Hi everybody,
I often read that Curtiss-Wright Aviation did not do enough research work during the Second World War to be able to survive its aeronautical branch and face the new markets after the Second World War. It is considered that its production and improvement work on the P-40 (we can...
cold war
curtiss-wright airplane division
curtiss-wright corporation
experimental
fighters
heavy fighter
interceptors
night fighter
post-worldwarii
pursuit aircraft
research
united states
united states air force
united states army air corps
united states army air forces
worldwarii
Ever since the first Zeppelin raids in World War 1 the vulnerability of the civilian population of the UK to attack from the air has been a major factor in shaping our armed forces.
The tile "Air Defence of Great Britain" comes from the organisation set up to meet the only air threat imagined in...
air defence
ballistic missile defense
british army
cold war
cold warii
cruise missile
interwar period
nuclear battlefield
raf fighter command
raf strike command
royal air force
royal navy
strategic bomber
strategic defence
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
uk air defence region
united kingdom
worldwar i
worldwarii
20th century
aircraft history
aviation historian
aviation history
cold war
early 21st century
great britain
history
post-cold war
royal air force
united kingdom
worldwarii
aa gun
aerial torpedo
air defence
air-to-air missile
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface missile
aircraft cannon/guns
anti-tank
axis powers
bombs
close air support
ground attack
interceptors
luftwaffe
nazi germany
pre-worldwarii
reichsluftfahrtministerium
rockets
third reich
worldwarii
Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the United States theatrical release of the World War II tank film Fury on October 17, 2014.
Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal were phenomenal as a tight-knit band of battle-hardened tankers joined by a raw recruit as...
I’d never heard of this before, but it’s one of the worst friendly fire incidents I’ve heard of from WW2, made worse that no action was taken against the person who seemingly was most responsible for it.
For anyone with deeper pockets, a collection of drawings, sketches and ephemera by Giovanni Caproni is up for auction at Abdingdon on 12 November.
https://www.mallams.co.uk/auction/details/ab-early-flight---the-caproni-collection--the-collectors-sale/?au=565
Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are:
- Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor)
- Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter)
- Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...
bell aircraft corporation
cessna aircraft company
cg control
cold war
helicopter
helicopter division (cessna aircraft company)
pre-worldwarii
seibel
seibel helicopter
seibel helicopter company
tiltrotor
united states
united states air force
united states army
worldwarii
By mid-1942 the shortage of tungsten needed for production of anti-tank artillery shells was so critical that the Heereswaffenamt issued a specification calling for a Panzerabwehrrakete (anti-tank missile) fitted with hollow charge warhead.
Early in 1943, Dr. Otto Kramer began the development...
As any deeply invested Spitfire fan knows, the intended major developments never eventuated and the history of the Spitfire was one of interim variants that did very well. The dead ends are as follows:
SPITFIRE III: Merlin 20 development with four cannon and major airframe revisions; abandoned...
air ministry
allies
alternate history
british commonwealth
british empire
fleet air arm
great britain
improved spitfire
raf fighter command
royal air force
royal navy
supermarine aviation ltd
vickers-armstrongs limited
what-if
worldwarii
Hi everyone,
I tend to be quite interested in discussing the details of a scenario where the Entente holds the front near the Franco-Belgian border in 1940 (mostly in other forums).
I was now wondering what the impacts would be for the RAF.
Obviously we may see fewer American aircrafts in...
1940
alternate history
armeé de l'air
battle of france
early 1940s
entente cordiale
french third republic
great britain
kingdom of belgium
luftwaffe
royal air force
third reich
wehrmacht
worldwarii
The three Tiger class cruisers arouse strong opinions.
As the only major non-carrier RN warships built after WW2 they mark the transition of the RN from a force built round its battleships' big guns to a missile dominated navy.
The 6" and 3" guns fitted to them were supposed to be a new approach...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
command cruiser
command ship
cruiser
east of suez
falklands war
fleet air arm
gun cruiser
helicopter and command cruiser
helicopter cruiser
naval fire support
north atlantic treaty organisation
nsfs
post-worldwarii
royal navy
vstol carriers
worldwarii
101st airborne
1944
1st airborne division
1st independent parachute brigade (poland)
82nd airborne
airborne forces
allies
battle of arnhem
british army
first allied airborne army
glider infantry
glider pilot regiment
great britain
operation market-garden
paratroopers
polskie siły zbrojne na zachodzie
reichskommissariat niederlande
united states army
worldwarii
xxx corps
So a dude on the War Thunder forums, "Whelmy", found some docs on this Canadian "super heavy tank" a number of years back, designed by a Canadian dude named (lieutenant) Norman Samuels. Unfortunately i only saved one of the documents from his posts, but he did publish a number of them back in...
Hello all, been a minute
I am not sure where to post this, but has anyone heard of the Welbum? It's in the same league as the Welrod, Welwand, Welfreighter, and Welman when it comes to British convert R&D at Station IX in WW2. I saw the name pop up while reading about the Welwand and I...
airborne forces
british army
clandestine insertion
combat swimmers
espionage
great britain
irregular warfare
special operations
special operations executive
special reconnaissance
station ix
war office
waterborne infiltration
worldwarii
In the late-war period a battery of the ill-fated 5cm FlaK 41 was directed by a remote controlled system, overcoming it`s manual traverse problems and testing what would be the Gerät 58 5,5cm control system. Does anyone know about this development?
The Bundesarchiv/Militäraarchiv listened to my prayers and made available the plans for a German fleet submarine project I was looking after since I bought Eberhardt Rössler`s "Geschichte des Deutschen Ubootbaus", in the early1990`s. All we had was a cross section and the general specifications...
Henschel Zitterrochen
The Messerschmitt P 1111 (January 15,1945 jet fighter project) was fast, climbed very fast and high, manoeuvred exceedingly well at low speed, had enough room to transport a lot of fuel and armament, could be built in wood and was surprisingly small and nice to look at...
henschel flugzeugwerke
henschel und sohn
luftwaffe
messerschmitt ag
nazi germany
night fighter
reich ministry of armaments and war production
reichsluftfahrtministerium
third reich
worldwarii
Due to the jet age, various super props never go to production despite their high performance. Among those, it can be said that XP-72 and Spiteful F.16 were the most high capable design.
So let say if these prototype got to production stage, which would be the ultimate piston fighter?
XP-72...
allies
british commonwealth
fighters
fleet air arm
great britain
post-worldwarii
pursuit aircraft
royal air force
royal navy
united states
united states army air forces
worldwarii
I found this photograph on tvd.im, a website that covers militaria and sundries. The entry and caption were for a Curtis SC Seahawk. Obviously, this ain’t it, but what is it? I did a cursory look at Luft’46 didn’t come up with anything that looks like this seaplane. The tail looks like it came...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.