
	Where results make sense

Topic: Antiaircraft

Related Topics

Flak cannon

Air defense artillery

List of artillery

2 cm Gebirgsflak 38

Skysweeper

Nike Ajax

AMRAAM

Vickers machine gun

Stealth aircraft

Mountain gun

Bofors

Rapier missile

Bofors 40 mm gun

Messerschmitt 262

Nashorn

In the News (Mon 23 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Chapter 12 (pp 541-573)
		Antiaircraft artillery in air defense of objects in the rear area (airfields, electrical power stations, bridges and crossings) was used in consideration of the nature of enemy aviation operations, the tactical and technical data of his aircraft, and most important, the tactical and technical capabilities of the antiaircraft weapons themselves.
		Antiaircraft artillery fired only when their own fighters were not attacking the targets or when they were prepared to open fire upon the enemy when their fighters disengaged from combat.
		Antiaircraft artillery used the PUAZO stations to fire on radar data from the SON stations as to the probable bomb drop line and shifted from that probable line towards the target; part of the batteries fired barrage fire according to the SON data.
	www.korean-war.com /Russia/KoreaPoligon541-573.html (8550 words)

	Lone Sentry: 5th Army Antiaircraft, Salerno to Florence, 9 September 1943 - 8 September 1944, WWII Unit History
		Today, as a consequence, many antiaircraft units are preparing for a host of new assignments as infantry, military police, trucking companies, engineers, and field artillery, in which, if called upon, they can be expected to serve the Fifth Army with the same thoroughness and excellence as their former role.
		The antiaircraft artillery mission was one of close support, to move up with the engineers and defend the bridges and the flow of troop reinforcements and supplies after the infantry had established bridgeheads.
		antiaircraft troops, in order to establish their most forward gun sites, on several occasions were forced to clear the area of snipers and infantry troops covering the retreating enemy.
	www.lonesentry.com /fiftharmyaa (3613 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Fort Stewart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 2004 the 280,000-acre facility, the largest in area in the eastern United States, is the base for the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized) and the First Battalion, Seventy-fifth Ranger Regiment, Rapid Deployment Force.
		The effort to locate the antiaircraft training facility to the Savannah area was led by U.S. congressman Hugh Peterson of Ailey.
		The former World War II antiaircraft artillery training facility is used in the twenty-first century for tank, field artillery, helicopter gunnery, and small arms training.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1322 (1327 words)

	::: POLISH LAND FORCES WEBSITE ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An antiaircraft regiment and squadron are the basic tactical and fire units that are capable of performing the combat tasks unaided (depending on the equipment).
		The antiaircraft squadrons in the structures of the mechanised and armoured brigades (armoured cavalry) serve for the direct antiaircraft protection of the land forces.
		However, the missile antiaircraft regiments at the division and corps level of the military district are the main air defence troops of the land forces.
	www.army.mil.pl /strona_en/kaleidoscope/branches/airdef (5931 words)

	Chapter III: Preparations for Continental Defense
		This was a plan for increasing the Army's 3-inch antiaircraft gun strength from 135 to 472, and it included the procurement of enough guns to equip thirty-four Regular Army and National Guard mobile antiaircraft regiments.
		As one part of the new antiaircraft project approved in the spring of 1942, a maximum of forty balloon battalions of prewar strength for continental defense was to be provided.
		The antiaircraft forces, instead of depending upon the aircraft warning service, had their own separate observation and alert systems and, in general, occupied a more autonomous position in relation to the interceptor commands than projected in 1941 plans.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/Guard-US/ch3.htm (11527 words)

