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Savoia Marchetti SM-79
Country	Italy
Role	Bomber
First flight	28 September 1934
Built	1240

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian for sparrowhawk) was a three-engined Italian medium bomber with a wood-and-metal structure. Originally designed as a fast passenger aircraft, between 1937 and 1939 this low-wing monoplane set 26 world records, qualifying it for some time as the fastest medium bomber in the world. It first saw action during the Spanish Civil War and flew on all fronts in which Italy was involved during World War II.

Source: Savoia Marchetti SM-79 on Wikipedia

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Light Tanks T-27, T-38, BT, T-26, T-40, T-50, T-60, T-70 - Mikhail Beryatinskiy

Ian Allan Publishing
Author	Mikhail Beryatinskiy
Lang	Anglais
Topic	Light Tanks
Pages	96 pages
ISBN-13	978-0711031630

Book description : There are few battles in the sometimes bloody history of the expansion of the United States in North American during the Indian Wars that are more famous than Little Bighorn. The romantic view of Custer’s last stand against marauding hordes of Indians has achieved iconic status but the reality was somewhat different, as recent research has shown. The Battle of Little Bighorn was the culmination of a process of attrition between the Native Americans and European settlers. On 25 June 1876 this clash of cultures was settled by force of arms as the 7th Cavalry under Custer came upon a huge Indian camp by the Little Bighorn River. The resulting battle was the stuff of legends, but legends based on misconception and hearsay – no members of the 7th Cavalry survived to tell their tale and the Indians recorded their triumph in pictographs and oral memory, long undeciphered by historians…

Editorial Reviews : This 96 page softcover volume is even more comprehensive than the title suggests, covering the tanks in the title and additionally the Russian Renault; T-18/MS-1; Vickers E; Christie Original; T-17; T-37; PPG; T-30; and T-80. For the BT section there is coverage of the BT-2, 3, 5, 7, 7M/8. In the text are lots of manufacturing, acceptance and in service numbers, and good descriptions of the development and service history. …

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Light Tank T-50
Country	URSS
Type	Light Tank
Description	Album of 109 photos walk-around of a T-50

Photo gallery of a light tank T-50, The T-50 light infantry tank was built by the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II.

Source: T-50 sur Wikipedia

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Histoire & Collections
Série	Batailles
Sujet	1943 La milice
Période	Seconde guerre mondiale
Réf	15

Une revue signée Histoire et Collections la revue «1943 La milice, pourquoi ? comment ? – Batailles 15».

Révolution Nationale : La milice française de février à août 1943
Troupes d’élite : Les parachutistes hongrois
France libre : La colonne Leclerc à la conquête du Fezzan
Face à l’Armée Rouge : La bataille de l’Oder
Stratégie : Objectif : Budapest
Occupation : L’occupation allemande dans les îles anglo-normandes
Chute du Reich : La bataille de Küstrin
Front de l’Est : La défense allemande sur l’Oder

Source: Histoire & Collections

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Specialty Press
Author	Kev Darling
Language	Anglais
Subject	Hawker Sea Fury
Pages	104 pages
ISBN-13	978-1580070638

Book description : The Hawker Sea Fury is a bit of a mystery to most aircraft enthusiasts. If they’re familiar with Hawker and Sydney Camm’s designs, this plane – the Royal Navy’s last prop-driven fighter – is known to them, though not with much detail. Reno racing fanatics also know the Fury and the Sea Fury, but to air racing fans the Hawker design is just an airframe on which to hang the most powerful piston engine and biggest propeller possible. Warbird Tech Volume 37.

Editorial Reviews : For any fan of the Reno Unlimited races or any dye-hard aviation nut, nothing sounds nicer than the bariton hum of the Bristol Centaurus piston engine of the Hawker Sea Fury. Produced only after the end of WW2, the Sea Fury is one of the best single engine fighter planes ever produced by the British aviation industry before the Hunter jet from the same company. The present book provides a good amount of historical information, ample B&W illustrations and a good mix of close-ups and technical drawings all of which should please modelers as well. Kev Darling’s work is well researched and even details today’s privately owned Sea Furies in the USA and out of country. A good book.

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Hawker Sea Fury
Pays	UK
Period	World War II
Type	Hunter

Photo Gallery on an FBII Hawker Sea Fury Fighter, The Sea Fury was a British fighter developed for the Royal Navy by the manufacturer Hawker-Siddeley during World War II. It was the Royal Navy's last propeller aircraft, one of the fastest single-engine piston engines ever built, and the last propeller fighter to shoot down a jet.

