Initiative (The Red Gambit Series Book 6) (79 page)
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Authors: Colin Gee
Katyusha | _ | One of a number of rocket-firing mounts, fitted on many different vehicles, from armoured trains, tanks, lorries to riverboats. |
Kempai-Tai | _ | Japanese Military Police Corps, more known as their secret police. |
Kipper | _ | A salted or pickled herring, split open in a butterfly fashion, and eaten for breakfast. Honestly! |
Lewisite | _ | Chemical weapon that causes blistering and lung irritation |
Li-2 | _ | Soviet twin-engine transport aircraft, a copy of the US DC-3. |
Little Boy | _ | The Uranium-235 bomb dropped on Hiroshima by Enola Gay. |
LVT | _ | Landing vehicle, tracked. Developed for amphibious supply work, the LVT evolved into a troop transport, and further into gun platforms. |
M-16 halftrack | _ | US SPAA mount on a halftrack chassis, comprising a Maxson mount equipped with 4 x .50cal M2 heavy machine guns, particularly effective when used against infantry. |
M-19 Diamond T | _ | US 6x4 heavy tank transporter |
M1A3 Garand | _ | M1 Garand with modifications to accept a 20 round magazine. |
M-29 Cluster bomb | _ | US 500lbs cluster bomb containing ninety 4lbs charges. |
M39 grenade | _ | German egg-grenade. |
M43 SP Gun | _ | US SP gun mounting a 203mm M115 Howitzer |
M5 Stuart Tank | _ | US light tank equipped with the 37mm M6 gun. |
M8 Greyhound | _ | US-manufactured six-wheel armoured car, armed with a 37mm gun. |
Martin Marauder B-26 | _ | US twin-engine medium bomber, known as the widowmaker. |
Me-262 | _ | German single seater twin-engine jet fighter or fighter-bomber. Known as the Swallow [Schwalbe]. |
MI-6 | _ | British Military Intelligence department, dealing with foreign affairs. |
Mig-9 | _ | Russian single seater turbojet fighter. |
Mikado | _ | Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa, the Emperor of Japan. |
MP-40 | _ | German sub-machine gun. |
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate | _ | Japanese single seater single-engine fighter, considered the best available to the Japanese during WW2. |
Nakajima Ki-87 | _ | Japanese single seater single-engine high altitude interceptor, designed specifically for B-29 bomber interception. |
Nebelwerfer | _ | Name was a disinformation, roughly meaning smoke thrower, but referred to a number of different types of German rocket artillery. |
NKVD | _ | Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, Soviet Secret Police. |
Offizier-Stellvertreter | _ | The rank was actually more of an assignment, but is associated with the higher-ranking group of NCOs. |
Oradour-sur-Glane | _ | On 90th June 1944, members of the 2nd SS Panzer Division destroyed the French village of Oradour and massacred the majority of its occupants, apparently in retaliation at a Maquis attack on their soldiers. |
Panther Felix | _ | French-produced Panthers with a 17pdr gun, often equipped with an M2 MG pintel mount. |
Panther II | _ | German upgraded Panther, with increased armour and gun mounted. |
Panzerschreck | _ | German 88mm anti-tank rocket projector. |
Pershing M26 | _ | US built heavy tank armed with a 90mm M3 gun. |
Pour-le-Mérite. | _ | German high honour awarded for military valour or civil honour, discontinued with the fall of the Kaiser. |
PPSh-41 | _ | Soviet submachine-gun, often equipped with a 71 round drum magazine. |
Praporshchik | _ | Soviet junior officer rank, ranking just under an officer i.e. the highest NCO rank. |
Prinz Eugen | _ | 7th SS Freiwillingen-Gebirgs Division, a volunteer mountain division. |
Project Raduga | _ | Raduga is Russian for Rainbow. |
