The Germans were probably a decade ahead of the Allies in rocket design, which was why the Western Allies and the Russians were so eager to get...
The typical armament for the Me262 was 4 MK 103s in the air superiority version and 2 MK 103s in the fighter bomber, although like with almost all...
That's why I said "given equal pilots". For instance say Dick Bong in a P-80 was going up against Johannes Steinhoff in a Me262. Both aces with...
Thanks for clearing that up. :)
Don't know if this has been covered before, but if not- given equal pilots, which aircraft would have defeated the other.
So if you could get a jet of water to travel at several thousand ft./sec it would have the same effect on armor plate as a HEAT round?
It looks like the Panther did have the same setup as the Jadgpanther. On the host main-page http://www.military.cz/panzer/index_en.htm there are...
That's a pretty telling statistic. I'v never been able to exactly figure out how fuel system layout was responsible for so many fires, now I guess...
IIRC HEAT rounds don't actually burn through armor, but the kinetic energy of the vaporized liner punches a hole like a solid shot does.
The flying wing is the most efficient design but is also one of the harder ones to control. IIRC the B-2 is limited to a 60 degree bank angle.
Canada produced it's own tank the Ram Cruiser, and while they were never used in combat due to inadequate armament they were used in variant form...
I have a model of the Jagdpanther that seems to have two external fuel tanks on the rear hull slope outside of the exhaust stacks. They would have...
I don't have enough technical knowledge to know one way or the other, I just know most of the accounts I've read and a few heard first hand is the...
I must be thinking of a completely different tank. Maybe the Panther F?
Really, a lot of the books I've read blame gas fuel system layout on the Sherman as the cause of ease of fire starting.
The bottom photo looks similar to the stealth fighter. I wonder what the radar cross-section of the plane would have been like.
"Buzz" Beurling was quite a character. Here's a link to his wartime service and life after the war. http://www.constable.ca/beurling.htm
Was it abandoned because it was a failure, or in favour of other heavy tank production? At seven additional tons it still would have been...
Hitler encouraged competition and infighting among his subordinates as a means to prevent anyone else becoming too powerful. This caused a lack of...
M4a2 in Russian service. It had 2x150hp. marine diesel engines which didn't catch fire as easy as gas engines. When running on just one engine the...
