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Italian AB 41 armored cars in the Balkan Peninsula, 1943	Japanese cruiser Takao with her forward torpedo tubes swung out, circa 1943. These tubes were meant to launch the 3-ton Type 93 torpedo.

Japanese Type 93 torpedo that beached itself at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1943. After analysis, this torpedo was put display at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States. Photo 1 of 2.	Japanese Type 93 torpedo that beached itself at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1943. After analysis, this torpedo was put display at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States. Photo 2 of 2.

K5 (E) railway gun, 1940s	King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav, and Hans Reidar Holtermann inspecting a Sten gun, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 1943

Manfred Barak and Avraham Kane of the Haganah firing a 2-inch mortar, Palestine, 1943	Members of US 89th Infantry Division in training, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 1943

MG 34 machine gun mounted for anti-aircraft role, date unknown	Newly built 20mm M2 autocannon at the Oldsmobile factory, Lansing, Michigan, United States, circa 1943

Opel Blitz truck and Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft guns of the German police in Yugoslavia, 1943	Polish commando troops exercising in Scotland, United Kingdom, 1943; note Bren light machine gun without magazine

Portrait of three Soviet Ural Volunteer Tank Division tankers, circa 1943; note black NR-40 knives	Profile view of German 10 cm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun, circa 1940s; seen in US Army manual TM-E 30-451 'Handbook of German Military Forces'

PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle and crew, circa 1940s; note the assistant gunner's PPSh-41 submachine gun	Railcar-mounted 2 cm Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun in France, circa 1942-1943, photo 1 of 2

Railcar-mounted 2 cm Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun in France, circa 1942-1943, photo 2 of 2	Rear view of German 10 cm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun, circa 1940s; seen in US Army manual TM-E 30-451 'Handbook of German Military Forces'

Russian 122 mm Howitzer M1938 (M-30) field gun at rest, circa 1940s	Russian soldiers fighting with a Degtyaryov Pekhotny 'DP' light machine gun and a PPSh-41 submachine gun, circa 1943-1945