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Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
Pays	USA
Type	Bombardier

The plane SB2C Helldiver built by the firm Curtiss et que ses équipages ont surnommé «La bête» (The Beast) est un avion militaire qui a évolué durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L’usine Curtiss as well as Brewster's, received an order from the U.S. Navy in May 39 to provide for the replacement of the Douglas SBD Dauntless as a dive bomber on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The prototype made its first test flight on December 18, 1940 before being destroyed in an accident in the days that followed. This incident meant that the delay was compounded by numerous modifications to the original draft, resulting in a first serial flight than in June 1942. Its first war mission was apparently carried out on 11 November 1943 during the attack on the Japanese-occupied island of Rabaul.

Source: Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver sur Wikipedia

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Jagdpanther – Sdkfz.173
Country	Germany
Type	Tank destroyer
In service	1944–1945
Built	415

Photo gallery of a Jagdpanther, The Jagdpanther (German: “hunting panther”) was a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service late in the war (1944) and saw service on the Eastern and Western fronts. The Jagdpanther combined the very powerful 8.8 cm PaK 43 cannon of the Tiger II and the characteristically excellent armor and suspension of the Panther chassis, although it suffered from the general poor state of Germany in the later part of the war, which resulted in small production numbers, shortage in spare parts and poor crew training.

Source: Jagdpanther sur Wikipedia

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General Motors FM-2 Wildcat
Pays	USA
Category	Military aircraft
Type	Fighter plane
Description	Album de 40 walk-around photos of an airplane Grumman FM-2 Wildcat

Galerie photo sur un Grumman FM-2 Wildcat, L’avion Grumman F4F Wildcat is a fighter jet on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. It was incorporated into the British Fleet Air Arm as well as among the US Navy in the course of 1940, it was then named Martlet.

Source: Grumman F4F Wildcat sur Wikipedia

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Macchi MC-200
Pays	Italy
Type	Hunter

Photo Gallery on a Macchi MC-200, The Macchi MC.200 Saetta (foudre) fut le meilleur chasseur italien du début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en étant pratiquement le seul avion de la chasse Italienne qui pouvait sortir gagnant d’un combat avec ses adversaires des forces alliées. C’est Mario Castoldi, qui a imaginé le MC 200, he is also the designer of the Italian seaplanes that participated in the Schneider Cup including the MC72 which broke the world speed record for its category with 700 km/h (A record will not be broken by a Russian seaplane until 30 years later).

Source: Macchi MC-200 on Wikipedia

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Panzer IV Ausf.J
Type	Tanks
Pays	Germnay
Description	Album de 60 walk-around photos of the "Panzer IV Ausf.J"

The SdKfz 161 PzKpfW IV - Panzerkampfwagen IV, commonly known as "Panzer IV", was a middle-class tank used in the German army during World War II. It was originally designed as a fire support tank and armed with a 75 mm short KwK 37 L/24 gun for Panzer IV Ausf. A, B, C, D, E, F mais à la fin du mois de mars 1942 son canon a été changé par un canon long 75 mm KwK 40 L/43 antichar pour les séries Ausf. F2, G,H et J. Le Panzer IV a été le tank le plus utilisé par la Panzerwaffe (on compte un nombre supérieur à 9 000 d’unités produites) de plus il a été à la base à de nombreuses versions. Version PzKpfW IV Ausf.JIt is similar to the Ausf. H except for the bulky tailpipe at the rear that is removed, the pebble-carriers go to three in the latest models.

Source: PzKpfw IV on Wikipedia

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Bell P-39 Airacobra
Country	USA
Role	Fighter
First fly	6 April 1938
Built	9588

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II. The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict. Other major users of the type included the Free French, the Royal Air Force, the United States Army Air Forces, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force.

Source: Bell P-39N Airacobra on Wikipedia

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Livre Tiger I on the Western Front - J. Restayn

Tiger I on the Western Front
Editeur	Histoire & Collections
Langue	Anglais
Période	Seconde guerre mondiale
ISBN-13	978-2913903135

Book Description: The heavily armored Tiger I became the most famous German tank of World War II. The Tigers were originally intended to counter the heavy tanks of the Russian Front, and were assigned to specially created tank battalions. In 1944 Tiger units were rushed to Normandy and fought in all the major battles of the Western Front. Although they were superior to all the tanks of the Western allies, Tigers in the West faced the added danger of attack from the greatly superior British and American air forces. Each Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS unit equipped with the Tiger I is covered in detail. Each unit’s insignia and a representative vehicle with camouflage and markings is shown in color. The operational history of each unit, and in some cases individual vehicles, is described with the aid of 250 black and white photos, most of them never before published. Publisher comments: This book is a follow-on from Jean Restayne’s earlier book: Tiger 1 on the Eastern Front (Histoire & Collections 1999. The 2 books make a great set!

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Maquette Kingtiger Henschel - Cyber-Hobby 6662

Cyber-Hobby
Réf	6662
Type	Maquette
Echelle	1/35
Description	A model of the Sd.Kfz.181 Kingtiger Henschel tank

A mock-up of the brand Cyber-Hobby The model: "Sd.Kfz.181 Kingtiger Henschel "Black Knight" 8th Tank Company, 1945". Le Panzerkampfwagen VI Konigstiger, or Sd.Kfz. 182 Panzer VI ausf B Tiger II, nicknamed the King's Tiger (Royal Tiger), is a German tank of the Second World War. Produced 50 copies for the "Porsche" turret model, 439 copies for the turret model "Henschel", this tank had a large armour, an anti-tank gun giving it the ability to put out of action all Allied tanks in service during the last two years of the conflict, but it was very heavy (76 tons in combat order) and had the same engine as the 50-ton Panther tank in combat order. Its weight-to-power ratio was therefore lower, it was slow and unmoved, could not pass all the bridges, was extremely fuel-intensive, and had to change tracks before and after any rail transport.

Source: Kingtiger tank on Wikipedia

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Casa C.2111
Pays	Spain
Category	Military aircraft
Type	Bombardier

Photo Gallery on a Casa C.2111, Le CASA 2.111 was the German bomber's version Heinkel 111 construite en Espagne . Pendant la guerre d’Espagne (1937) l’Italie et l’Allemagne équipèrent en matériel militaire les troupes du général Franco dont des bombardiers Heinkel 111D équipés de moteurs Junkers Jumo 211. A la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale un développement sous licence du Heinkel 111 nommé CASA 2.111 was put into production (111 being the german reference to this aircraft).

Source: Casa C.2111 on Wikipedia

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Studebaker US6
Pays	USA
Type	Truck

Photo Gallery on a Studebaker US6, Made by Studebaker The Studebaker US6 ( M16A ) est un camion de classe 2,5t de la seconde Guerre mondiale. Sa production a commencée aux USA à partir de 1941 et s’est achevée en 1945 alors qu’elle a débutée en 1942 en URSS. Le US6 eu un Hercules du moteur à essence construits à six cylindres qui produit 94 chevaux (70 kW), avec une transmission à cinq vitesses, plus une à deux vitesses boîte de transfert . La production a été divisée entre Gmc Production trucks for the U.S. Army, Studebaker Corporation production of 2.5 tons for leasing trucks, and International Harvester producing for the U.S. Navy and Marines. Three major manufacturers produced more than 900,000 trucks of 2.5 tons in total, in both 6×4 and 6×6 axle/wheel versions, with about 200,000 trucks Studebaker 13-year-olds, including a dump truck and tractor models.