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About The Big Book of Warfare...and other stuff
Shape Calculations
(Cylinder Volume
Calculator)
Calculating
Kinetic Energy
Calculating
the Areas of Basic Shapes
Calculating
an Object's Force in Newtons
Calculating
Tensile Stress
Computing
Slant Ranges
Useful
Conversion Measures
Calculating
Pressure on an Object immersed in a Fluid
Production
Cost Curves
Structural
Material Information
Miscellaneous
Material Information
Industrial
Tolerances over History
Corrosion
Rates of Metals
Temperature
Conversion Formulas
General
Guide to Model-Making Scales
Computing
Piston Engine Power Output
Computing Power throughout
History
Video
Bitrates
Why are
military messages in all capitals?
Digital
Elevation Map Rough Sizing
Computer
Rough Sizing in Science Fiction
U.S. Military
Manpower 1789 to 1997
U.S.
Army Air Force Personnel: Number and Percent of U.S. Army Strength
1912-1945
Aviation Unit Costs
Naval
Combatant Costs
Ground
Unit Costs
Strategic
System Costs
WW2 Aircraft Combat Statistics
RAF Bomber Command /
USAAF 8th AF Aircraft Available for Operations (1939-1945)
RAF
Bomber Command Tonnage dropped by Aircraft Type (1939-1945)
RAF/USAAF
Monthly Bomb Tonnages (1939-1945)
Equipment Orders canceled
by the United States during World War II
U.S.
Chemical Agent Production - World War II (1940-45)
U.S.
Heavy Field Artillery Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Light Field Artillery Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Mortar Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Anti-Tank Gun Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S Heavy Tank Monthly
Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Medium Tank Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Light Tank Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Tank Destroyer Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.
Armored Car Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S. Navy/U.S. Coast Guard Vessels Sunk/Damaged beyond Repair during WWII – 7 Dec 1941 to 1 Oct 1945
U.S.A.A.F Heavy Bomber
Monthly Acceptances (1940-46)
U.S.A.A.F
Medium Bomber Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.A.A.F
Attack Bomber Monthly Acceptances (1940-46)
U.S.A.A.F
Fighter Monthly Acceptances (1940-46)
U.S.A.A.F
Reconnaissance Monthly Acceptances (1940-46)
U.S.A.A.F
Transport Monthly Acceptances (1940-46)
U.S.A.A.F
Trainer Monthly Acceptances (1940-45)
U.S.A.A.F
Liason Monthly Acceptances (1940-46)
A-26 Invader Monthly
Acceptances By Plant (1942-1946)
B-29
Superfortress Monthly Acceptances By Plant (1942-1945)
F4U
Corsair Monthly Acceptances by Manufacturer (1940-45)
TBY
Seawolf Monthly Acceptances by Manufacturer (1944-1945)
SBD/A-24
Dauntless Monthly Acceptances by Manufacturer (1940-1944)
German World War II Vengeance
Weapon (V-Waffe) Production Statistics
German
Division Count by Type (1939-1945) by Ron Klages & John
Mulholland
German
Division Count by Theater (1939-1945)
German
Heavy (Schwere) Panzer Unit Loss Ratios
German Tiger Tank Monthly Acceptances (1942-1945)
USAF Losses during the Korean War
U.S. Military Manpower in South Vietnam 1960-1973
USAF Losses in Southeast Asia By Type and Cause (1 February 1962 to 31 October 1973)
Manpower Isn't Everything
Military-Related Quotes of Note
Distances at which Visual/Aural disturbances can be identified at Night
Aerospace Vehicle Costs
Aerospace Safety Factors
Calculating the Visibility Factor of an Aircraft
Calculating the approximate turn radius of an air vehicle
Computing Dynamic Pressure (Q)
Safe Egress Limitations for Aerospace Vehicles
The Breguet Equation (and using it effectively)
Note: I’ve included SRBMs, MRBMs, IRBMs and ICBMs in this section, since so many became later space boosters.
Von Braun “Rocket Team”
Redstone IRBM/Booster Family
Jupiter IRBM/Booster Family
Saturn Booster Family
Nova Booster Family
GD/Convair
Centaur Upper Stage Family
Atlas I ICBM/Booster Family
Atlas II Family
Atlas III
Atlas IV
Atlas V
Glenn L. Martin
Titan I ICBM
Titan II and Gemini Launch Vehicle (GLV) ICBM/Booster Family
Titan III Standard Launch Vehicle (SLV) Family
Titan IV Family
Reference
Spacecraft
Spacecraft
Reference Engines
Scaling
Liquid Rocket Engines Up/Down in Size (Rule-of-Thumb
Only!)
