IJA 1st or 3rd ASSAULT INFANTRY

35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL

HEADQUATERS HEADQUATERS (1) You must eld the HQ and two Combat platoons. You may choose additional Tanks, Support and Reserve.

Regimental HQ

COMBAT PLATOONS

INFANTRY (1) INFANTRY (1) INFANTRY (1) ARTILLERY (2) FIELD FORTIFICATION (2) Regimental Platoon Regimental Platoon Regimental Platoon Gun Platoon Bunkers, Mines and Barbed wire

WEAPON PLATOONS

RECONNAISSANCE (2) INFANTRY (3) MACHINE-GUNS (3) ARTILLERY (4) ARTILLERY(4) Recon Platoon Engenieer Platoon Machine-gun Platoon Platoon Anti-Tank Platoon

SUPPORT PLATOONS

ARTILLERY (5) ARTILLERY (5) ANTI-AIR (6) ARMOUR (7) ARMOUR (7) Anti-Tank Platoon Trench Artillery Battery Anti-Air Platoon Tank Platoon Amphibious Tank Platoon

ARTILLERY (8) AIRCRAFT (8) ARTILLERY (9) RESERVE (9) Heavy Artillery Battery Air Support Naval Gun Support Submarine and Destroyer Reserve

You may choose between 1st Infantry CONFIDENT FEARLESS and 3rd Division. 1st VETERAN 3rd TRAINED 1st rating is con dent veteran. 3rd rating is fearless trained. IJA 1st or 3rd ASSAULT INFANTRY

35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS

Company Command 2iC Command Company HQ 1st 30 Ri e/MG team Ri e/MG team Company HQ 3rd 25

Add AT Gun team 35 AT GUN team AT GUN team Add LMG team 25

LMG Type 96 team LMG Type 96 team Add SMG 5

COMBAT PLATOONS

HQ Command Light Mortar team Regimental Platoon

Squad 3 Squads 1st 220 3 Squads 3rd 190

Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams 2 Squads 1st 110

Squad 2 Squads 3rd 95

Add LMG team 25 Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams Add Sniper team 50 Squad Add Lung mines for each squad.

Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams

LMG Type 96 team Sniper team

You may choose between 1st CONFIDENT FEARLESS and 3rd regiment. 1st VETERAN 3rd TRAINED 1st rating is condent veteran. 3rd rating is fearless trained.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL GUN PLATOON

HQ Command Gun Platoon

Command Rie/MG team Observer Rie team Section Gun Sections 1st 60 Gun Section 3rd 50 Add Observer Rie team 15 Type 92 70mm gun Type 92 70mm gun Use re burst rule. You may make combat attachments

FIELD FORTIFICATIONS Forti cation Field Forti cations

2 Forti cations 180

HMG Bunker Barbed Wire Mine Field 1 Forti cation 90

Forti cation Add 2 Mine Fields 100

Add 1 Mine Field 50 HMG Bunker Barbed Wire Mine Field WEAPON PLATOONS: RECONNAISSANCE HQ Command Recon Platoon

Squad 2 Squads 1st 200 2 Squads 3rd 180

Rie/MG teams Rie/MG teams 1 Squad 1st 100 Squad 1 Squad 3rd 90

Rie/MG teams Rie/MG teams

You may choose between 1st CONFIDENT FEARLESS and 3rd regiment. 1st VETERAN 3rd TRAINED 1st rating is con dent veteran. 3rd rating is fearless trained.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL WEAPON PLATOONS MACHINE-GUN PLATOON HQ Command

HMG Platoon Command Rie/MG team Section 2 Sections 1st 140

2 Sections 3rd 110 Type 3 HMG team Type 3 HMG team

Section 1 Section 1st 70

1 Section 3rd 55 Type 3 HMG team Type 3 HMG team You may make combat attachments

INFANTRY Pioneers

HQ Command Engineer Platoon

Squad 3 Engineer Squads 220 2 Engineer Squads 150

Pioneer Rie/MG teams Pioneer Rie/MG teams Pioneer Rie/MG teams 1 Engineer Squad 75

Squad Add Pioneer Supply 1.5-ton truck 25 Pioneer Rie/MG teams Pioneer Rie/MG teams Pioneer Rie/MG teams

Squad Engineers are Pioneer Platoons with Tank Assault 4

Pioneers are con dent veteran Pioneer Rie/MG teams Pioneer Rie/MG teams Pioneer Rie/MG teams

You may choose between 1st CONFIDENT FEARLESS and 3rd. 1st VETERAN 3rd TRAINED 1st rating is con dent veteran. 3rd rating is fearless trained.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL

WEAPONS PLATOONS ANTI-TANK PLATOON

HQ Command Anti-tank Platoon

Command Rie/MG team Squad 2 Gun Sections 1st 200 1 Gun Section 1st 100 Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun

Squad 2 Gun Sections 3rd 160

1 Gun Section 3rd 80

Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Use rapid re rule.

