and please don't call it a 203 mm gun.. It was a US Navy gun barrel and as such is referred to as being eight inches, like the USS Iwoa has...
Yes, the second article talks about the Russians ease of hitting a bomber with it. Aerial warfare over the Eastern Front was particularly...
The majority of the 4,600 P-39s shipped to the Soviet Union were the highly developed Q-models. Many of these, at Soviet request, lacked the two...
I recall the Russian P-39 Aces pulled out all the .50 cals and used the 37mm to great effect :bang: , one round, one kill on a Bf109. No source...
http://www.iremember.ru/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=19 Dmitriy Loza Memoirs - Tankers - Dmitriy Fedorovich, on which American tanks...
Theory 1) Uber soldat.. a natural ability to march in order... superior weapons, 10 years to prepare..experienced Theroy 2) Badly out...
8) 90mm Gun, M1A1, AA AP M77 will penetrate front glacis slope plate up to 600 yards, the gun mantlet up to 1,000 yards and the turret up to...
blah blah US 90 MM.. http://www.wargaming.info/armour07.htm
GENERATION II :bang: 'Reaper' moniker given to MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle 9/14/2006 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force chief...
I am a big fan of German aces.. But Hartmman was shot down like 26 -30 times, Galland was shot down twice in one day.. Some of their stories...
Robot Air Attack Squadron Bound for Iraq By CHARLES J. HANLEY,AP Posted: 2007-07-15 21:10:44 Filed Under: Iraq BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (July 15)...
Yeah..wiki That and my father, a former high ranking officer air force fighter pilot here at the Pentagon old news.. BTW the A10 was...
all very entertining.. But the USAF tried to hand off the A-10 Warthog to the Army but they would not take them I know..It is Wiki..blah...
I love them too.. they did not have a great service ceiling however.. They did have Seafires that could do it off a carrier.
No evidence has yet been found that +25 lbs boost was employed in service by Spitfire XIV squadrons prior to VE day. Even at +25 lbs. the Spitfire...
Mustang S/C 42,000 A/C 42,600 http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/ ... gtest.html Tested with 44-1 Fuel. (GRADE 104/150) By the...
>How about from January 44 with the XIV, less than two months after the P-51 entered operational service with the 8th Air Force. The "Mighty...
I like them both, they often worked in teams. There is also something to be said for entering an air battle higher and faster. The Mustang...
long range escort fighters was the problem. The Me 109 in the BoB was limited to 20 minutes or so over the target area. It they had...
very well then.. I get your/his point :eek: Yeah he is a good guy and his books are well written. People here in Fairfax have a...