WORLD WAR II WEAPONS

WORLD WAR II

• Largest armed conflict in history
• Introduced powerful new weapons
• First use of nuclear weapons

NAVAL WEAPONS

• Gato-class submarines
• Torpedoes
• Battleships

GATO-CLASS SUBMARINES

• This fleet contained 77 boats, lead by the USS gato
• The GATO-class became known as the backbone of the US navy submarine operations

GATO-CLASS SUBMARINES

• New design added more forward torpedo tubes and increased endurance
• Helped win the war with japan

SUBMARINE TORPEDOES

• Originally used torpedoes from wwi but switched to the 21 inch mark-14 torpedo

SUBMARINE TORPEDOES

• The mark-14 could travel at 53 mph, carry a 660 pound warhead and had a range of 4,500 yards
• Also had homing torpedoes which were slow but very effective

BATTLESHIPS

• Seen as the height of sea power at the beginning of wwii
• Faster battleships were being constructed
• Having the most powerful and fastest battleship was very important

FAMOUS BATTLESHIPS

• Uss Arizona-destroyed in Pearl Harbor
• Uss oklahoma- destroyed in Pearl Harbor

FAMOUS BATTLESHIPS

• German battleship bismark
• Largest and fastest warship afloat
• Engaged in several battles with the British navy that caused some damge
• Finally destroyed by British battleships

BOMBS AND PLANES

• The atomic bomb
• B-29 superfortress
• Curtiss p-40 war hawk/kitty hawk
• P-47 thunderbolt
• P-38 lightning

THE ATOMIC BOMB

• Ordered by president Truman
• Destroyed both Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

THE ATOMIC BOMB

• Killed 80,000 people in Hiroshima
• Killed 40,000 people in Nagasaki
• Still remains the only nuclear attack in history

TE ATOMIC BOMB

• Enola gay dropped bomb on Hiroshima
• Bockscar
• Dropped 2nd bomb on Nagasaki

B-29 SUPERFORTRESS

• Equipped with 12.50-cal machine guns, 20mm cannon, bomb load of 20,000lbs
• Long range heavy bomber
• Soviets copied design

CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK/KITTYHAWK

• Belonged to the U.s
• Fighter aircraft
• Third most produced aircraft
• American single engined

P-47 THUNDERBOLT

• Built by Republic
• Used by american squadrons
• Almost the heaviest aircraft (8 tons)

P-47 THUNDERBOLT

• Eight machine guns in the wings
• Bomber/fighter plane
• Not as maneuverable

P-38 LIGHTNING

• Produced constantly throughout the war
• No propeller nose
• Only successful twin engines fighter

P-38 LIGHTNING

• Very fast and could fly for long distances
• Plane was tasked to kill the man who bombed pearl harbor

TANKS AND ODD WEAPONS

TANKS

• German tanks inferior in guns and armor and equipped with radios
• Rotating tarrets were very important
• Early Russian tanks had light guns but High maneuverability
• France mainly used tanks for defence

PANZER VII MAUS

• Largest fully armored fighting vehicle ever built
• 50% longer than any other tank
• 3x as heavy

PANZER VII MAUS

• Couldn't travel on bridges but could go 45ft underwater
• Never saw combat

ODD WEAPONS

• Rat bombs
• Small bombs were put inside of rats
• Thrown into German boiler rooms by the British
• Worker would shovel it into the furnace causing it to explode

SITES

• World-war-2.info/weapons/
• Militaryfactory.com
• Fleetsubmarine.com
• Uboat.net

SITES

• Www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/atomic-bomb
• Complex.com
• En.m.wikipedia.org
• All day.com