Rocket Explosions
(TNT Equivalence if a rocket explodes)
Booster
Margins of Safety (for non-recoverable boosters circa
1960s)
Human Life Support
Needs
Spacecraft
Propellants
Space
Propulsion Concepts
Stage
and Stage Subsystem Scaling
Rocket
Equations
Spacecraft
Mass Ratios and Delta Vs
Space
Manouvers
Computing
ISP
Computing Time
Dilation
Sublight Speed
Reference Chart
Spacecraft
External Temperatures
Solar
Constant (for our Solar System)
Space
Telescopes and Minimum Observable Objects
Direct
Trajectory (Brachistochrone) Calculations
Anti-Matter
Costs for Space Travel (Still a WIP, so bear with me)
Spacecraft
Decompression Times
Computing
Orbital Velocities
Orbital
Velocity Chart
(Solar System)
Radiation
Limits for Space Travel
Crew
Requirements
The
Drake Equation (aka how many people are in the Galaxy besides us)
Radio Bands
Information on Specific Radars
Cobra
Series
CXAM
Series
SCR
(Signal Corps Radio) Series
AN/ALT
Series
AN/APG
Series
AN/APS
Series
AN/APN
Series
AN/ASG
Series
AN/BPS
Series
AN/CPS
Series
AN/DLQ
Series
AN/FPS
Series
AN/GPN
Series
AN/MPS
Series
AN/SPG
Series
AN/SPQ
Series
AN/SPS
Series
AN/SPY
Series
AN/TPS
Series
AN/TPY
Series
AN/ULQ
Series
AN/WRF
Series
USAF
Frequency Diversity Program
Information on Radar Design
Decibels
and Radars
Radar
Bands and Wavelengths
Computing
Radar Horizon
Computing
Radar Characteristics
RCS
of Typical Radar Targets
Sonars
Information on Specific Sonars
AN/SQS Series Sonars
Railroads
North American
Railroad Curved Track Speed Equation
North
American Railroad Track Classes
Railroad
Costs
Locomotives:
Logistics
Biomass Fuel Values and Information
Spacecraft Non-Nuclear Power Sources
U.S. Army Reactors
U.S.
Naval Reactors
U.S.
Small Nuclear Power Sources
Nuclear
Power Costing (by kWh)
U.S.
At-Sea Disposal of Radioactive Wastes (1946-1967)
Atomic, Biological, Chemical Weapons (ABC)
Atomic Weapons in General
U.S. Underwater Nuclear Testing and Derived Effects Data
Nuclear Effects at Sea Calculator
Detailed 1-Kiloton Nuclear Effects Calculations
Detailed Nuclear Effects Calculations for Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nuclear Effects Calculator (Mobile Version Here)
Nuclear Yield/Weight Ratios
Calculations relevant to Nuclear Exchanges (SSPK/EMT/PKill/etc)
Worldwide Artillery Fired Atomic Projectiles (AFAPs)
U.S. Atomic Weapons
U.S. Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Levels (1945-2009)
U.S. Nuclear Tests (1945-1992)
U.S. Definitions of Nuclear Incidents
U.S. Personnel Reliability Program (PRP)
U.S.A.A.F. / U.S.A.F. Attack Aircraft, First Series (1928 to 1962)
U.S. Bomber Uniform Weapons Loadouts
North American's Lightweight Mustangs [P-51H (NA-126) / P-51M (NA-124) / P-51L (NA-129)]
Ballistic Missile Defense (ABM/BMD)
Economics of Anti-Ballistic Missile Defenses
Classes of Ballistic Missiles
Computing Ballistic Coefficients of Re-Entry Vehicles
Number of Systems Required to Cover a Defended Area
Ballistic Missile Rules of Thumb
Computing Delta-vee required for Ballistic Missiles
Soviet Union Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Tests 1968-1982
Internal Ballistics
Military Propellants
Why Small Arms Propellants don't get upgraded often
Energy Stowage Techniques (needed for say, a railgun)
Computing Gun Recoil Force
Computing Shell Weights
External Ballistics
Vacuum Trajectories
Correcting for the Coriolis Effect
Terminal Ballistics
Shaped Charge/Hypervelocity Penetration
Computing the Probability of a Kill for a Tank-Based System
Kinetic Energy Penetration
Armor/Penetrator Materials
STANAG 4569 Protection Levels
Armor Steel Areal Densities
Wounding Statistics
France
French Ballistic Missiles
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / Russian Federation
Soviet/Russian Tank Guns
