The obsolete planes were nicknamed 'wind indicators' by their Marine pilots who had experience with the newer planes of the military. Wind Indicator was the SB2Us planes's nickname given by their pilots.В SB2U's were already deemed obsolete by the beginning of World War II, but those were among the only available planes on Midway Island, so the pilots had to use them.The nickname Steel Rain was applied half a century later to the US MRLS systems, which launched large accurate barrages of rockets over long ranges. The German response was the Nebelwerfer, called the Screaming Mimi by the Allies. The Katyusha was a terrifying barrage to live through, if it hit its target, which it wasn't very good at. This simple weapon struck fear into the Axis hearts, as it should have. Stalin's Organ was the infamous RussianВ Katyusha rocket launcher's nickname.В The Katyusha was a rocket launcher mounted on a truck.The Walking Stuka was an SdKfz 251 halftrack out-fitted with Wuhrframen 40 rockets, and the noise it made sounded like a Stuka, therefore the nickname Walking Stuka or Ground Stuka. THe Nebelwerfers were quite accurate for a rocket artillery piece of that time, and were quite terrorizing to Allied troops.В The Nebelwerfer was like a conventional field artillery piece, able to be towed and usually stationary. soldiers, and they nicknamed is 'Screaming Mimi'. GIs.В The sound of the stationary rocket launcher was one of the strangest sounds heard by many U.S. Screaming Mimi was theВ infamous German Nebelwerfer rocket launcher's nickname given by U.S.It was called 'Charley the Bastard' due to its enourmous recoil that was hated by infantry. 55 anti-tank rifle's nickname.В The Boyes rifle could penetrate 1 inch of armour at 100m, although at the time tanks usually had an armour thickness of about 1.5-2 inches, and infantry hardly ever got within 100m of tanks. It was given a more powerful high velocity 76mm gun, along with a muzzle break to dampen recoil, and a better suspension for a smoother ride. Easy Eight was theВ M4A3E8 Sherman tank's nickname given by the Americans.В The M4A3E8 was the late-war variant of the Sherman tank.Someone was overheard saying, 'that tank's a real honey'. Honey was the M3 Stuart tank's nickname.However, as history as shown, the SMLE was not a failure. It was openly criticised when first introduced as people felt it wouldn't fulfill any roll within the military as was too short to be as accurate as the MLE and too long to be used by the calvalry. The barrel length was between that ofВ its predecessor (the MLE) and the traditional carbine. Smelly was the SMLE's nickname.В The Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) was first introduced in 1904 but wasn't official introduced until 1907.On this post we'll try give you some of the craziest weapon's nicknames that appeared throughout World War II. Nickname a enemy gives a weapon is very interesting and helps define the weapon in a unique way. ) They are cool names for military equipment. Soldiers, sailosr and aviators are an inventive lot & often come up with amusing, even witty nick-names for weapons and stuff (artillery, tanks, planes, ships.

Military aircraft nicknames