Turret gunner

A war poet is a poet in time of and on the subject of war. A substantial number of important poets were soldiers, writing about their experiences of war. A number of them died on the battlefield, others like Siegfried Sassoon and Randall Jarrell survived but were scarred by their experiences, and some were just witnesses to the war like Thomas Hardy, and all of this was reflected in their poetry. “Many poems were British and were published in newspapers and then collected into anthologies. Several

Abrams tank and all the equipment for it. The M1A1 Abrams tank is equipped with a 1,500 horsepower turbine engine. (Power, Rod) It has a max speed of 45 MPH. Its acceleration 0-20 time is 7.2. The tank is 387 inches long accounting for the barrel, turret is 93.5 inches in height, and 144 inches in width and the vehicle weighs 70 tons. It needs 300 gallons of gas about every 265 miles or every 8 hours. (Prado, Fabio) http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/abrams.htm Armament of the tank are a the 120mm

The final edition of the Panzer III was shorter in length and height than the Panzer IV Ausf A. The Panzer IV had a larger turret that could hold a larger gun.(Panzerkampfwagens) Like the Panzer III the Panzer IV had twin machine guns, but its main firepower was in its short barreled 75-mm gun. It also had thicker armor, ranging from 30-80 mm. It weighed 20 tons and drove at

Money became very scarce and families were struggling to survive. The Serviceman’s Readjustment Act was implemented to help those soldiers who returned home from the war. “Why Soldiers Don’t Talk” by John Steinbeck and “The Death of the Ball Turret and Gunner” by Randall Jarrell both looked at how war impact soldiers and how they deal with life after war.

“Resilience has been defined as an attitude that enables the individual to examine, enhance and utilize the strengths, characteristics and other resources available to him or her” (Harrington, 2012). As a gunner in the military for a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, you are responsible for the turret and weapon system. Having never been a Bradley Commander, when asked to step up and take command I felt overwhelmed with the task at hand. Without being resilient, I would have failed as a Brandley Commander

commander ¨so you want me to fly my boys up over a flack field and risk our lives and Bessie for a couple of supplies ¨the sergeant said that we have to¨ the commander said I walked up to the pilots and commander and said ¨I'm your new gunner¨ The older tail gunner and roof gunner were killed during a bombing so since I was the top of my class they sent me and some rookie to the airfield.

Sniper was on top of the parliament building trying to fight for Independence from Britain, but then he see a woman talking to a gunner on top of a truck, A man’s head and shoulders appeared, looking toward the sniper. The sniper raised his rifle and fired” (O’Flaherty 2). The Sniper was trying not to get killed by the turret gunner, so he took the shot to kill the gunner and the woman to save his life. The IRA Sniper was curios of the Sniper he had just killed because he had a similar accuracy of

The turbulence of the Pelican breaking the atmosphere of New Haven awoke Spartan Frankie-115, a newly deployed UNSC cadet eagerly asked Frankie”do you think we'll see some serious action?'' ''no its just an AA canon they usually aren't heavily guarded and besides we have a radar jammer deployed so we wont trigger the cannon's sensor''. The cadet laid back into his seat with a disappointed look on his face, before Frankie could reassure the cadet a loud bang echoed through the Pelican followed by

The topic of this paper will be a brief history on the production and combat operations of the M1 Abrams tank. A very versatile and combat effective piece of equipment added to the United States Army’s inventory. It is young compared to the total age of the United Stated military, but it is a tried and true piece of equipment. The Chrysler Corporation has had ties to military tank development and production that go all the way to World War II. However, the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank came

and was sent home with disgrace. When he was sent home, Sakai knew he had to get far away from his village. So, he enlisted in the navy at the age of 16. After graduating from Sasebo Naval Base, he was assigned to the Battleship Kirishima as a turret gunner. Not liking his life on the Kirishima, Sakai