The Hawker Fury took over from the Hawker Tempest as well as the Hawker Typhoon. Developed in 1942 by engineer Sidney Camm in response to a tender issued by the RAF (Royal Air Force) to replace the outdated Tempest II. The basis of the concept is to design a Tempest by making it lighter with the use of its semi-elliptic wing positioned in the center of the fuselage which was itself identical to that of the Tempest. The differences between the two aircraft were the monohull mode and the elevated cockpit which provided the pilot with better visibility.

Source: Hawker Sea Fury on Wikipedia

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German Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J Middle Production - GRIFFON MODEL 35034

Griffon Model
Ref	35034
Type	Photo Découpe
Scale	1/35
Topic	German Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J Middle Production

For kits Dragon 6556 A set from the brand Griffon Model “German Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J Middle Production“. This 1/35 full detail set includes : (1)Photoetched Fret * 7 (2)Aluminum Barrel(Metal Muzzle Brake Not Include) * 1 (3)Preformed Spring * 7 (4)Brass Hollow Pipe * 4 (5)Auxiliary Material: ABS Rod, Brass Wire Suit for Dragon Smart Kit Series (Include 6556 Kit)

The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV) commonly known as the Panzer IV was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. Designed as an infantry-support tank, the Panzer IV was not originally intended to engage enemy armor—that function was performed by the lighter Panzer III. However, with the flaws of pre-war doctrine becoming apparent and in the face of Soviet T-34 tanks, the Panzer IV soon assumed the tank-fighting role of its increasingly obsolete cousin. The most widely manufactured and deployed German tank of the Second World War, the Panzer IV was used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun, Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer, the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun.

Source: Pz.Kpfw.IV sur Wikipedia

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Verdun
Editeur	Histoire & Collections
Série	Batailles
Période	Première guerre mondiale
Réf	14

Une revue signée Histoire et Collections la revue «Verdun – Batailles 14».

TACTIQUE : Le vrai plan du Général Falkenhayn à Verdun
PORTRAIT : Le général Pétain sort de l’anonymat
ARTILLERIE : L’artillerie moderne franÇaise naît À verdun
BETONS ET FORTIFICATIONS : Douaumont ist gefallen
OPERATIONS AERIENNES : Bataille aérienne sur la Meuse
COMMANDEMENT : Le commandement français face à l’offensive allemande
STRATEGIE : La voie sacrée, seul lien avec l’arrière
LOGISTIQUE ET ORGANISATION : Le service de santé de la 5e armée allemande

Source: Histoire & Collections

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Osprey Publishing
Author	David Fletcher
Langue	Anglais
Subject	Sherman Firefly
Pages	48 pages
ISBN-13	978-1846032776

Book description : The most powerfully gunned tank fielded by the Allies during World War II was the Sherman Firefly. An ordinary American-built Sherman modified by the British, the Firefly had the firepower that could finally match the awesome German tanks that had dominated Europe. David Fletcher examines the controversy that dogged the Firefly and the psychological boost the tank provided to Allied forces. Exploring its successes and failures on the battlefield and providing a realistic assessment of the tank’s worth, this is essential reading for anyone wanting to know the facts about a tank variant that quickly developed its own mythology.

Editorial Reviews : “The Firefly was arguably the best WW2 tank of the Western allies to be produced in quantity, as far as anti-tank performance was concerned… All [of its production history] is described here and so is the Firefly’s combat use, as well as interesting sidelights such as the use of Fireflies for concrete-busting attack on bunkers and Firefly production for the US Army. Very highly recommended.” -John Prigent, Internet Modeler (March 2008)

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Dragon Model
Ref	6568
Type	Maquette
Scale	1/35
Topic	Firefly 1c Welded Hull

Une maquette de la marque Dragon Model la maquette : Sd.Kfz.184 Ferdinand Kursk 1943 – DML 6495.

The Sherman Firefly was a World War II British variant of the American Sherman tank, fitted with the powerful British 17 pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon. Originally conceived as a stopgap until future British tank designs came into service, the Sherman Firefly became the most common vehicle with the 17 pounder in World War II. Though the British expected to have their own new tank models developed soon, British Major George Brighty championed the already-rejected idea of mounting the 17 pounder in the existing Sherman. With the help of Lieutenant Colonel Witheridge and despite official disapproval, he managed to get the concept accepted. This proved fortuitous, as both the Challenger and Cromwell tank designs experienced difficulties and delays.