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Royal Navy Force H 1940–42: Britain's strike force at Gibraltar

By Angus Konstam

Illustrated by Paul Wright

HMS ARK ROYAL, LAUNCHING AIR STRIKE, 26 MAY 1941

The image shows the launch of Ark Royal’s second strike against Bismarck, launched in the teeth of a gale. The carrier has been turned into the 50kt wind, while on the bridge, Capt. Maund has increased speed to 30kts. The flight deck officer has given the signal for the first group of three Swordfish from 818 NAS to begin their take-off run, one behind the other. Astern of them, waiting for the signal, are the remaining 12 Swordfish of the strike. Each biplane carries an 18in Mark XII aerial torpedo. Each of the three-man aircrew would hope it would be them to strike the telling blow.

Hansando and Busan 1592: Admiral Yi Sun-sin's First Victories against Japan

By Yuhan Kim

Illustarted by Darren Tan

BATTLE OF ANGOLPO, 1592

Yi followed up on his victory at Hansando by attacking Kuki Yoshitaka and Kato Yoshiaki’s combined fleet at Angolpo harbour. Unable to lure the Japanese ships out to open water or engage in the shallow bay, Yi sends in his panokseon in rotations of pairs to bombard the Japanese ships with his long-range Cheonja cannons. Here, Japanese arquebusiers on board a sekibune return fire with small arms against the artillery barrage of the Joseon fleet. Under heavy fire, they nonetheless manage to form a rudimentary firing line, but the Joseon ships are barely within effective range. Their efforts are aided by a samurai and his ashigaru loader, who prepare to fire an Ozutsu teppo, an oversized arquebus. To the left, another sekibune is raked with fire and beginning to sink, and its surviving crew and wounded are boarding a kobaya to transfer to another ship. To the right, Nihon Maru, its hull draped with thick blanket rolls as makeshift armour, turns into the line of fire to try and shield the smaller ships.

German and Italian Tanks in Italy 1943–45

By Steven J. Zaloga

Illustrated by Felipe Rodríguez

GERMAN AND ITALIAN PZKPFW III
1. PzKpfw III Ausf. N, 2ª Compagnia Carri, Gruppo Carri “M” “Leonessa”,1a Divisione
Corazzata Camicie Nere “M”. When organized in May 1943, the Leonessa tank group had three
companies, the 1st with PzKpfw IVs, the 2nd with PzKpfw IIIs, and the 3rd with StuG IIIs. The
divisional insignia was a pale blue diamond with Mussolini’s monogram in red superimposed over
a yellow fasces, symbolizing the Fascist Party. These vehicles were painted in the German tropical
scheme of overall RAL 8000 gelbbraun (yellow brown).

2. PzKpfw III Ausf. M, 5.Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment Hermann Göring, Sicily, July 1943.
Panzer-Regiment Hermann Göring on Sicily had 43 PzKpfw III Lang, serving in the 1., 2., 5., and 6.
Kompanien. Those in the II.Abteilung used white tactical markings with a black edge on the sides
of the turret as well as the rear. The division had a complicated set of tactical insignia, derived from
Flak insignia. The basic marking was a white circle with a clock face superimposed. The Panzer-
Regiment HG had the clock details in black, the Panzergrenadier regiments in green, and the
artillery in red. The orientation of the clock arm indicated the sub-unit, so in the case of
5.Kompanie, the arm was in the 5 o’clock position. These vehicles were painted in the tropical
scheme of overall RAL 8000 gelbbraun, since their manufacture predated the introduction of
dunkelgelb (dark yellow).

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