Soviet/Russian Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
Soviet/Russian Tank Armor Systems
Soviet/Russian Armored Fighting Vehicle Production Statistics
Soviet/Russian Medium Tanks (T-34/43/44)
Soviet/Russian Heavy Tanks (IS-2/3/4/5/6/7/10/Misc)
Soviet/Russian Missile Tanks (IT-1, etc)
Soviet/Russian Self-Propelled Guns (SU-76, SU-85, etc)
Soviet/Russian Self-Propelled Artillery
Soviet/Russian T-54 Series
Soviet/Russian T-55 Series
Soviet/Russian T-62 Series
Soviet/Russian T-64/T-80 Series
Soviet/Russian T-72/T-90 Series
Soviet/Russian PT Series
Soviet/Russian MT-LB Series
Soviet/Russian BTR Series
Soviet/Russian BMP Series
Soviet/Russian BMD Series
United States
U.S. Navy Guided Missile Launch Systems (GMLS)
U.S. Navy AEGIS Weapons System Versions
U.S. Navy Standard Missile Family
U.S. Navy 4T Missile Family (Terrier, Talos, Tartar, Typhon)
U.S. Surface-To-Air Missiles (Army)
U.S. Anti-Ballistic Missiles
U.S. Penetration Aids
U.S. Navy Basic Point Defense Missile Systems
U.S. Navy Torpedoes
U.S. World War II Nuclear Weapons
U.S. Rifles
U.S. Machine Guns
U.S. Small Arms Sights
U.S. Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
World Wide
World-Wide Ahead Throwing ASW Weapons
Calculating Warship Hull Weights
Colors, Markings, and Camouflage
Germany
Heer Vehicle
Colors (1922-1945)
Luftwaffe
Aircraft Colors (World War II)
Japan
Japanese Aircraft Colors in World War II
Soviet Union/Russia
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force Roundels
(1915-1947)
Royal
Navy Fleet Air Arm Aircraft Colors, World War II
United States
U.S. Government
Colors
U.S. Army
Colors for Combat Equipment
U.S.
Army Colors for Support Equipment
U.S.
Army Aircraft Markings
U.S.
Army Rail Car Lettering
U.S.
Army Branch Colors
U.S.
Army Clothing Colors
U.S.
Military Ammunition Markings
U.S.
Military Aircraft Gauge Markings
U.S.
Military Aircraft Roundels, 1918-Present
U.S.
Army Air Force Bomb Group Tail Markings of World War II
U.S.
Aircraft Colors, 1911-1939
U.S.
Aircraft Colors, 1940-1949
U.S.
Air Force Colors for Support Equipment
U.S.
Navy Ship Colors, World War II
U.S.
Navy Ship Camouflage, World War II
Miscellaneous
College Degree
Colors
Spacecraft
Colors
Convair
(General Dynamics) Badge Colors circa 1960
Germany
Heer Officer Ranks of World
War II
Heer Enlisted
Ranks of World War II
Waffenfarben
(Arm Colors)
Stahlhelm
Markings
United States
U.S. Military Awards (Current)
U.S. Army Officer Ranks of
World War II
U.S. Army
Enlisted Ranks of World War II
U.S. Navy Officer Ranks of World War II
U.S. Public Health Service Ranks of World War II
U.S. Military Doctor Ranks/Locations (Modern Era)
U.S. Army World War II Military
Occupational Specialties (By Number)
U.S.
Army World War II Military Occupational Specialties (By Job Area)
U.S. Army
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Commands) WWII and Immediate Post-War
Era
U.S.
Army Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Army Groups) WWII and Immediate
Post-War Era
U.S.
Army Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Field Armies) WWII and Immediate
Post-War Era
U.S.
Army Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Corps) WWII and Immediate Post-War
Era
U.S.
Army Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Divisions) WWII and Immediate Post-War
Era
U.S.
Army Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Battalions) WWII and Immediate
Post-War Era
U.S. Army
Air Force Insignia (Air Forces) WWII and Immediate Post-War Era
U.S.
Army Air Force Insignia (Squadrons) World War II
U.S. Marine Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, World War II Era
Union Civil War Flags
U.S.
Army Campaign Streamers
U.S.
Air Force Campaign Streamers
U.S.
Navy Campaign Streamers
U.S.
Marine Corps Campaign Streamers
U.S.
