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Don’t Be A Dope II
Another humorous “Don’t be a dope!” poster from WWII. Don’t be a dope! Handle Equipment Right!With an air of complete unconcern // Joe Dope speeds his Jeep ’round a turn // And slams on his brakes //At...
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How’s Your Dodge, Rog?
“How’s Your Dodge, Rog?” from Army Motors, Chief of Ordnance, August 1944.
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Don’t Be A Dope III
Another “Don’t Be A Dope” training poster starring Joe Dope: When the Stukas begin to attackAin’t the time to make up for a lack Of cleaning your gun - Which won’t shoot at a HunWith a month’s...
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Don’t Be A Dope IV
Another in the colorful series of “Don’t Be A Dope” training posters starring Joe Dope: Don’t wash vehicles in lakes, creeks or oceans, it ruins and corrodes delicate parts.Don’t be a dope! HANDLE...
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Don’t Be A Dope V
Always check the oil! An angry tank crew stars in another “Don’t Be A Dope” training poster from Aberdeen Proving Grounds. The tank crew is sore as a boilFor it ain’t according to Hoyle To get...
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Aircraft Machine Guns
Caliber .30 and .50 Browning aircraft machine guns for aircraft from Index of Aeronautical Equipment with Navy and British Equivalents: Volume 5, Armament, March 1944. AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUNS Aircraft...
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Naval 3-Inch Mark 21 Mount
Left and right-side views of the Mark 21 mount for the 3-inch/50 cal. naval gun from Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944. The 3-inch/50...
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M3 Medium Tank Armament
Diagram of the armament and ammunition storage of the M3 Medium Tank. (Source: TM 9-750: Ordnance Maintenance, Medium Tanks M3, M3A1, and M3A2, Technical Manual, U.S. War Department, May 1942.)
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Don’t Be A Dope VI
An illustration from the “Don’t be a Dope!” series was included in the M36 tank destroyer technical manual.
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OIS 157th Ordnance Photo Set
Below is a small set of photographs from an unidentified unit in Europe. The bumper code markings on the truck are OIS-157-O which may represent Oise Intermediate Section (OIS), 157th Ordnance...
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