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Jan 7, 2025 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
Among the most unconventional weapons in the Allied WWII arsenal were the U.S. Marine Corps’ rocket launchers. These weapons saw action in the Pacific nearly seven months before the U.S. Army employed rockets in Europe. However, the Army’s 2nd Engineer Special Brigade (ESB) had fitted DUKWs, LVTs, and trucks with rocket launchers in October 1943 to support General MacArthur’s forces in New Guinea, though on a smaller scale than the Corps’ later initiative.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
Tank warfare evolved significantly during WWII. The tank itself had been created to combat infantry, supported by artillery, that had led to the brutal deadlocked trench warfare of WWI. Thus, one should be mindful that at the time Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1 1939, the world’s first workable tank (Britain’s Little Willie) was just two weeks shy of its 24th birthday.
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May 20, 2024 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
Photos courtesy NARAThat the G-102 White/Autocar/Diamaon T and G-147 International Harvester half-track chassis went on to be used as the basis for an array of gun motor carriages and fighting vehicles is well known. Less well-known are the variations of the base vehicles, the M2, M3 and M5, shown in the following pages, which include ambulance, ammunition carrier, radio carrier and aircraft refueler.
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May 14, 2024 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
Interest in a 2½-ton 4x4 truck with extremely high mobility climbed during the early days of the U.S. involvement in WWII. On Feb. 12, 1944 Major E.H. Holtzkemper, Chief, Transport Vehicle Section, Development Branch requested that Fargo’s Robert Biggers quote on such a vehicle. The company responded with a quotation on March 28.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
cozen.com | John Carroll |Simon FRASER |Anna M. McDonough |David Doyle
Saturday, April 20, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2024 – Cozen O’Connor is proud to announce that the firm’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Group is the recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Asset Sale of the Year award. The accolade was awarded following the sale of Akorn Holding Company LLC, due to the complexities of the deal and results achieved.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
WWII had taught the U.S. Army many lessons with regard to wheeled vehicles. Studies begun during the war, and accelerated immediately thereafter, laid the framework for future series of idealized wheeled tactical vehicles.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
Often forgotten, the importance of the support of a well-equipped military engineering force to successful combat operations cannot be overstated. Wartime circumstance often mean at the least that existing infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, and at most infrastructure must be put in place in wilderness, mountains, swamp or other rough terrain. One important tool for such operations was versatile power shovel with a wide range of accessories.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
It is often said that during WWII, the United States was the Arsenal of Democracy. The nation, thankfully removed from aerial attack and combat in the streets, and blessed with abundant resources and industry geared toward mass production, certainly lived up to the moniker. However, before the gears of industry can begin to churn out armaments, the decision has to be made what was going to be made, and by who. Reaching these decisions were not always linear processes.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
The Renault Char Leger FT– popularly known as the FT-17– had the distinction of being the first mass-produced tank with a rotating turret. Developed by the French, the FT-17 revolutionized the concept of armored warfare, which was then in its infancy. During and after World War I, Van Dorn Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio, license-built the FT for use by the U.S. Army, which designated the vehicle the M1917 Special 6-ton Tractor. Later, several other U.S. manufacturers built the tanks.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
militarytrader.com | David Doyle
The ubiquitous 37mm Antitank Gun M3 had been standardized by the U.S. Army in December 1938, but production did not begin until late 1940. By that time, war in Europe was well underway, and the U.S. Army observed with interest the increasing level of armor protection being seen in the conflict. It was rightly determined that the 37mm weapon was inadequate for the modern battlefield.
