world war ii

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 -...

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...

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...

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!

Does anyone know Bohler 47mm L70? In WW2,Bohler 47mm L32 M1935 was famous,but according to some articles,47mm L32 couldn't be used well against tanks in the war,so Bohler designed L55,even...L70 I failed to find its data.

Welfreighter http://covertshores.blogspot.com/2010/07/british-sof-water-craft.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfreighter https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/67555.html Gimik http://covertshores.blogspot.com/2010/07/lost-in-plain-sight-gimik-and-oss_19.html...

I've tried to collect the WW2 Japanese radar Type designation systems with data and if possible photos and drawings. Gathered from these sources: http://www.combinedfleet.com/radar.htm http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/R/a/Radar.htm http://home.e01.itscom.net/ikasas/index.htm...

A most astonishing discovery. A photo of the Bf 109 appears on the Falkeeins blogspot here: Uffz. Karl Hannes 5./JG 2 and Erla factory Einflieger

From, Самолеты С. А. Лавочкина.

I have quite a bit of information on this design but a couple sources imply that early on there was consideration of using at least one twin turret for the 135mm guns. Can anyone verify if this was true and, if so, what was the intended arrangement of the guns? Thanks, Dave G

"The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was a long-range heavy bomber flown by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Purpose-designed for high-altitude bombing with pressurized crew accommodation. The He 177 A-7 R2 variant was intended to use original "power system" engines, each of which consisted of...

A design by Vladimir Gartvig, drawing by Vladimir Meshcherin. Images OSGA-25 1-4 from Russisches Design - Tradition und Experiment 1920-1990 by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Nasarow, Ernst & Sohn 1995. Images OSGA-25 5-7 found here: https://gashetka.tumblr.com/ View...

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From, Поликарпов У-2, here is a drawings to Polikarpov U-2 and its variants.