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Light cruiser USS Atlanta coming alongside heavy cruiser USS San Francisco for refueling, 16 Oct 1942. Note Atlanta's main forward batteries of three turrets of twin 5-inch/38 guns.	German Air Force troops securing areas recently overran by Army troops, Stalingrad, Russia, 22 Oct 1942; ntoe MP 40 submachine gun

Light cruiser Atlanta at Espiritu Santo, 25 Oct 1942	Gun crews aboard USS South Dakota man their 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942

Destroyer USS Shaw transferring survivors of sunken destroyer USS Porter to battleship USS South Dakota (foreground) while underway toward Efate, New Hebrides, 28 Oct 1942.	Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft of US Navy Torpedo Squadron 4 dropping Mark XIII practice torpedo in training flight, location unknown, 30 Oct 1942

A German soldier in Stalingrad, Russia, Nov 1942; note silver badge on his chest	Abandoned Japanese Type 94 37mm anti-tank gun, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942

German soldier in a destroyed factory, Stalingrad, Russia, Nov 1942	Men of US Marine Corps 3rd Defense Battalion operating a 90mm M2 Anti-Aircraft Gun, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Army sentry at the partially capsized Vichy-French ocean liner SS Porthos in the harbor at Casablanca, French Morocco, 8 Nov 1942. The Porthos was damaged by 16-inch shells fired from the USS Massachusetts.	US-made M3 Stuart light tanks and M3 Lee medium tank in Soviet service, Stalingrad, Russia, Nov 1942; note soldier with PPSh-41 submachine gun

Polish karabin przeciwpancerny wzór 35 anti-tank rifle in Finnish service, 6 Nov 1942	MGen George Patton and RAdm John Hall, US Navy (behind Patton – and, Yes, the Admiral has his helmet on backwards) prepare to go ashore at Fedhala, Morocco during the North African operation, 9 Nov 1942.

British sailors and British and American soldiers on the beach at Algiers, mid-Nov 1942; note 40-mm Bofors gun and three trucks in background	40mm Bofors mount at the stern of USS North Carolina, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 15 Nov 1942

Bird's eye view of a twin 40mm Bofors mount aboard USS North Carolina while the ship was at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 15 Nov 1942. Note the numerous ammunition racks inside the gun tub.	Side view of a twin 40mm Bofors mount aboard USS North Carolina while the ship was at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 15 Nov 1942

View of port side 40mm Bofors mount aboard USS North Carolina, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 15 Nov 1942	View of starboard side 40mm Bofors mount aboard USS North Carolina, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 15 Nov 1942