about 1.5-2 inches, and infantry hardly ever got within 100m of tanks. It was given a more powerful high velocity 76mm gun, along with a muzzle break to dampen recoil, and a better suspension for a smoother ride. Easy Eight was the M4A3E8 Sherman tank's nickname given by the Americans. The M4A3E8 was the late-war variant of the Sherman tank.Someone was overheard saying, 'that tank's a real honey'. ![]() Honey was the M3 Stuart tank's nickname.However, as history as shown, the SMLE was not a failure. It was openly criticised when first introduced as people felt it wouldn't fulfill any roll within the military as was too short to be as accurate as the MLE and too long to be used by the calvalry. The barrel length was between that of its predecessor (the MLE) and the traditional carbine. Smelly was the SMLE's nickname. The Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) was first introduced in 1904 but wasn't official introduced until 1907.On this post we'll try give you some of the craziest weapon's nicknames that appeared throughout World War II. Nickname a enemy gives a weapon is very interesting and helps define the weapon in a unique way. ![]() ) They are cool names for military equipment. Tankers, we get to have fun.Soldiers, sailosr and aviators are an inventive lot & often come up with amusing, even witty nick-names for weapons and stuff (artillery, tanks, planes, ships. The infantry, they get to wear their blue chords on their dress uniform, they get their Combat Infantry Badges. It’s a unique set of abilities that tankers have. Now, the cover doesn’t go downrange because it’s vaporized in the gun tube, but it’s fun to say, “He sent his own cover downrange.”Īnother one is, also for new arrivals, usually for the lower-enlisted - unless officers and senior NCOs really feel like being a part of the unit and endearing themselves to the men - when they arrive, they’re accosted and duct-taped to the main gun tube, which is then elevated and the tank turret is spun around until the new arrival vomits, or starts giggling too much for anybody else to have fun.Ībsolutely. So when the tank commander says, “Fire,” the tank commander fires his own cover downrange. They’ll take the cover of that freshly arrived officer and they’ll put it in the main gun of the tank, then they’ll load the main gun round. Well there are a couple of things that only tankers can do, say, for instance when the new platoon leader or the new company commander arrives and you’re going to the tank range to do the qualification of the main gun. ![]()
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