	Method of controlling antiaircraft fire - Patent 4449041
		A method of controlling antiaircraft fire is described in which an aircraft is tracked continuously during the flight of a burst of projectiles and the probability of a hit is continuously revised according to the latest target maneuver as the projectiles proceed to the intercept point.
		This invention pertains generally to antiaircraft fire control methods and particularly to methods of such type wherein projectiles are shot from artillery pieces at a high rate of fire.
		Many types of antiaircraft weapon systems utilize automatic guns which are capable of such a high rate of fire that the barrels of such guns cannot long withstand the cumulative effects of heating during continuous fire.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4449041.html (1942 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		The tracer fire and the antiaircraft guns are firing intensively in the air from a significant number of locations.
		Antiaircraft fire has been going off in the city for some time, but Nic Robertson, who is in Baghdad, and I think still on the phone with us, has reported that everything he has seen and heard is all going from the ground up.
		It is all antiaircraft fire going up, but to this point he has seen no indication of anything, any bombs, any missiles, any planes, coming down.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0303/19/bn.02.html (5736 words)

	Guns of USS Tuscaloosa - CA-37 - USS Wichita - CA-45 - WWII heavy cruisers
		She was eventually outfitted with 16 - 40mm and 19 - 20mm antiaircraft guns, replacing the machine guns.
		Its "dual-purpose" was antiaircraft (good for this purpose with its relatively short bore providing maneuverability) and also surface fire (adequate).
		Although a heavy antiaircraft gun found only on cruisers or heavier ships, it was very effective because it was firing a substantial two-pound projectile and, in a quadruple mount, its rate of fire was 480 rounds per minute.
	www.geocities.com /usstuscaloosa/guns.htm (737 words)

	Skylighters: An Introduction to Antiaircraft Artillery and Searchlights
		Antiaircraft Artillery is the branch of the U. Army dedicated to protecting ground forces and other static elements (aircraft on airfields, harbors, etc.) from concentrated aerial attack.
		Antiaircraft brigades were also formed and were normally attached to armies or to theater commands.
		There the decision was made on whether to use intercept fighters or antiaircraft fire, or both, to deter the targeted hostile bombers.
	www.skylighters.org /introduction (4248 words)

	antiaircraft gun -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiaircraft weapons development began as early as 1910, when the airplane first became an effective weapon.
		In World War I, field artillery pieces up to about 90 mm (3.5 inches) in calibre were converted to antiaircraft use by mountings that enabled them to fire nearly vertically.
		Self-propelled guns are field artillery, antitank guns, or antiaircraft guns mounted on and fired from tracked or wheeled vehicles.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9007808?tocId=9007808 (801 words)

	Print
		Thus, for instance, after Hezbollah antiaircraft fire killed a child in Shlomi in August 2003, Israel responded by destroying two Hezbollah antiaircraft batteries, and since then, the antiaircraft fire has virtually ceased.
		Thus, for instance, Hezbollah began its antiaircraft fire in mid-2002 in response to frequent overflights of Lebanon by Israel's air force.
		The firing was generally in response to a specific act: On May 5, for instance, antiaircraft artillery was fired after Israel violated Lebanese airspace 27 times in a single day.
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/haaretz090804.html (602 words)

	MAY, 1944
		Forty‑seven tons of bombs were dropped in attacks on remaining enemy positions in the Marshalls during May 4 by Mitchell bombers of the Seventh Army Air Force, Dauntless dive bombers and Corsair fighters of the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing, and Navy Hellcat lighters.
		Antiaircraft batteries, building areas, and underground shelters were hit.
		Moderate antiaircraft fire was encountered which wounded both pilot and co‑pilot but the aircraft returned safely to base.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1944-05.html (5049 words)

