On the occasion of the Spring Festival, military fans across the country are also celebrating the festival and enjoying the holiday. Talking about military topics at home and abroad during the festival must be too serious, so let's change the style and say some lighthearted and interesting, and military-related passionate illustrations. This is a group of war-themed illustrations by more than a dozen American cartoonists in the 1950s for american men's adventure magazines. The theme is the scene of brave American soldiers during World War II, along with their beautiful girlfriends around the world, fighting the evil German Nazis and Japanese devils. It has a romantic feel of American battlefield romance. It is more exquisite, clear, accurate and durable than the common hand-compiled albums of the same kind.
All the illustrations are based on examples from the World War II period, and it is clear that several painters have a deep understanding of the state of the army during the World War II period, the famous battles and battles, and the weapons and equipment of the countries involved in the war. The weapons and uniforms on all the drawings are quite accurate, and military enthusiasts will find that many backgrounds have war history allusions, which can't help but be admired.
By Earl Norem
By Earl Norem. The anti-aircraft guns with blasted barrels in the front, and the back in the shadows, are Germany's invincible 88 mm anti-aircraft guns, which are both a nightmare for enemy aircraft and a famous tank killer.
By Rafael DeSoto. Japanese Type 38 rifle.
By Rafael DeSoto. The Mauser 98K rifle used by the German soldiers, because the design of the Mauser bolt is extremely classic, it has a huge impact on the design of the later rotary pull bolt, and has become almost a recognized standard for measuring any kind of rotating bolt. Most modern manual rifles are modeled after the Mauser rifle, and the design of the rifle is also a reference to the Mauser Type 98. Examples include the American M1903 and the British Lee Enfield rifle. The 98K has little room for improvement, and it truly deserves to be called the "grandmaster of a generation" in the history of the world's firearms. There are many other countries that have produced imitations of Mauser rifles, such as the famous "Zhongguan" in our country.
By Mort Kunstler. Compared with the glory of German submarine warfare, the submarine force of the US Navy during World War II is very low-key, and few people know that the submarines of the US Navy played an important role in the Period of World War II, especially in the Pacific Theater, where American submarines carried out strangulation warfare against Japanese shipping and large-scale mine warfare, which directly hit Japan's war potential.
By Mort Kunstler. The weapon of the American soldiers was the M1918 Browning automatic rifle, which was used as a light machine gun as a squad support fire of the U.S. Army infantry squad during World War II.
By Mort Kunstler. Looking at the hat of the wounded pilot, the fold should be a British pilot who parachuted, holding a Stern submachine gun, which was a submachine gun manufactured and equipped in large quantities by the British during World War II, using 9x19 mm bullets, which was used by the British until the 1960s. More than 3.75 million Stern submachine guns were manufactured in the 1940s. The Stern submachine gun is a low-cost, easy-to-produce weapon that is easy to use, roughly crafted, and all stamped parts. Saving labor and materials, the cost is very low, a gun costs less than 10 US dollars, and is known as "the masterpiece of plumbers".
The Mark II grenade hanging from the chest of an American soldier, a star weapon of the U.S. Army during World War II. During World War II, American soldiers used many types of grenades, but mostly with mark II grenades. The grenade was modeled after the British Mills grenade and was equipped with U.S. troops in the late twenties. However, the shape and charge of the projectile were different, initially filled with TNT explosives, but due to the shortage of TNT in the early stages of the war, the grenades produced in the later period were filled with a complex of nitrified starch. The oval cast iron projectile body has a small flat bottom with a fuze structure identical to that of the Mills grenade.
By Basil Gogos. Beauty is holding a German M24 long-handled grenade. This grenade was the most common and widely used grenade in the German army in World War II. The M24 grenade was large, and during combat German soldiers usually stuck the grenade in their waists and leather boots. In anti-tank and trench battles, the M24 can also be used in cluster harnesses to increase destructive power. German soldiers tied together seven M24 grenades with wire, six wooden handles removed around them to reduce weight, and one in the middle retained the handle as a detonation fuse. It is also possible to remove all the handles and replace them with pressed fuzes for use as mines. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the standard grenades of the Chinese army were re-improved and produced on the basis of imitation M24 grenades, and played an important role in the anti-Japanese battlefield.