ARTILLERY - MEDIUM MORTAR PLATOON

HQ Command

Medium Mortar Platoon

Command Rie/MG team Observer Rie/MG team Section 2 Mortar Sections 160

1 Mortar Section 70 Mortar team Mortar team Mortar team

Section Add Observer 15

Medium Mortars are con dent Veteran Mortar team Mortar team Mortar team

You may choose between 1st CONFIDENT FEARLESS and 3rd regiment. 1st VETERAN 3rd TRAINED 1st rating is con dent veteran. 3rd rating is fearless trained.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL SUPPORT PLATOONS TRENCH ARTILLERY BATTERY

HQ Command Trench Artillery Battery

Command Ri e/MG team Observer Ri e/MG team 2 Gun Sections 260 Gun section

1 Gun Section 130

Type 38 75 mm gun Type 38 75 mm gun Add Observer 15 Gun section

Use Fireburst rule, cannot deployed Type 38 75 mm gun Type 38 75 mm gun in ambush or surprise. Use Trench Artillery Rule.

ANTI-TANK PLATOON

HQ Command Anti-tank Platoon

Command Ri e/MG team Squad 2 Gun Sections 200 1 Gun Section 100 Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun

Squad Use rapid re rule.

Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun

CONFIDENT All Support platoons are SUPPORT VETERAN rated as condent veteran.

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SUPPORT PLATOONS ANTI-AIR PLATOON

HQ Command Anti-air platoon

Command Ri e/MG team

Gun section 2 Gun Sections 260

Type 38 75 mm gun Type 38 75 mm gun 1 Gun Section 140

Gun section Add transport 5

Type 38 75 mm gun Type 38 75 mm gun

CONFIDENT All Support platoons are SUPPORT VETERAN rated as condent veteran.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL SUPPORT PLATOONS NAVY ARMOURED FORCE PLATOON

Squad Armoured Force Platoon

Command 4 Armoured Platoons 700 Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 95 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha Squad 3 Armoured Platoons 530

2 Armoured Platoons 340 Command Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha 1 Armoured Platoon 170 Squad

On Guadalcanal, nine tanks of the Command Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha 1. Independent tank company were available at time at the battle. Squad All of them were destroyed.

Command Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Chi-Ha

AMPHIBIOUS PLATOON Squad Amphibious Platoon

Command 2 Ka-Mi Amphibious Platoons 320 Type2 Ka-Mi Type 2 Ka-Mi Type 2 Ka-Mi 1 Ka-Mi Amphibious Platoons 160 Squad Originally no amphibious platoons were deployed. Command It was planned to sent Ka-Mi tanks to Type 2 Ka-Mi Type 2 Ka-Mi Type 2 Ka-Mi all companies on islands.

CONFIDENT Tank Support platoons are 6thSUPPORT TRAINED rated as con dent trained.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL SUPPORT PLATOONS HEAVY ARTILLERY BATTERY

HQ Command Heavy Artillery Battery

Command Rie/MG team Observer Rie/MG team Sta team Type 96 105mm

Gun section 2 Gun Sections 500 1 Gun Section 250

Type 92 150mm Gun or Gun or Howitzer 2 Gun Sections 400 Gun section 1 Gun Section 200 Add Observer 15 Add 1.5 ton trucks 5 Gun or Howitzer Gun or Howitzer No Fireburst rule, cannot deployed in ambush or surprise.

AIRCRAFT

Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” Air support

Sporadic

1 Flight A6M “Zero” 90

Mitsubishi G4M “Betty Bomber” 1 Flight “Betty Bomber” 100

CONFIDENT All Support platoons are SUPPORT VETERAN rated as con dent veteran.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL SUPPORT PLATOONS ARTILLERY Naval gun support

Battleship Kongo or Haruna 330

Use your Commanders to range in and use a Devasting Bombard Template. The Template is positioned parallel to the sides of the table edges.

The naval gun re was used in Oktober 1942 during the attack on the henderson air eld.

