late 1930s

Japanese Wikipedia entry on Akizuki class DD stated that IJN started in 1936 to study dedicated AA vessels following the example of Dido class. They contemplated anything from a 1000 ton torpedo boat armed with a single 10 cm or 12.7 cm AA gun to a quite large cruiser equipped with 12 double...

Hello everyone. Today I wanted to share one of Japan's heavy tanks, the Aichi 96. Designed sometime after the Type95 heavy tank, Japan delved into producing new tanks in an attempt to fielding them across China. Multiple companies are listed to have taken part. This tank had at least unit built...

Hello! I'm currently searching the data about this little guy: This is BHT-38 (Bombe Hurel-Turck) radio-controlled glide bomb, designed for French military shortly before World War 2. It was supposed to have a weight about 160 kg. Some examples were tested in 1940, but Fall of the France...

Hi! Arsenal VG-30 variants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_VG-33 "The Arsenal VG-33 was one of a series of fast French light fighter aircraft under development at the start of World War II, but which matured too late to see extensive service in the French Air Force during the Battle of...

Couldn't find a thread on this so here goes: In March 1938 the Air Staff put together a paper that described an ideal bomber, and then a few months later specification B.19/38 was produced which indicated that the bomber would have a strong defensive armament of eight 20mm “shell-firing gun”...

One of the great what-ifs is the failure of Britain and France to stop Hitler from unilaterally re militarising the Rhineland in 1936. On paper the French were still superior to Germany in military forces and Czechoslovakia was still intact. Britain's navy was able to blockade Germany even if...

http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?13408 Great site on the plane.

from Flight Global 31mar2015 -75 years ago: "The US maritime Commission is calling tenders for the Construction of two luxury liners which are capable of conversion into aircraft carriers. Speed is stated to be 24 knots and they are intended for operation in the Pacific." I guess this...

DB 608 Work on this engine were launched in 1938. DB-608 is a further development of the engine DB-601. When the working volume of 36.6 liters the engine developed takeoff power 1210 kW (1650 hp.) At 2800 rev / min. The estimated altitude is equal to 5200 meters. Dry weight was 745 pounds...

In a Italian magazine of 1939,"Panorama",i have read an article about Americans flying boats. Was said that a method at the study for land takeoff of flying boats ( in runways near sea aerodromes) was put the flying boat piggy-back on a sort of not flying launch vehicle for reach speed for...

Hi, here is the drawings of the Junkers Ju-288 with Jumo 222 and Jumo 223 engines. http://www.flugzeug-lorenz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-Junkersbuch/Junkers_166-171.pdf

The US Navy - BuAer Specification SD 112.14 ,soliciting bids for a twin engined VF -Naval Fighter- in 1938. This spec. produced the Grumman Model G-34 (XF5F-1) Brewster ,Seversky and Lockheed were also contending. Bids were asked from 13 companies. Is there any of the Naval Aviation specialist...

In "Helicopters Of The Third Reich" by Steve Coates a German designer and constructor of helicopters is mentioned, who, contrary to Anton Flettner, Gerd Achgelis or Henrich Focke remained widely unknown : Walter Rieseler, born in 1890. He started to build his first helicopter in 1936 after...

Not being much of a German aircraft specialist, I find myself stuck trying to identify this strange little pusher bird... It may well be a Focke-Wulf project, but that's my only clue. I'm sure someone will be able to identify it soon and put me to shame! Thanks in advance for your help.

From "Der Flieger", August 1962, maybe interesting for one or two, as one-offs and projects are mentioned, too.

IMAGE CREDIT: Tales of Future Past/Future War http://davidszondy.com/future/war/Mile%20Tower.htm Just trying to build the thing would have been a nightmare....

Hi, my dear Tophe answer me about that mystery aircraft,which I spoke about it before in this topic; http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5933.150.html and it was a real aircraft,designed by Cyril Mecier,and called Helican,and as my dear Tophe said; it was not an...

Hi, has anyone a more info or drawing about Benes-Mraz Be.352 light aircraft project of 1939 ?. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bene%C5%A1-Mr%C3%A1z

Also found as a "Breese Bennett" and a "Bowlus Bennett" the Bennett BTC-1 « Executive » was the sole product of the Bennett Aircraft Corporation before it became the Globe Aircraft Corp. (in fact the aircraft also appears as the Globe BTC-1 in several sources). It was quite an aesthetically...

From my dear Scott site; http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=8952