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Yes there is a Mix of them on there. I also recall someone saying the Belle was one of the first, if not the first to get a studebaker engine as a replacement in theatre.
@@MilitaryArmamentsCompany Robeer Morgan said in his book he told his Crew Chief not to put Studibakers on The Belle, they weren't as good as the Wrights.
Absolutely. You probably won't find a 17 anywhere else in the world that looks like a factory floor 1941 finish. Preservation here was the main mission.
Awesome video. Stuff like this is why I don't bother with cable. I'm just glad it's not owned by the Commemorative Air Force, because they have a awesome track record on crashing down history.
Thankyou for watching! Thanks for the kind words. We try to stick to the point of history and machines, no agenda. Unfortunately we small youtubers cannot control that Ads haha
The computers comments are interesting. Did tou know the SR71 Blackbird was designed before computers too? Yup, sliderules and hand drawn blueprints. 50s and early 60s.
@@MilitaryArmamentsCompany That's right. Few people remember the B70. I look at it and see the Blackbird, the Concorde, and oddly enough Boeing's SST. Seems like history has overlooked the B-70 as well. I have a small collection of slide rules and its fun to show folks how they work. People who ignore history are flabbergasted by them.
STOP calling a turbocharger a turbosupecharger. It servbes ONLY to ocnfuse those people who are unfamiliar with these systems. The negine used a TURBOcharger AND a supercharger.
@@MilitaryArmamentsCompany At the 7:47 mark, you can see it is an UZI wide sling, and would love to know where they sourced it from, given how unobtanium they are...
It's obvious that Soviet designers absolutely didn't give a damn about the factory workers building these tanks. Not a single millimeter of space is spared to enable easier manufacture or repair !!!!
Later , they got rid of the bow gunner . Reason was , with that position , it took five men to crew a tank . Bt getting rid of it , for every four tanks , you gain another full crew for another tank . Another way the IDF found , to make the most of what they had .
Great information, we have discussed this one on some of our other videos. The US were actually one of the last ones to issue a tank from factory with no bow gunner. Thanks for watching.
israel first main weapon was sten, israel produce 9mm and it was the only ammo that was not is short during early days. some units refuse to use sten cause it was not reliable, they asked for improved 9mm and that's the UZI. it was used as infantry weapon at start (later replaced by the GALIL and later by M16/AR15)
It could well be however the 25 mission policy was initiated as a direct result of the heavy losses specifically over Europe during daylight bombing. Prior to that you just flew missions with no tour count as it were. Thankyou for watching and providing input.
As one who was trained to use an Uzi, true about 50 years ago, I cannot remember going full auto. The safety was convenient as one click put it into single shot and never pushed the safety slide all the way. The UZi was particularly good in trench warfare, Remember the Jordanians had a super long beautiful FN 7.62, and the Syrians and Egyptians used the Ak. For tank crews, artillery and truck drivers the UZI was great. Think of the modern M4 and other Israeli rifles today that are compact even when fitted with a grenade launcher .
I think that the most amazing innovations during the war were actually the reflector gun sights and the gyroscopic k-14 computer gunsights. Then the computing pedestal mounts on the B~29, they didn't even touch the guns, the pedestal did all the work. All a gunner did was put the target in the reticule/reticle & push button, the electrically illuminated reflector sight did the rest to great effect. As with the K14 on the P51 & P47 & with the other larger models of different designation in the turrets on the B17, B-24, B26, B25 etc, the reticle was adjustable in size to encapsulate the adversary aircraft or whatever target. It is amazing that this was achieved without microchips, jus rugged tools, machines, & electricity. USAAF Forever!
Very good observation! We have covered a flying B29 in depth on the channel however it was Doc, with no gun turrets. We hope to get to fifi eventually and do the gun turrets. Thanks for watching. Please enjoy the rest of the Memphis Belle Series.