PTRD | _ | Soviet anti-tank rifle firing a 14.5mm round. |
Quonset Hut | _ | Lightweight curved steel structure based on the British Nissen Hut. |
RBFSE | _ | Red Banner Forces of Soviet Europe. [Krasnogo Znameni sily sovetskogo Yevrope] |
Riegel Type 43 bar mines | _ | German designed anti-vehicle mine, notorious for its instability, as wires were very prone to corrosion. |
Riken Institute | _ | Japanese National Scientific Research Institute, where their atomic bomb project was advanced. |
Ritterkreuzträger | _ | Knight's Cross holder. |
RP-3 | _ | British air to ground rocket, as carried on aircraft like the Typhoon. |
S-2 | _ | Intelligence officer in a headquarters. |
SAAF | _ | South African Air Force. |
SAAG | _ | Second Allied Army Group, a formation created to fool the Soviets about Allied intentions. |
SAFFEC | _ | South American Field Forces, European Command. |
San | _ | The San are a tribe of bushmen spread throughout Southern Africa. |
SAS | _ | Special Air Service. |
SDKFZ 251 | _ | German halftrack in many configurations. |
Sen-Toku | _ | The I-400 class of fleet submarines, the largest built until the 1960s. Twin hulled vessels carrying a large aircraft hangar, intended to launch air attacks on the west coast of the USA and Panama. |
Shinhoto Chi-Ha | _ | Upgraded Japanese type 97, carrying the Type-1 47mm gun. |
Short Stirling | _ | British four-engine heavy bomber. |
Shtrafbat | _ | Soviet penal unit. |
SKS | _ | Soviet semi-automatic carbine of 7.62mm calibre, complete with integral bayonet. |
Skyraider A1 | _ | US Douglas single engine ground attack aircraft with high load capacity and excellent loiter time. |
SMERSH | _ | Acronym for Spetsyalnye Metody Razoblacheniya Shpyonov, a group of three counter-intelligence agencies. Also known as 'Death to spies.' |
SPAT | _ | Self-propelled anti-tank. |
Speiss | _ | German NCO, literally 'The Spear', indicted by two white stripes on both sleeves, the duties of an RSM fell to this senior NCO. |
Spitfire Mk XI-PR | _ | Supermarine Spitfire dedicated to photo-recon missions. |
Springfield Rifle | _ | US .30-06 bolt-action rifle replaced by the Garand. |
ST-44 | _ | German Sturmgewehr-44, the first assault rifle. |
ST-45 | _ | Further development of the ST-44, but easier and cheaper to produce, these weapons were developed mainly by CEAM. |
Staghound | _ | US produced T17E1 armoured car, known as the Staghound in British use. Armed with a 37mm M6 gun, plus 2-3 MGs |
Stahlhelm | _ | A German steel helmet. |
STAVKA | _ | Soviet term for the High Command of Soviet Forces. Junior to the GKO. |
Sten | _ | British cheap manufacture submachine gun. |
Super Pershing | _ | US heavy tank mounting the improved T15E1 90mm gun and extra armour protection. |
T20E2 Garand | _ | US selective fire version of the Garand, with a 20-round magazine and a recoil checker. |
T3 Carbine | _ | US M2/3 Carbine fitted with infrared siting and a 30 round magazine. |
T34m45/100 | _ | Standard production T34m44 upgunned to a 100mm with restyled gun mount and extended turret. |
T34m46/100 | _ | Production model similar to the T34m44, but with increased hull armour, front, and side, and a 100mm main gun. |
T-44 | _ | Soviet medium tank carrying either an 85mm or 100mm gun. |
T-54 | _ | Soviet MBT armed with a 100mm gun, superior in performance to the 88mm on the Tiger II. Eventually the 54/55 became the most produced tank in history. RG introduces the 54 ahead of schedule. |
Tabun | _ | Nerve agent, manufactured in huge quantities by Nazi Germany. |
Tam o'shanter | _ | Scottish bonnet. |
Thompson SMG | _ | US designed submachine gun. |
Thunderbolt | _ | US republic single seater single-engine fighter and fighter-bomber |