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Experimental heavy tank having to replace P.26/40. If an pre-order of 150 specimens were contracted, Armistice was signed without only prototype is finished. The models of P.43 showed its affiliation with P.26/40 without any doubt. The tank weighed approximately 30 tons, was propelled by an...

Operation Ikarus on wwii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ikarus Anyone know more about this ?

Did the XT-7 "Rotkappchen" and M42 see action in WW2? The XT-7 is mounted on a small trailer which doubles as the launch platform. The M42 (86mm rocket) is mounted on a stand and the base plate seems to be bolted to the ground. The M42 also has a launch tube and sighting mechanism similar to a...

Sorry for asking about another probably fake German late-war project. At http://henk.fox3000.com/panther.htm there are some pictures showing a model of the "Panther APC". Here is one of them: Do you have any idea if it is a fake (as I suspect) or indeed the Germans thought of such a vehicle...

Hi dear members of this forum many is known about German projects about airliners like the FW-300 and Junkers designs for long range aircraft ,and offcourse the Dornier flyboat designs. But my question is did the Japanese also have projects of their own,I cant imagine they didn't. Because they...

Was those projects real or fake ?. http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4101

Hi everybody Here the ultra-heavy O-I tank http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/japan/japan-exp.html There was also another japanese giant ? The 100 ton tank "Mi-To" ? http://uk.geocities.com/sadakichi09/army/IJAV.htm Maybe someone knows more ? Here the Type 5 Chi-Ri...

Hi everybody Long time ago I read a article about german saucers. The article was published in the german magazine "Luftfahrt History Nr.14." It was a preview article for the next issue. Sadly, they did not publish this next issue...

Hi, you guys may want to throw eggs at me for this one!. I am aware of the many german helicopter projects that went on during the years of the third reich..but a friend of mine insists there was an "attack helicopter" designed near the closing stages of the war- not like a...

Hi lads, I wonder if you could shed some light on this ones. Any hints? Enjoy. The first picture was sent to me by Justo some time ago. The second one is taken from Manfred Griehl`s "Deutsche Flugzeugbawaffnung bis 1945", Motorbuch verlag, which I strongly recommend.

Anyone know what the item is on the small grey trolley?! Regards, Barry

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Hello everybody I'm searching for a 3view or drawing of the German “SEEDRACHE“ Torpedoboat Project It should be a catamaran like torpedoboat with two or four torpedoes and it is powered by a turbine or Pulsejet something like the Jumo004 or Argus As014! ((UP to 50 kts Speed!!!)) Thanks in advance

I've found out, at www.chandelle.net, these two drawings about Caproni's fighter project. Sincerely I don't know how much fictional, speculative or based upon real designs they are....

Oh..well...it's me again asking about Mistel combinations..sorry for being a pain..:-) In the book " Mistel - German Composite Aircraft and Operations 1942-1945", by R. Forsyth, published by Classic Publications, on page 194 , there is a comment about a mistel combination that involved a Fw 190...

Hi, The Arado SO-Geret a piloted version of E.377 flying bomb project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_Germany_by_manufacturer

Hello and first of all excuse,for my English,please! But it is interesting to know:whether who knows,whether there was in Hungary in 1944-1945 a project of jet fighter ХN-1 Cameleon or it is mystification?I read about it in one book in Russian. The object under descriptions was a monoplane...

A very nice article on Graf Zeppelin from Roy C. Nesbit can be found at Aeroplane's March 2007 issue. a) In 1936, the keels of two carriers were laid down: Flugzeugtrager A (later Graf Zeppelin) and Flugzeugtrager B (latter Peter Strasser). b) In addition, Grossadmiral Erich Raeder, put...

Here's another one that's been bothering me. Has anyone come across any pictures of this machine? I know most of the facts about it and have seen a line drawing of it. It was captured by the West and was mostly complete. I'm kinda curious if anyone took pictures of it before it disappeared...

My dear lark, for the Yokosuka Tenga it was a really project to japanese,see also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_jet_aircraft