world war ii

I've been trying to understand he USN's various dive and torpedo bomber projects following the TBF/TMB Avenger and SB2C Helldiver. Ultimately these efforts led to the AM Mauler and AD Skyraider but there was a large number of designs prior to this. Would categorizing these aircraft into three...

Recently I replayed WWII Aces on Wii and found an aircraft named "Bisnovat 5". However, Google shows that the Bisnovat 5 was a later supersonic research craft. So I tried looking for more images of it, but was only able to find these images from another game (sorry for the bad quality): Has 2...

In order to avoid clogging the IJN air service thread, I'd open an Army-specific thread for discussion about their alternatives in choice of flying hardware, logistics (as far as they can address it), production, etc. The Pacific war unfolds as it did hisorically, ie. the war with West starts as...

Re previous posts, has anyone a photo of Albacore floatplane? It is for a good home, Helensburgh Heritage Trust a charitable website recording the story of MAEE.RAF Helensburgh. Any such photograph will not be copyright now and a credit of source will be given. The Trust pays tribute to the...

The M3 Halftrack and the Sdkfz 251 are the most well known ones, but did the other major powers have APCs? What about WW1?

I didn't see any topics featuring or referencing this interesting airship (including the compelling figures involved in its development and construction), but I came across a some newsreel footage of it worthy of posting and created this topic for reference and as a potentially clearinghouse for...

Or, in other words, lets give to the FAA some attractive hardware that gets the job done and then some. Whether something later to be made earlier, or something that never flew, or a substantial mod to an existing design. Limitations of availability of engines, armament and electronics remain -...

... that is after the Spitfire is established both in production and service. If it becomes the 'British Dassault', commercial-vise, I'm more than okay with that.

Dad was involved in trials of the secret Johhny Walker bomber dropped during the Tirpitz raid but never knew how it got the JW name. He believed it was named after the favourite tipple boffins drank during drawing board research, or one of the actual scientists? Anyone know? robin bird ref...

In September 1944, the Soviet secret service succeeded in arresting two German agents, a man and a woman in Soviet army uniforms, whose mission was to travel to Moscow and eliminate Stalin. Without going into the details of Operation Zeppelin, weapons were found : A miniature grenade launcher...

Similar to the post-BoB RAF: what might've Luftwafe/RLM do after Autumn of 1940 in order to improve their standing, both in short-term (next 12 months) and long-term (a few next years). I've also included 'Axis' term here - mostly European Axis countries' air forces/services - since they can be...

This thread is organized by ship type when information is available, and includes general plans when unavailable. It starts with Destroyer plans, moves to Battleship plans, then to Cruiser plans, and finally to Aircraft Carrier plans, followed by lists of various war demands and fleet building...

With decades worth of hindsight, what might be the best steps for French AF and industry to make in the 1935 to 1940-41 time frame, in order to put up a better fight against Luftwaffe? Organizational changes, logistics, choice of what to make (whether the historical types, or whatever you think...

Time frame should cover gearing-up to the Pacific war and the war itself. What should've they specified differently for industry to make vs. what was made historically, in order to put up a better fight against the 'West', or mostly against the USN/USMC/USAAF? Not to make a host of designs that...

Since the end of the First World War, bold attempts were made in the Soviet Union in the field of rockets and various types of weapons, although timid, but existing and somewhat significant for the hard period that the Union was going through at that time, sometimes typically handcrafted and...

Hi this is my first post - I'm intersting in German technology, specially in armour. Some times ago I saw this pictu were any photos of this vehicle? or any informations?

Another project by Professor Hermann Oberth.A Long-Range Rocket capable of reaching America.Towards the end of 1941 professor Oberth developed the design and schematics of a long-range rocket over 6000 km at a distance between Europe and North America.The device had to carry an explosive charge...

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You may read some info from Maiwaffentrager's blog or somewhere else, which I seriously doubt any credibility. I would assume that these names show some certain design features, rather than factory names, I'll explain now. What Maiwftrgr. said Ai-96, Mitsu-97, Mitsu-104, Ishi-108, have names to...

Hi again after long while. I recently finished some new 3d pieces so I thought I may drop these by. Below my latest (and some older) artwork for IJN's Mizuno Shinryū II. If you feel like it, look up more on https://www.artstation.com/senshi-isamu or https://www.deviantart.com/senshi-isamu. Cheers!