DRAGON
Standard SDKFZ 251 with roof installed and strengthening. Armed with recycled Maultier mounts and 4-6 Wurfrahmen.
PANTHER II
Upgraded Panther in line with plans conceived during previous war. Armed with either the 75mm KwK 42 L/100 or 88mm KwK 43 L/71, depending on turret and tube availability. Limited numbers produced, consuming redundant stocks of Tiger II parts.
EINHORN
Jagdpanther variant with extended fighting compartment. Armed with the 128mm Pak 44 L/55.
HYENA
Panther hull with M4A376mm turret added.
FELIX
French produced Panther hybrid. Armed with the 17pdr and equipped with French-produced Maybachs. None used operationally [French-engined versions remained as training vehicles] until German produced Maybachs were available. Limited production but was surprisingly successful.
JAGUAR
Latest version of the Panther F with improved drive train and infrared optics as standard. Armed with the 88mm KwK 43 L/71. Initially produced in France, German industry quickly followed suit, and the Jaguar became the preferred tank to fill out the new Panzer Divisions. French produced Jaguars had the official designation Jaguar (fr).
SCHWARZPANTHER
Initially produced without the gas turbine engine, the tank carried an 88mm, MG-42 hull mount, and spaced armour.
SCHWARZJAGDPANTHER
No wartime-produced versions carried the gas turbine engine. Armed with a 128mm gun, MG-42 hull mount, and twin auto gun turret on roof on later versions.
Glossary
AK-47 — Soviet automatic rifle. 7.62mm normally fitted with a 30 round magazine
Arado-234 — German twin-engine jet bomber
ARL-44 — French tank produced post WW2 utilising many parts from old designs and armed with a 17pdr gun.
Auergesellschaft — German company that was connected with numerous military projects, such as the German Atomic programme.
Bearcat, Grumman F8F — US single-engine heavy fighter developed late in WW2
Belzec — Nazi extermination camp in occupied Poland.
Beriev Be-4 — Soviet twin-engine flying boat.
BOAC — British Overseas Airways Corporation.
Bordkanone 75mm — Aircraft mounted development of the 75mm Pak 40 anti-tank gun.
BTR-152 — Soviet 6x6 armoured personnel carrier, capable of carrying 18 infantry and 2 crew.
Bundesheer — Army of the Austrian Republic
BV-141 — Luftwaffe single-engine reconnaissance aircraft known for its strange asymmetrical design.
C-118 Liftmaster — US four-engine transport aircraft, known as the DC-6 in civilian service.
Chikushō — Japanese – literally, oh shit!
Chivas Regal — A blended Speyside whisky.
Ҫibuk [chibouk] — Turkish long-stemmed pipe.
CNFC — Çanakkale Naval Fortified Command
CoS — Chief of Staff
CZ-27 — Czechoslovakian 7.65mm semi-automatic pistol with an 8 round magazine.
D-44 anti-tank gun — Soviet divisional artillery weapon of 85mm used in an AT role.
Diamond T M-19 — US heavy tank transporter and trailer combination.
EF-131 trident — Luftwaffe six-engine jet bomber developed post-war by the Soviets.
Electric Eel — US early version of a towed sonar array, consisting of a trailed cable with sound sensors installed at regular intervals.
Enshinbunriki — Japanese – literal translation is centrifuges
Ersatzgruppe — German… literal translation replacement group
FECOM — Far East Command
FFAR — Folding fin aerial rocket, an air-to-ground- explosive rocket.
Fido acoustic torpedoes — Mark 24 mine, an air-deployed anti-submarine homing torpedo that entered service in 1943.
Flitters — Irish colloquialism – in tatters.
FuG 510 — German missile guidance system, FuG 510/238 "Düsseldorf/Detmold" used a joystick to command the deployed device through trailing wires [i.e. wire-guided].
Futatabi — Japanese – literally, again, once more.
Gatos — USN class of mass-produced submarines, the GATO class.
Gertrude — Sound powered underwater phone for communications between submarines developed in 1945.
Guam, USS — CB-2, an Alaska class large cruiser, some times considered a battle-cruiser.
Har Meghiddohn — Hebrew… literally Mountain of Megiddo. We more commonly know it as Armageddon.
Hedgehog — Anti-submarine spigot launcher with 24 charges set to fire ahead of a submarine and explode on contact.
Hornet, De Havilland — British twin-engine fighter developed from the Mosquito and armed with 4 x 20mm Hispano cannon.
Hs-129-B3, Henschel — Luftwaffe twin-engine ground attack aircraft armed with a 75mm cannon that could destroy any tank then in service. The aircraft itself was slower and less responsive than previous versions.
I-250, Mikoyan-Gurevich [MiG-13] — Soviet single motor jet fighter aircraft, a project that was eventually cancelled.
IS-IVm46 — Soviet heavy tank with a 130mm main gun, new gearbox, upgraded suspension, and twin all-new engines.
IS-VII — Soviet heavy tank of 68 tons, armed with a 130mm gun.
Izba — Traditional Russian country dwelling.
Jimmy — Colloquial name for the Number One on an RN vessel.
Junkers-287 — Incomplete Luftwaffe forward swept wing bomber with four jet engines, called Trident in Soviet service.
Kätzchen [Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen Kätzchen] — German infantry transport and prime mover based on Panther and Tiger II components.
Kettenhund — German – literally ‘chained dog’, the derisory term for Military Policemen in the German Army, who wore a metal gorget.
Kfz 71, Krupp — German army command version of the Kfz 70, 6x6 lorry.
KKE — The Communist Party of Greece.
Kripos — German – Kriminalpolizei – Criminal Police – criminal investigation department of the police.
La-9, Lavochkin — Soviet single-engine propeller-driven fighter produced after the end of WW2.
Lancaster MR-3 — Coastal Command conversion of the Lancaster Bomber [Maritime Reconnaissance v3].
Lans — Soviet copy of the Panzerfaust.
Le Boudin — The Foreign Legion’s slow marching song. A Boudin is literally a blood sausage or black pudding.
Leitstrahl — German guidance system using a radio beam, used in conjunction with the V-2 and other advanced projects.
Lewisite — Organoarsenic compound used in weapons as a vesicant [blister agent] and lung irritant developed in the US, where it became known as ’the Dew of Death’.
M-17 — US development of the M-16 Quad .50cal AAA mount developed from the M5 halftrack and sent to the USSR in numbers as part of lend lease.
M20 bazooka — US 88.9mm rocket launcher.
M-29 Chamberlain — Red Gambit’s designation for the production model of the T-29 heavy tank.
M-30 Hancock — Red Gambit’s designation for the production model of the T-30 heavy tank.
M-40 GMC — 155mm SP Howitzer on an altered M4 chassis.
M-41 HMC ‘Gorilla’ — 155mm SP Howitzer on a lengthened M24 chassis.
M-46 Pershing II — Red Gambit’s designation for the M-46 Patton. Clearly as Patton survives in RG, using his name was impossible.
Majdanek — Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland.
Mongoto — Japanese – literally, the Things.
MP-40 — German 9mm sub-machine gun with 32 round magazine.
Mustang, F-82 Twin — US conjoined Mustangs on a twin hull configuration, each with a single engine. Pilot’s positions retained in both cockpits, but one could be replaced by a radar set and operator, at which time pilot was in the left side.