world war ii

I got this idea from some discussions I've had elsewhere and something that was brought up in a thread about making a "Spitfire into a baby Tempest". I sort of don't think that the Spitfire IX as built would be 100% suitable for what was mentioned in that thread for a "multi-role" fighter...

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It has always been a subject of some controversy as to why the British stuck with the rather paltry 0.303in calibre for aircraft machine guns. To address this Both BSA and ROLLS-ROYCE developed a 0.5in calibre AMG, the latter apparently quite successful (though strangely, never adopted) and the...

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/728823/The-village-that-died.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/dorset/idyllic-village-stolen-government/

Hi. I got the itch to look back into World War II era aircraft again. I do have a question or two about the Supermarine Spiteful. I did look for a thread where I might have asked about this topic. However, the probable best fit is nearly a decade old, and I don't know if necroposting is...

Hi I found this picture on https://www.armedconflicts.com/Flakpanz ... itz-t19200 is this photo of real Flakpanzer? or just model / good drawing ?

Northrop’s Stealth Aircraft Prototypes and Projects 1940-1950 War Secrets-Volume Five CONTENTS Northrop N-1 Northrop N-1M Northrop proposal MX-140 N-9M trainers Northrop XB-35 Air Corps Specification XC-622 Northrop XP-56 (41-786) Northrop XP-56 (42-38353) Aero boost ducts...

STEALTH WARPLANES OF THE LUFTWAFFE Prototypes and projects 1936-1946 War Secrets-Volume Four Contents The race for invisibility Transparent wings Zebra effect Vorticist School Lozenge-Tarnung Akinetopsia Yehudi Infra-red Turbinlite Spanner Anlage I Spanner Anlage II Spanner...

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I first saw this on navypedia, and I had a hard time finding more. I thought it might have been fake. https://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_maru_se.htm I found these images http://www.ww2technik.de/Bilderchen/japmarine/armeeschiffe/jap%20maru-se%20type%20army%20sub%202.jpg...

Aka, the Ardeer Aggie. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnmscxOQpg

French Night Fighters Between February 1918 and July 1922 the French Aéronautique Militaire used the Caudron R.XI heavy escort fighters from the Escadrille C 46, in joint operations with the Breguet XIV night bombers of the 3ême regiment de bombardement. In 1924 a night fighter unit was...

Model posted by Bob Gibson in What if and alternate history Facebook Group it's a speculative model reconstruction of fictional hydro version of Mosquito.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63177891

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-35 After months of research, Kusaba's team developed a six-metre (20 ft) prototype balloon capable of flying at 25,000 feet (7,600 m) for 30...

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From Canadian Aircraft Since 1909, RCAF announced for a Navigation Trainer contest in 1944/45,and the tenders were; 1- Fairchild Canada F-8 2- Noorduyn design 3- Victory,may be Model-10 ? 4- Fleet Aircraft,may be Model-70 ? 5- Canadian Car & Foundry design

So what the title says. Say that cme the armistice in 1943 the Italians are able to tow away the ship to some secure port. Or alternatively if you want things simpler Italian commandos do not scuttle the ship in April 1945 and the Germans fail to sink her on their retreat. Either way you have...

Reading up on the GM 6046 diesel several years ago I was surprised to see the concept was sketched up by the British purchasing commission as a power option for a proposed US built version of the Matilda II. The very limited information I have read indicated that the US was not interested in...