Written by George Gross. A German half-track armored car driven by beauties. During World War II, the peak of the use of half-track vehicles, germany and the United States produced a large number of half-track vehicles for transport or combat tasks. What these vehicles have in common is the use of wheels at the front and the track propulsion at the rear. The half-tracked vehicle has better off-road capabilities, is as fast as a tank, but is cheaper and lighter than a tank, has light armor for its crew to defend its crew against small infantry weapons, and can perform all support tasks from pulling soldiers to the battlefield, towing cannons, and even directly using vehicle-mounted weapons for hand-to-hand combat.
By Samson Pollen
By Will Hulsey
By Mort Kunstler. In the background is a German tractor-style tracked tractor used to tow heavy artillery. Germany's heavy tractors during World War II were the Mercedes-Benz sd.kfz.8 (12 tons) and Falmo's sd.kfz.9 (18 tons). There are also 1, 3, 5 and 8 ton half-track tractors, each towing different guns. The Germans also often used tracked tractors that captured the Soviet Union, and even used tractors directly to tow artillery.
By Mort Kunstler. U.S. troops fighting alongside the natives in the South Pacific.
By Mort Kunstler. It was a good idea, a simple powered bamboo row built by American soldiers and beautiful female friends. Using the rear wheels of a car, the belt is driven by the rear wheels, driving the paddle wheels at the rear of the bamboo row forward.
By Mort Kunstler.
By Mort Kunstler
By Mort Kunstler. By Mort Kunstler. This kite with explosives is a mysterious weapon made by Japan during World War II that can cross the Pacific Ocean to strike the United States, and it is also the world's first intercontinental weapon. The custom of flying kites originated in China at the earliest, and by the time of the Northern Song Dynasty kites had begun to carry out military reconnaissance, communication and liaison, life saving, and rescue tasks in the army. It was carried forward by Japan during World War II, and the Japanese had no ability to fight back in the face of strategic bombing by US B29 bombers. Dr. Hidetoshi Arakawa, a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, proposed to make large kite-type balloons, carry bombs or incendiary bombs, and use the high atmospheric circulation across the Pacific Ocean to drift to the United States for "strategic bombing."
Beginning in October 1944, Japan set up three balloon bomb factories in Shikoku, Kyushu and other places to produce this secret weapon. In November 1944, Japan released its first balloon bombs, carrying one 15 kg kill bomb and two 17 kg incendiary bombs. The so-called revenge weapon balloon bomb was trumpeted by the Japanese, and a large number of civilians also participated in the production of balloons. A large number of people, mainly women and students, were organized to paste the balloons. Millions of people were mobilized and more than 9,000 balloons were built and released to the United States in half a year. However, after the United States detected the appearance of Japanese balloons, a total of 300 balloons were found to arrive in the United States. The main result of the balloon was to cause some small forest fires. The balloon caused 6 American casualties, and when a priest in Oregon, the United States, took his wife and 5 children to a picnic in the countryside, he found a fallen balloon with some strange things wrapped around it, and suddenly exploded while fiddling with the balloon, killing 5 children and dying of serious injuries to the pastor's wife.
By Frank McCarthy. If you have seen the American movie "Blood Stained Snow Mountain Castle", you will definitely have an impression of this illustration. Filmed in 1968, the film tells the story of a seven-man commando team led by a British major intelligence officer in 1944, parachuted into Bavaria, infiltrated the Bavarian Nazi devil's cave where "only eagles can go up", and rescued American generals captured by the Germans. It is one of the classic Hollywood action films. "Blood Stained Snow Mountain Fort" was once released in China under the title of "Magic Cave Detective", the dubbing of the film was completed by Changchun Film Studio, one of the most classic dubbing translation productions in China, and won the Ministry of Culture Excellent Translation and Production Award in 1990. The film's male protagonist, Clint Eastwood, is one of the greatest actors in the United States, winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 57th Venice Film Festival and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. The heroine, Ingrid Pitt, is a famous British film actor, known as the "Queen of Horror Films".