	Military Thought: Joint actions of fighter aviation and antiaircraft Missile forces in repelling air attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Owing to the uneven growth in combat capabilities of FA and AMT changing their role and place in the system of defense the problem of joint actions remains as relevant as before.
		The fighter aviation was, as before, supposed to intercept and destroy the enemy at far approaches whereas the antiaircraft missile troops were supposed to build up efforts in their own zone and then, together with FA, perform the missions aimed at defeating the enemy in the zone of joint actions.
		This was largely in line with the expected character of actions by planes of the potential adversary based on major offensive operations and penetration of the air defense in one or several sectors.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JAP/is_1_12/ai_102903194 (1326 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		The antiaircraft gunfire when it's closer has a sort of a sharper crack to it, but this more of a dull thump.
		The antiaircraft fire appeared to erupt from the periphery of the city, towards the south and towards the west of the city, from our vantage point, and then it died down, and then it came -- and then the anti-aircraft gunfire erupted again this time.
		I can see antiaircraft tracer rounds illuminating the sky, some flying horizontally, some flying to a trajectory, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, paths the antiaircraft traces crisscrossing in the sky, orange flashes, red tracer rounds, flying through the air, maybe 50, 100 feet apart multiple flashes.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0303/20/lt.08.html (1924 words)

	Chinese Defence Today :: 14.5 mm Antiaircraft Machine Guns
		The PLA planned to equip its Motorised Infantry Battalions with 14.5 mm antiaircraft machine guns for air defence purpose in the 1970s.
		Yet another unsuccessful effort to develop a 14.5 mm antiaircraft weapon suitable for the use of Infantry Battalions.
		Even so, the Type 80 is still far too heavy for the use of PLA Infantry Battalions, which are only mounted on trucks for long distance traveling and have to reach the battle field by walk.
	www.sinodefence.com /army/crewserved/mg_145.asp (619 words)

	Herc History
		The transition from antiaircraft artillery guns to guided missiles began with deployment of the first combat-ready NIKE AJAX battalion in March 1954 and was essentially complete by mid-1958.
		Soon after the war, it became apparent that antiaircraft targets of the near future would include greatly improved missiles of the V1 and V2 types and partially armored airplanes flying at various speeds up to and including the supersonic and at heights from near the ground to extremely high altitudes.
		Though superior to conventional antiaircraft artillery against single targets at supersonic speeds and high altitudes, the AJAX target tracking radar was limited in the resolution of aircraft in formation and therefore ineffective against mass air attack.
	ed-thelen.org /h_mono-1.html (3740 words)

	South African Wheeled SP Antiaircraft
		Notes: This is a South African self-propelled antiaircraft gun, based on an armored and mine-protected version of the SAMIL 20 truck.
		This vehicle has a much higher and beefier suspension than the basic truck, leading to better cross-country performance, and the vehicle is used to protect truck convoys as well as for antiaircraft use.
		The vehicle is considered to have an armor value of twice the highest face against mines, and the suspension rating is one higher against mines.
	www.pmulcahy.com /wheeled_spaa/south_african_wspaa.htm (379 words)

	OhioLINK ETD: Greenwald, Bryon
		This work then examines the development of American antiaircraft artillery as a case study to illuminate the earlier discussion of theory as it relates to organizational and institutional change.
		National military policy, strategy, operations, and tactics are analyzed as the expanding antiaircraft establishment defended the Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor, and the Philippines from Japanese attack, and fought through stubborn German resistance at Kasserine Pass, on Normandy, and at the Remagen Bridge.
		Battles against the V-1 cruise missile, the V-2 ballistic missile, and Japanese kamikaze pilots tested antiaircraft units’ training and adaptability, while fire support missions to assist infantry and armor units brought the antiaircraft artillery independence from the Coast Artillery Corps and acceptance as a member of the family of arms.
	www.ohiolink.edu /etd/view.cgi?osu1070502037 (431 words)

	ZSU-23 23MM Antiaircraft Gun
		The ZSU-23-4 is a fully integrated, self-propelled antiaircraft system with four liquid-cooled 23-mm automatic cannons mounted on the front of a large, flat, armored turret.
		These are primarily distinguishable externally by the types of stowage boxes on the turret and minor modifications in the mounting of the guns.
		A platoon of four ZSU-23-4s is assigned, along with four SA-9/GASKIN SAM systems, to the antiaircraft battery of motorized rifle and tank regiments to cover the deadspace of the SA-6/GAINFUL in the division air defense umbrella.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/row/zsu-23-4.htm (742 words)

