Bell XV-15 Tiltrotor | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Experimental VTOL aircraft |
| First flight | 3 May 1977 |
| Built | 2 |
The Bell XV-15 is an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft. It was the second successful experimental tiltrotor aircraft and the first to demonstrate the concept’s high speed performance relative to conventional helicopters.
Source: Bell XV-15 Tiltrotor on Wikipedia
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MAZ-537 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Tractor |
| Production | 1959-1990 |
| Built | Unknow |
The MAZ-537 is a 12-cylinder diesel engine-powered military truck artillery tractor, originally designed for loads up to 50 tons (using semitrailers such as the ChMZAP-9990 or ChMZAP-5247G, for example) with later versions providing a maximum load of 65 tons. It was manufactured by the Minsk Automobile Plant (from 1959 to 1965) and the Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant from 1963 until halt of production in 1990. The metal cab of the MAZ-537 provides space for the driver and 3 passengers for a total of four occupants, has two access doors on the side and a roof hatch, and is equipped with additional engine-independent heating. The 537G modification version is characterized by the addition of a winch to facilitate loading and unloading, as well as enabling self-extraction when stalled in adverse terrain (like mud). The working cable length of the winch is 100 meters, and the winch is able to provide 15 tons of traction.
Source: MAZ-537on Wikipedia
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) | |
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| Country | USA |
| Class and type | Iowa-class battleship |
| Launched | 7 December 1943 |
| Homeport | Norfolk Virginia |
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. She was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 7 December 1943 (the second anniversary of the Pearl Harbor raid), sponsored by the wife of Governor Walter Goodland of Wisconsin. During her career, Wisconsin served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where she shelled Japanese fortifications and screened United States aircraft carriers as they conducted air raids against enemy positions. During the Korean War, Wisconsin shelled North Korean targets in support of United Nations and South Korean ground operations, after which she was decommissioned. She was reactivated on 1 August 1986; after a modernization program, she participated in Operation Desert Storm in January and February 1991.
Source: USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on Wikipedia
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General Dynamics F-111C | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft |
| First flight | July 1968 |
| Built | 28 |
The General Dynamics F-111C (nicknamed “Pig”) is a variant of the F-111 Aardvark medium-range interdictor and tactical strike aircraft, developed by General Dynamics to meet Australian requirements. The design was based on the F-111A model but included longer wings and strengthened undercarriage. The Australian government ordered 24 F-111Cs to equip the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1963, but the aircraft were not delivered until 1973 because of long-running technical problems.
Source: General Dynamics F-111C on Wikipedia
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V-1 flying bomb | |
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| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Role | Cruise missile |
| In service | 1944–1945 |
| Built | Unknow |
The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 “Vengeance Weapon 1)—also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherry stone) or Maikäfer (maybug), as well as by its official RLM aircraft designation of Fi 103 was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power.
Source: V-1 flying bomb on Wikipedia
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Polikarpov I-153 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Fighter |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Built | 3400+ |
The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Russian Чайка, “Seagull”) was a late 1930s Soviet biplane fighter. Developed as an advanced version of the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one of the Soviets’ major fighter types in the early years of the Second World War. Three I-153s are still flying.
Source: Polikarpov I-153 on Wikipedia
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2S3 Akatsiya | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Self-propelled gun |
| In service | 1971–present |
| Built | Unknow |
SO-152 (СО-152) is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968. It was a response to the American 155 mm M109. The development started in 1967 according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from July 4, 1967. In 1968 the SO-152 was completed and in 1971 entered service. Its GRAU designation is 2S3 (2С3). The fighting vehicle also received the additional designation Akatsiya (Акация), which is Russian for acacia.
Source: 2S3 Akatsiya on Wikipedia
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Airco DH.9 | |
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| Country | UK |
| Role | Bomber |
| First flight | July 1917 |
| Built | 4091 |
The Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) – also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 – was a British single-engined biplane bomber developed and deployed during the First World War. The DH.9 was a development of Airco’s earlier successful DH.4, with which it shared many components. These were mated to an all-new fuselage and the BHP/Galloway Adriatic engine, which promised increased performance. Anticipating its usefulness, the type was ordered in very large numbers for Britain’s Royal Flying Corps (RFC).
Source: Airco DH.9 on Wikipedia
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Vought F7U Cutlass | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Naval multirole fighter |
| First flight | 29 September 1948 |
| Built | 320 |
The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a tailless aircraft based on aerodynamic data and plans captured from the German Arado company at the end of World War II, though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time. The F7U was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the U.S. Navy, the Curtiss TS-1 of 1922.
Source: Vought F7U Cutlass on Wikipedia
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ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawk | |
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| Country | Republic of Singapore |
| Role | Fighter-bomber, Advanced jet trainer |
| First flight | 19 September 1986 |
| Built | 150 |
The ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawk is a major upgrade project of the Douglas A-4S Skyhawk attack aircraft undertaken by Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace) in the 1980s. It was used exclusively by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), serving in the fighter-bomber role from 1989 until retirement from front line service in 2005. Since mid-1999, the A-4SU took on the additional role of being the designated advanced jet trainer (AJT) aircraft for the RSAF’s AJT training program/detachment in Cazaux, France.
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