RESERVE

Submarine and Destroyer Support

Submarine and Destroyer Support 100 You can land your troops, when they come from reserve at any edge 40cm (in sight of enemy) or concealed 20cm away. See special rules.

CONFIDENT Naval Support platoons are SUPPORT TRAINED rated as con dent trained.

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35th KAWAGUCHI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL THE JAPANESE FORCES ON GUADALCANAL

The Kawaguchi Detachment was an (IJA) formation during World War II under the command of Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi. It consisted of the IJA's 35th Infantry Brigade and the 124th Infantry Regiment. It operated independently of the IJA 18th Division and saw in several campaigns, including ghting on Borneo, the and Guadalcanal. On September 4 the the Kawaguchi Force plus the Aoba Detachment with three infantry battalions from the 2nd Division, had landed on Guadalcanal. On the night of the September 13 Kawaguchi's forces, involving the main force of the Kawaguchi Detachment ( ve infantry battalions) and the remainder of the Ichiki Detachment (about 100 men), assaulted the U.S. Marine defenses around Henderson Field. A series of unsuccessful frontal attacks were undertaken by the Japanese forces over several hours while confusion gripped the ghting lines. A second eort was made later, during which part of the Detachment penetrated a corner of the air eld, but it was unable to hold on to its gains after American reserves were committed and a heavy bombardment was unleashed. Kawaguchi's forces were defeated with heavy losses and forced to retreat from the battle eld. Kawaguchi was subsequently relieved of command during the Japanese preparations for the Battle for Henderson Field in October, 1942 and he was eventually evacuated from the island.

The Battle of Guadalcanal - 7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943

The Guadalcanal Campaign, (Operation Watchtower) was fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal, an island of the salomon island group. It was the rst major oensive by Allied forces against Japanese Forces. On 7 August 1942, US and allied forces, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands. The treat of a further japanese expension and the strategic position for airbase were the reason why this was choosen for the awaited counterattack. The Allies overwhelmed the outnumbered Japanese defenders, who had occupied the islands since May 1942, and captured Tulagi and Florida, as well as an air eld (which was later named Henderson Field). Powerful US naval forces supported the landings. Surprised by the Allied oensive, the Japanese made several attempts between August and November 1942 to retake Henderson Field. Three major land battles, seven large naval battles ( ve nighttime surface actions and two carrier battles), and continual, almost daily aerial battles culminated in the decisive Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in early November 1942, in which the last Japanese attempt to bombard Henderson Field from the sea and land with enough troops to retake it was defeated. In December 1942, the Japanese abandoned further eorts to retake Guadalcanal and evacuated their remaining forces by 7 February 1943 in the face of an oensive by the US Army's XIV Corps, conceding the island to the Allies. The Guadalcanal campaign was a signi cant strategic combined arms victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Paci c theatre. The Japanese had reached the peak of their conquests in the Paci c, and Guadalcanal marked the transition by the Allies from defensive operations to the strategic oensive in that theatre and the beginning of oensive operations, including the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Central Paci c campaigns, that resulted in Japan's eventual surrender and the end of World War II.

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GUADALCANAL 1942 / 1943

SPECIAL RULES FOR 35th ASSAULT ON GUADALCANAL

BAYONET ATTACK Japanese Soldiers were well trained to use their in close combat. In Assault or Hand to Hand combat, japanese 35th combat platoons may re-roll failed to hit rolls.

HIDDEN MINEFIELDS You may place mine elds anywhere on the table during the game in the turn of your opponent, even in sea or surf zones. These mine elds can be placed in the movement phase of your opponent. If any teams, tanks, guns, LVTs or boats end their movement on such a hidden mine eld, it has to take a test on a hit of mines immediately.

TO THE LAST MAN Combat platoons of the 35th may ght to the last man and the “Last man standing rules” does not apply.

TROPICAL DESEASE Fighting in the jungle and on remote island took a hevy toll to all soldiers even those who never saw any combat action at all. In jungle mission, or if you wish to add this rule, roll a dice for each platoon on the table or which comes from the reserve: On a roll of 5+ the platoon is inicted to tropical diseases which lower the overall combat value in the following manner: A platoon suering from tropical disease will not counterattack. In assault they hit on a 4+ only. Moral tests for platoon moral need a 5+ to pass.

