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There is a fantastic talk by Eric "Winkle" Brown, the most famous British test pilot and WW2 Ace - about attacking these aircraft in the earlier version of the Hellcat in the Atlantic - he flew head-on in attack. it's worth looking for talks by him - he flew everything in the war.
Given the plethora of WW2 3"/75mm/76.2mm towed AT, tank and TD cannons, the M10's 3" 52 cal (~13 ft/4m long) high velocity AT cannon was a very serious contender!
Do any examples of the plane still exist? I know that several of the Japanese types from World War II no longer exist, except in "partials", such as a cockpit displayed somewhere.
Bro, that footage is just crystal clear and spectacular, so much better than the potato quality you typically get of Japanese footage. One thing though would it be possible to give some sort of caption informing the viewer on where and when and from what source the footage is from if you know? Having context just completes the historical value. The G3Ms in the snow looks to be some kind of prewar Japanese film, which would be fascinating to see in full, even without translation.
I'm glad you like it, I always try to get the best footage to get for the videos. Thanks for the suggestion, I will put in some more information from now on. The winter part apparently was filmed on Bihoro Air Base. The date is sadly not known, but not pre-war as they are late model planes with the big glass dorsal turret housing the 20mm cannon.
I always have wondered why the Soviets didn't mount a larger main gun on the KV1 than the 76.2 mm cannon they put on the T34. Would it have required the design of a new turret, a new gun, or maybe both?
Well when the KV-1 went into action it only faced around 30-40mm armor on the German tanks and thier 37 and 50mm guns. By the time the 76mm gun started to be problematic the KV-1 itself was at the end of it's life already. But basically yes a new turret was needed as shown with the KV-85 mounting an 85mm gun in a turret which was very similar to the following IS-1 model.
The League Of Nations never caught onto the misleading names Germany gave to their new forbidden tanks, although the 'Assault Tractor' was considered somewhat suspicious.
My grandfather was a Sherman tank commander on Iwo Jima. He served in five different M4s, including a tankdozer, a flamethrower and a corpsman tank. The corpsman tank had a hinged steel plate on the front that could be lowered from inside. It was designed to straddle wounded men, drop the steel plate in front to protect them, and then pull them into the tank through the belly hatch. It was a response to Japanese snipers targeting American corpsmen, and it appears to have been a one-off field modification.
Weren't the Germans openly flouting the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1937? If so, I find it surprising that European countries would take bids from the German military to create new tanks.
Meteor was a 1st gen jet. If the war had lasted longer, it would have faced 3rd gen jets. Essentially MiG-15s (the design was basically copied as-is after the war)
It would have also used a turbojet, so basically 1950s jet technology. Of course we can talk about material shortages, but then this is all theoretical and who knows what conditions would have lead to the war lasting longer?
The sad thing about the introduction of Pershing's to Europe is that they did not do anything that a Sherman with a 75 could do in combat. Shooting up the side of the Panther in Cologne, shooting a Tiger in the bottom of the hull as it climbed over a dirt mound... There is a very long and extensive documentary about the shootout in Cologne. Originally it was claimed that the crew of the Panther either died in the burning hull or escaped only to die of the wounds. In reality all five were able to escape and two were still alive at the time the documentary was made. One stated that when they saw the Pershing, they thought it was a Royal Tiger (Tiger B) and hesitated. Before their engagement, both the Panther and Pershing were firing machine-guns at targets when a civilian car came through their fire. It was a German doctor and his female assistant. He was killed outright, she was wounded and was taken to an American aid station where she later died. During the making of the documentary, the film maker got enough information to track down the dead woman's sister who positively identified her, saying the family had always wondered what happened to her. It is an interesting documentary. One thing of note is that Clarence Smoyer, the gunner in the Pershing was asked questions and then the film maker went to Germany to ask the German Panther crewman the same questions and then they were both interviewed again, being told what the other had said. Very interesting.
The British still use the original design with no "improvements" as none are needed. They hold 20 litres, which equals 4.5 imperial gallons and about 5.25 US gallons. They work and there is no requirement to change them.
Spitfire by a huge chunk The Spitfire was flown by more nations than the P51 The Spitfire was in more theatres than the P51 The Spitfire could : Go Higher Climb Faster Roll Faster at combat speed /height Dive much further Turn Tighter Had Better Arms With the 90 gal Belly tank go as far as the RAF needed it to. Go faster at higher altitudes than the P51 Fight with the 90 gal Belly tank on
I would like to have a similar aircraft for recreational use. Just as I take out my rubber boat to chill on a lake, I wuold be cool to inflate an aircraft instead and take off.
