A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun T1 fired in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 3-inch mobile anti-aircraft gun T1 with a muzzle velocity of 2600 feet per second in a traveling position. The gun is emplaced by the members of the crew. A river can be seen in the background. The gun is fired at a towered target by the gun crew. The target is brought down from a height of 9000 feet. Members of the crew pose.
U.S. height finders used in World War I. The Barr and Stroud anti-aircraft height finder used in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Members of the crew use the height finders. The crew uses the Bausch and Lomb 8-foot height finder.
A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun fired at a target in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 3-inch anti-aircraft gun equipped with torque amplifiers for distant control is operated by Ordnance Data Computer T 1. A battery of four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. The gun crew fires guns at the towed target. Shells burst around the target range at a range of 8500 feet. The target falls after a hit.
West Point Military Academy cadets being shown the latest war equipment at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The cadets stand in a circle and a tank in the foreground. A cadet seated inside a tank and drives the tank. The cadets applaud. The cadets watch the tank as it rolls on the ground. A tank rolls down in water and splashes water. Soldiers load shells in a field gun. They fire the gun and cadets close their ears with fingers. The field gun fires and cadets stand around the gun.
U.S. soldiers train for decontamination at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. A man in a chemical laboratory. Two soldiers spreading a protective ointment in their hands. A soldier decontaminating a tank. A soldier wearing a mask spraying a protective liquid on a gun. A soldier spreading the protective ointment on his helmet. Many soldiers in front of U.S. Sherman tanks decontaminating cloth covers. Soldiers sitting on a tank cover it with a decontaminated cloth. Two soldiers issue impregnated clothing to a soldier. A soldier covers himself with a protective cellophane cover. A soldier decontaminating a half track using Decon filled with DAMC. Soldiers filling a truck with chloride of lime containers. (World War II period).
Weapons being manufactured and tested in the United States during World War II. Women manufacture Bofors anti aircraft gun at a plant in Akron, Ohio. Men and women work on various parts of the Bofors gun. Bofors gun lined up at the plant. A one thousand pound bomb being tested at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Men push the bomb on a trolley. Bomb being loaded under the wing of an aircraft. Aircraft in flight. A bomb isdropped and it impacts causing billows of smoke to rise up. Another bomb being released and it hits the ground. Billows of smoke rise up.
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