Coast Guard Campaign Streamers
British Commonwealth
Canadian Army Shoulder
Flashes – World War II Era and Immediate Postwar
South
African Army Shoulder Flashes – World War II Era and Immediate
Postwar
Sonar Bands
United States
US Marine Corps Squadrons in World War II
U.S. Navy Carrier Air Group Organization (1944-1945)
U.S. Army Post-World War II Artillery Division (Proposed)
U.S. Army Air Forces Combat Group Organization - 20 Feb 1945
U.S. Army Air Forces Basic Organizational Concepts - World War II
U.S. Air Force Group Organization – 30 June 1951
U.S. Air Force Squadron Organization – 30 June 1953
U.S.A.F. Wing Organization, 1957
Soviet Union/Russia
Soviet/Russian Air Force Organization
NATO Definitions of Warsaw Pact Readiness Levels
Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy Organization, World War II
Calculating Inflation (US Dollars; 1774-2021)
Representative Equipment Lead Times
Equipment Replacement Intervals
Planning Assumptions based on Weapons Effects
Simplified Wargaming via Dupuy's Quantified Judgment Model
Historical Procurement Assumptions
United States/North Atlantic Treaty Organization
FM 21-30 Symbology (1941)
APP-6 Symbology (July 1986 issue)
MIL-STD-2525 Symbology (17 November 2008 issue)
NATO Naval Task Force Designations
United States
U.S. NORAD Air Defense Terminology
World War II U.S. Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet
Germany
German Warship Terminology
World War II German Phonetic Alphabet
Japan
Japanese Warship Terminology
Japanese Planning Terminology
United States of America
U.S. Naval Reactors
U.S Navy Assault Ships
U.S. Landing Craft / Amtrucks / Amtracs
U.S. Navy Logistics Ships
U.S. Navy and MC/MARAD Troop Ships
U.S. Navy and MC/MARAD Cargo Ships
U.S. Navy and MC/MARAD Tankers/Oilers
U.S Navy Submarines
U.S. Navy Wartime and Post-War Fleet Boat Conversions
Warship Lineages
U.S. Navy Hull Designations
U.S. Navy Capital Ship Overage List (Pre-WWII Era)
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U.S. Navy Warship Register Version 1.1 (9 July 2012) (562 kb ZIP)
(Zipped .XLS and .XLSX files containing the raw spreadsheet used to generate the HTML pages below)
U.S. Navy Battleship and Battlecruiser Lineages (BB 1 to BB 71; CC 1 to CC 6)
U.S. Navy Cruiser Lineages (CL 1 to CLGN 160 / CB 1 to CB 6 / CLC 1 to CC 2 / CAG 1 to CG 71)
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Lineages (CV 1 to CVN 80 / CVE 1 to CVE 139)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Lineages, Beginnings to WWI (DD 1 to DD 347)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Lineages, World War II, Part One (DD 348 to DD 699)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Lineages, World War II, Part Two (DD 700 to DD 926)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Lineages, Cold War to Modern (DD 927 to DDG 1002 / DDG 1 to DDG 116 / DL 1 to DLGN 41)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort Lineages, World War II, Part One (DE 1 to DE 399)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort Lineages, World War II, Part Two (DE 400 to DE 799)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort Lineages, World War II, Part Three (DE 800 to DE 1005)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort Lineages, Cold War to Modern (DE 1006 to DE 1107 / AGDE 1 / DEG 1 to DEG 11 / FFG 1 to FFG 61)
U.S. Navy Submarine Lineages, Beginning to World War II (SS 1 to SS 211)
U.S. Navy Submarine Lineages, World War II (SS 212 to SS 562)
U.S. Navy Submarine Lineages, Cold War / Modern (SS 550 to SSN 802)
Soviet/Russian Carrier Lineage
Soviet/Russian Cruiser Lineage
German Battleship and Battlecruiser Lineages
German Cruiser Lineages
German Destroyer Lineages
German Submarine Lineages, Post-War
Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship and Battlecruiser Lineages
Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carrier Lineages
Imperial Japanese Navy Cruiser Lineages
Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer Lineages, Interwar Period
Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer Lineages, World War II Period
Designation/Naming Systems
U.S. Air Force Requirements
Army/Navy Spoken Nicknames for Designations
US Navy Ship Characteristics Board (SCB) Designations
US Joint Aerospace Designation System (1962-Present)
U.S.A.A.F. World War II Manufacturers' Codes
U.S.A.F. MX Designations
Boeing Designations
Consolidated/Convair Designations
Republic Aviation Designations
Lockheed Designations
Grumman Designations
North American Aviation Designations
U.S. T Series Prototype Designations
Design Bureau (OKB) Numbers and Specializations
Ship Designations
Small Arms Acronyms
Vehicle Acronyms
Technical Equipment Acronyms
Military/Industrial Complex Acronyms
Unit Terms
Unit Acronyms
Nicknames for Equipment
Prefixes and Suffixes in Designations
Russian Designations for Captured Equipment in World War II
Industrial Designations
Weapons System Designations
French Acronyms
Imperial Japanese Navy Basic Design Designations
