Now they have separate sights, allowing Abrams or Bradleys working in " box formations " to have 360-degree views of the battlefield without forcing gunners or commanders to peer, unprotected, out of their turrets.
12.
Shortly before contact it would release its explosive nose, equipped with a proximity fuze, into the center of the combat box formation in a way that it would damage as many bombers as possible.
13.
Included in this sequence was what the Naval commentator described as an'original manoeuvre', a fast pass in open box formation with a rapid individual roll by each Supermarine Scimitar; the " Twinkle Roll " was created.
14.
As with the six-box formation, the trailing elements were stacked downward from the high leader, and the Tail-end Charlie of the fourth box ( Dog Ten ) was often referred to as " the Purple Heart position ".
15.
Among the combat doctrines that Hansell developed himself or approved were use of the defensive combat box formation, detailed mission Standard Operating Procedures, and all aircraft bombing in unison with the lead bomber, each designed to improve bombing accuracy.
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Although Stanford had fared poorly during the previous seasons, Thornhill had left behind a team with a talented roster, which included 24 returning box formations, he added the caveat that this held true only in the Stanford players'employment in the T-formation.
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The German fighters were becoming more heavily armed to deal with the American " heavies " : the USAAF's adoption of the combat box formations placed a score or more of bombers together for mutual defense, with dozens of heavy BR 21, usable by both single and twin-engined defenders.
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The armament of the Bf 109 and then current Fw 190 were not adequate for bomber-destroyer operations, with the B-17's eventual deployment in the combat box formations providing their defensive armament with formidable massed firepower from as many as one hundred Browning AN / M2.50 caliber machine guns or more between all the bombers in such a formation, from almost any conceivable direction.
19.
By early 1944, with the " Zerst�rergeschwader "-flown heavy Bf 110G and Me 410A " Hornisse " twin-engined fighters being decimated by the Mustangs whenever they appeared, direct attack against the bombers was carried out instead by the Luftwaffe's so-named " Gefechtsverband " formations with heavily armed Fw 190As being escorted by Bf 109Gs as high-altitude escorts for the autocannon-armed 190As when flying against the USAAF's combat box formations.
