Sky Model No.11

Il livello qualitativo dei prodotti Trumpeter sta velocemente migliorando, soprattutto per quanto riguarda i velivoli dell'ex blocco sovietico, sui quali in Cina è abbastanza semplice reperire informazioni. Il MiG-21MF "Fishbed J" presentato su questo numero è senza dubbio uno dei migliori in questa scala, prodotto dalla ditta cinese. Il kit contiene alcune casse di munizioni in resina, da utilizzare con i figurini del personale di terra, forniti anch'essi nella confezione; la scarsa definizione di questi ultimi, però, li rende di fatto inutilizzabili. Lo Shock Cone e le gambe del carrello sono in metallo, dettaglio di una certa rilevanza dato il peso di un modello in scala 1/32. Lo Shock Cone svolge anche la funzione di contrappeso, per evitare che il nostro MiG si sieda sulla coda. Le parti in plastica presentano una finitura superficiale leggermente irregolare, che rende necessaria la levigatura con carta abrasiva a grana molto fine. Mi è capitato di sentire commenti negativi riguardo la qualità della plastica utilizzata dalla Trumpeter, accusata di non interagire correttamente con i collanti; questo kit è invece realizzato con plastica morbida e non vetrosa, di tipo simile a quella utilizzata per i kit Dragon e Italeri, con cui è possibile impiegare praticamente ogni tipo dì coiìa.

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US Army Weapon System 2010

Our mission is to effectively and efficiently develop, acquire, field, and sustain materiel by leveraging domestic and international, organic, and commercial technologies and capabilities to meet the Army's current and future mission requirements. Our vision is clear To equip and sustain the world's most capable, powerful, and respected Army. The Army's ability to achieve this vision rests on the Army Acquisition Workforce, fully employed and deployed worldwide in support of our Soldiers. The men and women who make up this workforce serve under the direction of 11 Program Executive Offices, two Joint Program Executive Offices, seven Deputy Assistant Secretaries, one Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, three Direct Reporting Units, and several major subordinate commands of the US. Army Materiel Command. These professionals perform a wide range of responsibilities which include: research and development; program management; contracting; and systems engineering. They also develop and oversee Army-wide policy for procurement, logistics, chemical weapons destruction and demilitarization, science and technology, defense exports and cooperation, and many other areas. To expedite delivery of vital warfighting systems and services, we are continuing to improve our acquisition processes. At the same time, we are developing and institutionalizing new processes to improve our effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, collaboration, and our overall ability to rapidly procure the equipment and technologies that our Warfighters require.

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Formation Badges WWII US Army

Symbolism was to emerge very late in the US Army. The very first fabric insignia only appeared around 1915. But it was in 1917, when the United States entered into World War I and the American and British armies standardised their uniforms and equipment, that General Pershing, having originally refused, finally accepted the use of shoulder sleeve insignia in order to distinguish different divisions both on the battle field and in rest areas. General J.C. Bailey had pledged in great favour of the display of such insignia «in order to reinforce the corps spirit.» Only divisions leaving for combat in Europe in 1917 were authorised to wear them. The very first insignia ever worn was that of the 81st Division (the Black Cat) on the 19th of October 1918. Most of the insignia being hand-made, each one was unique. Standardisation was made official in the 1930's and the production of insignia was initially entrusted to the Quatermaster Corps and later to civilian companies as from 1935, via tender. The unprecedented expansion of the US Army during World War II led to the introduction of a great number of insignia worn by staff from all theatres of operations. The great majority of these division insignia were adopted during World War I; however many of them were altered or simplified between the two wars. Insignia are worn above the left shoulder. They were initially designed by each unit, then submitted to the unit's command for approval, before being ordered at the Quatermaster. Despite being closely monitored by the QMC, several unofficial insignia emerged. They were created by small units or «parachute infantry regiments» to reinforce group spirit. In view of the great scale of the phenomenon, many of them were finally to be authorised at the end of the war. The QMC very rapidly adopted colour coding for insignia: white and red for armies, white and blue for army corps, blue for infantry, red for artillery and yellow for cavalry divisions; however, this colour coding was not always respected, in particular for division insignia.

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