SUBMARINE & DESTROYER SUPPORT Some japanese lists can buy the Submarine Support Option. This special rule option enables japanese troops to land their platoons from reserve freely on the table via submarines where sea areas are present or declared in the vicinity of the table edges. There must be no visible sea or beach area. In case of remote small islands all the edges of the table may count as near to a sea area. The platoons may land on a selected area for landing but must be 16" / 40 cm away from enemy troops (independent teams do not restrict deployment). There is no submarine support available in a beach landing scenario.

TRENCH ARTILLERY Trench Artillery is always considered to be concealed for to hit if it has not moved in the round before.

OTHER RULES You may use known rules for the japanese like “Envelope” for infantry, “Duty to the End” and “Hip Shot” for tanks. Artillery may use the “Fire Burst” rule.

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SPECIAL RULES FOR 35th ASSAULT ON GUADALCANAL

HERO

Major General Kawaguchi Kiyotake Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi Kiyotake), was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He spent much of the 1920s and 1930s in a series of sta positions in the North Area Army and in Japan, before his promotion to major general in 1940. In 1940, Kawaguchi was appointed commander of the IJA 35th Infantry Brigade. This was under the direct command of the Southern Army and was formed from units from the IJA 18th Division. Kawaguchi's reinforced brigade made a series of landings in British Borneo in December 1941 and January 1942: at Miri, Kuching, Brunei, Jesselton, Beaufort, Labuan Island and Sandakan. During the later stages of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, landed at Cebu on March 1942 and Mindanao the following month. As commander of Army forces on Cebu after the invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Kawaguchi objected strenuously to the "revenge killings" of senior Philippine government ocials and supreme court justices by Japanese authorities, most notably Japanese Army Colonel Masanobu Tsuji. He argued that, "shooting defeated opponents in cold blood was a violation of the true Bushido." His protests earned him the enmity of Tsuji, who used every opportunity to get Kawaguchi reassigned to combat zones from which he was not likely to return. Kawaguchi and his 35th Infantry Brigade, along with other attached units, were landed as reinforcements on Guadalcanal in August and September 1942 in response to the Allied landings on the island. In the resulting Battle of Edson's Ridge on 13 September 1942, Kawaguchi's forces were defeated with heavy losses and forced to retreat from the battleeld. Kawaguchi was subsequently relieved of command during the Japanese preparations for another attack in October 1942 and evacuated from the island and back to Japan. Kawaguchi was relegated to the reserve list in 1943. After recovering from a long illness, he was placed in command of the defenses of Tsushima Island in March 1945. After the war, Kawaguchi was arrested by the SCAP occupation authorities, and was tried and convicted of war crimes. He was imprisoned at Sugamo Prison from 1946 until 1953, which was rather ironic, given his strong opposition to the atrocities ordered by Colonel Masanobu Tsuji.

You can buy Kawaguchi for 60 points to a 35th IJA Company A platoon with Kawaguchi may re-roll all failed motivation tests. It will not give up in an assult and will not break o , it will ght to the end. You can even save Kawaguchi on a 4+ in an assault. Kawaguchi is equipped with an SMG.

Kawaguchis platoons do not need to roll for tank terror!

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JAPANESE ARSENAL GUADALCANAL

TANKS Type 97 Chi-Ha Shinhoto Standard, Front: 2 Side: 2 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, smoke “Type 97 47mm gun Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 7 FP: 4+ Type 97 Chi-Ha Standard, Front: 2 Side: 2 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, smoke “Type 90 57mm gun Range: 16” / 40cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ Type 95 Ha-Go Standard, Front: 1 Side: 1 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, one-man turret “Type 94 37mm gun Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ Type 2 Ka-Mi Slow,20cm Front: 1 Side: 1 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, one-man turret, amphibious tank “Type 94 37mm Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ Type 97 Ke-Te Standard, Front: 1 Side: 1 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, one-man turret, amphibious tank “Type 94 37mm Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ TANK MGs: Range 40cm ROF: 3 AT: 2: FP: 6 - ROF 1 if other weapons re

