Photos of World War II Weapons | World War II Database

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US Marines in prone position on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2	US Marines taking cover behind a barricade on 'Red Beach 3', Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2

US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943. Note 2-man .30 cal machine gun team (gunner with the gun on his shoulder and loader two steps ahead with tripod).	US Marines inspecting Japanese trenches, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943

US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943	US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943

US Marines on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943	Patrol Craft PCS-1424 photographed on the Manitowoc River by her builder, the Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, 24 Nov 1943. Note the Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.

US Marine code talker on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	US Marines inspecting a fallen Japanese naval infantryman, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943

German SdKfz 10/4 halftrack vehicle with 2-cm FlaK 38 gun, somewhere in the Soviet Union, Nov-Dec 1943	German soldiers with MG42 machine gun, Yugoslavia, Dec 1943

Men of US 24th Marine Regiment in exercise, Camp Pendleton, California, United States, late 1943	US Marine code talkers on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Dec 1943

US Marine Corps 105mm Howitzer M2 firing in support of operations at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Dec 1943	US Marines 3rd Division anti-aircraft crew performing trials with newly assigned 90mm M2 anti-aircraft guns at Cape Torokina by Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, circa late 1943

Japanese light cruiser Isuzu hit by an aerial Mark XIII torpedo dropped from a TBF-1 Avenger flown by Lt(jg) E.F. Ternasky flying from USS Lexington (Essex-class), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943	Marine Pfc C.H. McClure servicing the three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the right wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter on Bougainville, Dec 9, 1943

Enigma machine in use, 10 Dec 1943	Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) of 48th Highlanders of Canada regiment at San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 Dec 1943; the soldiers were, left to right, Sergeant J. T. Cooney, Private A. R. Downie, Private O. E. Bernier, Private G. R. Young, Corporal T. Fereday, and Private S. L. Hart