	Yorkshire CND - US Air Raids on Iraq Become an Almost Daily Ritual - 30/8/99
		On Tuesday, antiaircraft fire again, and the retaliation was smart bombs on a military installation 28 miles away.
		On Wednesday, the Iraqis fired antiaircraft guns and later turned on their tracking radar for a moment, provoking bombs on a military depot deep in the desert.
		The Pentagon took the unusual step of countering one such claim last Tuesday with a statement insisting that two civilian deaths in the town of Ba'ashiqah were caused by unexploded Iraqi antiaircraft shells falling back to earth, although the statement offered no supporting evidence.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/articles/iraq/ritual.htm (1207 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Cuban Missile Crisis
		If antiaircraft artillery is employed in direct support of the missile site, losses may be expected.
		World War II and Korean experience, updated to reflect current antiaircraft artillery capabilities against modern aircraft, indicates that low level attack forces would incur some combat losses from antiaircraft artillery fire; however, numbers cannot be predicted accurately.
		Attack plans can be amended to take the antiaircraft weapons under fire during the attack if reconnaissance shows such defenses and if analysis shows such fire suppression necessary.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/cuba/cuba007.htm (619 words)

	Introducing Camp Davis: Antiaircraft Artillery School
		Bryan L. Milburn, the Antiaircraft Artillery School has trained thousands of officers and enlisted men for key positions in battle units all over the world.
		To prepare material for use in training antiaircraft artillery troops and for maintaining them at an advanced level of efficiency.
		To assist the Antiaircraft Artillery Board in developing and research toward greater perfection of antiaircraft artillery weapons and equipment and the evolution of new types of materiel.
	www.skylighters.org /places/cd14.html (204 words)

	Dethlefsen, Merlyn
		Dethlefsen was 1 of a flight of F-105 aircraft engaged in a fire suppression mission designed to destroy a key antiaircraft defensive complex containing surface-to-air missiles (SAM), an exceptionally heavy concentration of antiaircraft artillery, and other automatic weapons.
		Despite a continuing hail of antiaircraft fire, deadly surface-to-air missiles, and counter attacks by MIG interceptors, Maj. Dethlefsen flew repeated close range strikes to silence the enemy defensive positions with bombs and cannon fire.
		His action in rendering ineffective the defensive SAM and antiaircraft artillery sites enabled the ensuing fighter bombers to strike successfully the important industrial target without loss or damage to their aircraft, thereby appreciably reducing the enemy's ability to provide essential war material.
	www.mishalov.com /Dethlefsen.html (331 words)

	Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II (Reorienting the Defense Battalion/Tributes to the Defense ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The process began in April 1944, and five months later, the defense battalions that began the year had converted to antiaircraft artillery units, though a few retained their old designation, and in rare instances the 155mm artillery group remained with a battalion as an attachment rather than an integral component.
		A new table of organization appeared in July 1944 and reflected the emphasis on 90mm and 40mm antiaircraft weapons, though it left the manpower level all but unchanged.
		Aviation units manned the airfields; antiaircraft gunners peered into an empty sky, hoping the enemy would appear; those members of defense battalions not otherwise employed wrestled cargo between ship's holds and dumps ashore; and Seabees sweated over construction projects.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003133-00/sec12.htm (1915 words)

	Christopher J. Bright.com
		Despite the number and intended purpose of these defensive nuclear weapons and the widespread attention the armaments received from policy-makers and the public at the time, their political, military, diplomatic, and cultural significance is largely forgotten and almost entirely unexamined by scholars.
		Relatively high- and fast-flying bombers were difficult to track and destroy with existing conventional weapons, and damaging or destroying bombers but allowing their nuclear payloads to detonate nonetheless was insufficient.
		Specially-designed low-yield antiaircraft nuclear warheads were intended to destroy targets within a half-mile of their atmospheric detonations, while minimizing the radioactive danger to those on the ground.
	www.christopherjohnbright.com /nuclear.htm (888 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)