GUNS

Type 3 HMG - man-packed, Range: 24”/60cm ROF:6 AT:2 FP: 6 - ROF 3 when pinned or moved Type 92 70mm AT gun - man-packed, Range: 8”/20cm ROF:2 AT:3 FP: 3 “ reing bombardment: 40”/100cm AT:2 FP: 6 Type 94 37mm AT gun - light, Range: 24”/60cm ROF:3 AT:6 FP: 4+ - Gun Shield Type 38 75mm gun - light, Range: 24”/60cm ROF:2 AT:6 FP: 3+ - Gun Shield, Smoke “ reing bombardment: 40”/100cm AT:3 FP: 6 Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar - man-packed, 16”/40cm ROF:2 AT:2 FP: 6 - AA Mine Discharger “ reing bombardment: 40”/100cm AT:3 FP: 6 Type 89 122mm - immobile, Range: 30”/80cm ROF:3 AT:14 FP: 2+ - Breakthrough gun “ reing bombardment: 80”/200cm AT:6 FP: 3+ Type 92 105mm - immobile, Range: 40”/100cm ROF:1 AT:14 FP: 2+ - Breakthrough gun, Gun Shield “ reing bombardment: 96”/240cm AT:4 FP: 4+ Type 96 150mm - immobile, Range: 24”/600cm ROF:1 AT:12 FP: 1+ - Bunker buster, Gun Shield “ reing bombardment: 80”/200cm AT:5 FP: 2+

ANTI-AIRCRAFT

20mm AA Gun truck - Wheeled, Range: 16”/24cm ROF:4 AT:4FP:5+ - Anti-Aircraft Type 38 75mm - immobile, Range: 24”/100cm ROF:3 AT:11 FP: 3+ - Anti-Aircraft

INFANTRY team 4”/10cm ROF:1 AT:1 FP:6 - Hits on a 2+ in Assaults and has Tank Assault of 1 Rie team 16”/40cm ROF:1 AT:2 FP:6 Rie/MG team 16”/40cm ROF:2 AT:2 FP:6 - ROF 2 when pinned LMG team 16”/40cm ROF:5 AT:2 FP:6 - ROF 2 when pinned Light Mortar Type 89 - 16”/40cm ROF:1 AT:1 FP:4+ Lung mines (Nikuhaku) - human bullet, improvised Tank Assault 4 Sta team 16”/40cm ROF:1 AT:2 FP:6 Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3

FORTIFICATIONS HMG Bunker immobile 24”/60cm ROF: 6 AT: 2 FP: 6 - ROF 3 when pinned

AIRCRAFT A6M “Zero” : MG toHit: 2+ AT: 6 FP: 5+ Bombs: to Hit: 4+ AT: 5 FP: 2+ Betty Bomber: MG toHit: 2+ AT: 6 FP: 5+ Bombs: to Hit: 3+ AT: 7 FP: 2+ 13 JAPANESE ARSENAL 1942 / 1943

JAPANESE ARSENAL GUADALCANAL AMPHIBIOUS TANK Tanks like the Japanese Ka-Mi may use this rule and may move into water. The speed of these tanks is 4”/10cm as in di cult terrain. They may even re with their main gun or MGs.

AA MINE DISCHARGER You may use this as Anti-Aircraft gun with RANGE: 16”/40cm ROF:2 AT: 4 FP:5 +

The AA Mine Discharger was a Japanese anti-aircraft weapon red by 81mm mortars. The device was a simple tube like an infantry mortar of 70 mm or 81 mm . Instead of a standard mortar bomb, the projectile was a tube containing seven individual mines, each mine was equipped with a parachute. When red, the mortar threw the shell to a range of 3,000 to 4,000 feet (900 to 1,200 m) and a maximum altitude of approximately 600 m. The shell ejected the mines at the top of its arc. They would then oat down on their parachutes. They were fused to detonate on contact or after a xed time period, damaging nearby aircraft. The weapon could also be used like a simple cluster bomb, by ring over enemy troops.

LUNG MINES (improvised Anti-tank weapons)

In the years of World War Two, the Japanese developed a crude hand-thrown HEAT antitank , and a suicide-weapon HEAT-warhead anti-tank grenade, the lunge mine, that was not launched or thrown, but rammed into the target like a . As well as the HEAT grenade , the Type 3. The Japanese also used large improvised bombs made with teapots and other salvaged material.

TYPE 100 The Type 100 submachine gun had a rate of re of 800 rounds/min. Between 10,000 to 30,000 were built between 1942-1945.

TYPE 96 LIGHT The Type 96 was a used by the Japanese from 1936-1945.

TYPE 97 BOLT-ACRTION (SNIPER RIFLE) The Type 97 was a Japanese bolt-action rie, based on the Type 38 rie. It used the Japanese designed 6.5×50mm caliber which produced little recoil when red. Its stopping power was reduced by the rie's 31 1/2 inch long barrel which slowed the bullet, and because the charge was light compared to the bullet's weight. It was built between 1937-1945.

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