Eugen Pinak
@eugenpinak.bsky.social
Ukrainian who is interested in military history (mainly of Japan and Ukraine) and orders of battle.
Українець, який цікавиться воєнною історією (переважно Японії та України) і організацією армій.
My Japanese military history website: https://rikukaigun.org
Українець, який цікавиться воєнною історією (переважно Японії та України) і організацією армій.
My Japanese military history website: https://rikukaigun.org
Real problem with any qualitative assessments like this is - how do we measure quality?
And for all emphasis on marksmanship training in the US Army I can remember zero examples from either Word War, when it was definitely "Americans came and shot everybody to pieces".
And for all emphasis on marksmanship training in the US Army I can remember zero examples from either Word War, when it was definitely "Americans came and shot everybody to pieces".
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Real problem with any qualitative assessments like this is - how do we measure quality?
And for all emphasis on marksmanship training in the US Army I can remember zero examples from either Word War, when it was definitely "Americans came and shot everybody to pieces".
And for all emphasis on marksmanship training in the US Army I can remember zero examples from either Word War, when it was definitely "Americans came and shot everybody to pieces".
Там багато цікавих кадрів. Мабуть вибирали для показу народу найкращі відзняті кадри.
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Там багато цікавих кадрів. Мабуть вибирали для показу народу найкращі відзняті кадри.
Ah, yes - this well known Japanese attack on Nigeria... 0_o
Sometimes I'm really really curious, what's inside the heads of those people :(
Sometimes I'm really really curious, what's inside the heads of those people :(
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ah, yes - this well known Japanese attack on Nigeria... 0_o
Sometimes I'm really really curious, what's inside the heads of those people :(
Sometimes I'm really really curious, what's inside the heads of those people :(
Класне відео! Авіаносці це Дзуйхо (без надбудови) і тип Дзуньо десь на початку 1943.
Cool video! Carriers are Zuiho (without island) and Junyo class c.early 1943.
Cool video! Carriers are Zuiho (without island) and Junyo class c.early 1943.
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Класне відео! Авіаносці це Дзуйхо (без надбудови) і тип Дзуньо десь на початку 1943.
Cool video! Carriers are Zuiho (without island) and Junyo class c.early 1943.
Cool video! Carriers are Zuiho (without island) and Junyo class c.early 1943.
Great. Will you post a time of the stream?
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Great. Will you post a time of the stream?
If armored trains in the IJA were part of railway troops, maybe there was some special provision about their armament?
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If armored trains in the IJA were part of railway troops, maybe there was some special provision about their armament?
Interesting. Thank you.
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Interesting. Thank you.
Oilers were very important assets for all navies in the Pacific War. Unfortunately fleet train never gets attention it deserves.
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Oilers were very important assets for all navies in the Pacific War. Unfortunately fleet train never gets attention it deserves.
Thank you for the additional information. Terms like this obvious to Japanese speakers, but very confusing to those who know Japanese only via vocabulary.
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Thank you for the additional information. Terms like this obvious to Japanese speakers, but very confusing to those who know Japanese only via vocabulary.
Unfortunately I don't know about the IJA, but in some European countries (like USSR, Poland) armored trains were part of the armored arm, not engineer arm.
Standard armored train is always a mix of artillerymen and infantrymen, and railway engineers are small minority among crew, running the engine.
Standard armored train is always a mix of artillerymen and infantrymen, and railway engineers are small minority among crew, running the engine.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Unfortunately I don't know about the IJA, but in some European countries (like USSR, Poland) armored trains were part of the armored arm, not engineer arm.
Standard armored train is always a mix of artillerymen and infantrymen, and railway engineers are small minority among crew, running the engine.
Standard armored train is always a mix of artillerymen and infantrymen, and railway engineers are small minority among crew, running the engine.
Were IJA armored trains part of the Engineer Arm?
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Were IJA armored trains part of the Engineer Arm?
Bureaucracy is working in very strange ways.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Bureaucracy is working in very strange ways.
Thank you for the clarification.
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thank you for the clarification.
Is this unit number below? "631" - I can't remember such regiment in the Ottoman Army.
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Is this unit number below? "631" - I can't remember such regiment in the Ottoman Army.
Thank you for the clarification.
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you for the clarification.
Thank you very much for the additional information.
By the way, today it's first time I've heard about Wewak landing in 1943. I was 100% sure all northern coast of New Guinea was already occupied by Japanese in 1942.
By the way, today it's first time I've heard about Wewak landing in 1943. I was 100% sure all northern coast of New Guinea was already occupied by Japanese in 1942.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thank you very much for the additional information.
By the way, today it's first time I've heard about Wewak landing in 1943. I was 100% sure all northern coast of New Guinea was already occupied by Japanese in 1942.
By the way, today it's first time I've heard about Wewak landing in 1943. I was 100% sure all northern coast of New Guinea was already occupied by Japanese in 1942.
Thank you for kind words!
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thank you for kind words!
For IJN researchers, who don't read Japanese, I still recommend to browse through "Other materials" section of the part of the site in Japanese. You will find a lot of interesting materials about the IJN here. All in Japanese, but online translators now can do a decent job.
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
For IJN researchers, who don't read Japanese, I still recommend to browse through "Other materials" section of the part of the site in Japanese. You will find a lot of interesting materials about the IJN here. All in Japanese, but online translators now can do a decent job.
That's why I was so sad to find out, that Nishida's web site disappeared from the internet. But I've managed to contact Nishida-san, and he agreed to place his site into my web site.
Please, feel free to use Nishida's IJN Data Base for your research.
Please, feel free to use Nishida's IJN Data Base for your research.
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
That's why I was so sad to find out, that Nishida's web site disappeared from the internet. But I've managed to contact Nishida-san, and he agreed to place his site into my web site.
Please, feel free to use Nishida's IJN Data Base for your research.
Please, feel free to use Nishida's IJN Data Base for your research.
For many years Hiroshi NISHIDA's site at admiral31.world.coocan.jp was great resource for many IJN researchers, who don't speak Japanese language. Nishida made an English language version of his data base of IJN ships and admirals, which greatly contributed to the IJN research.
admiral31.world.coocan.jp
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
For many years Hiroshi NISHIDA's site at admiral31.world.coocan.jp was great resource for many IJN researchers, who don't speak Japanese language. Nishida made an English language version of his data base of IJN ships and admirals, which greatly contributed to the IJN research.