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P-38L
Pays	USA
Category	Military aircraft
Type	Fighter plane
Description	Album de 23 walk-around photos of the P-38L Tangerine

Photo gallery on a P-38L Tangerine, The Lockheed P-38 Lightning est un avion de chasse américain en usage lors de de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Son développement commence vers 1939 et il est mis en service en 1941. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale les P-38 Lightning, as well as the aircraft derived from it, are used by the USAAF in virtually all theatres of operation. Especially in the Pacific it stands out thanks to its imposing radius of action in view of the distances to travel over this ocean.

Source: P-38L on Wikipedia

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Tiger I - Sdkfz.181
Pays	Germany
Category	Armoured vehicles
Type	Car
Description	Album de 41 walk-around photos of the tiger tank "Tiger I - Sdkfz.181"

Photo Gallery on a PzKpfw HIV Tiger, The Tiger I (Tigre) est un char d’assaut lourd allemand en service durant la seconde guerre mondiale. Le développement du Tiger began in 1937, its first engagement taking place on the Eastern Front in Leningrad on August 29, 1942. The Tiger I then became the most powerful and armored German tank, but its high weight (almost double the other tanks) had repercussions on its mobility. Throughout his engagement he will experience mechanical problems that will reduce his impact on operations. It is a tank that, because of its complexity and cost, has only produced 1,350 copies, one might say.

Source: PzKpfw HIV Tiger on Wikipedia

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IS-2 JS-2
Pays	Ussr
Category	Armoured vehicles
Type	Heavy tank
Description	Album de 82 walk-around photos of the "IS-2" tank

Photo gallery of an IS-2 tank, Derived from the prototype KV-13 the Soviet series of tanks named Joseph-Stalin gave tanks that combined the ease of movement of a medium tank with the right level of protection of a heavy tank.

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PZL P.11
Country	Poland
Role	Fighter
First fly	August 1931
Built	325

The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed and constructed during the early 1930s by Warsaw-based aircraft manufacturer PZL. Possessing an all-metal structure, metal-covering, and high-mounted gull wing, the type held the distinction of being widely considered to have briefly been the most advanced fighter aircraft of its kind in the world. The design of the P.11 commenced during the late 1920s, initially designated as the P.1. The primary individual responsible for its development was Polish aeronautical engineer Zygmunt Puławski, who has been attributed as having designed many of its innovative features. While the majority of the world’s forces were still using biplanes, the P.1 used a high-mounted and aerodynamically clean gull wing, which provided the pilot with a superior field of view. During September 1929, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight. The design quickly drew international attention; the general layout became commonly known as the “Polish wing” or “Puławski wing”.

Source: PZL P.11 on Wikipedia

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Yakovlev Yak-3UA
Pays	Ussr
Category	Military aircraft
Type	Fighter plane
Description	Album de 52 walk-around photos of the Yakovlev Yak-3UA

Photo gallery on a Yakovlev Yak-3UA, The Yak-3 était un avion de chasse monoplace soviétique de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le Yak-3 avec son faible gabarit et son puissant moteur était doté d’une très grande maniabilité, son armement se composait à la base d’un canon ShVAK 20 mm et d’une mitrailleuse UBS 12,7mm sur le capot moteur. Son développement par Yakovlev débuta en 1941 mais le plus gros de la production se déroula en 1944, de nombreuses variantes de cet avions ont vu le jour suivant des besoins spécifiques rencontrés sur le front (lutte antichar, intercepteur, version en bois, version tout métal etc…). A la fin de la guerre le Yak-3 fut en dotation dans forces aériennes Yougoslaves et Polonaises. Yak-3U: version entièrement métallique et moteur Vk107.

Source: Wikipedia

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Centurion Mk5
Country	UK
Role	Main battle tank
In service	1946–present

The Centurion was the primary British main battle tank of the post-Second World War period. Introduced in 1945, it is widely considered to be one of the most successful post-war tank designs, remaining in production into the 1960s, and seeing combat in the front lines into the 1980s. The chassis was also adapted for several other roles, and these have remained in service to this day.

Source: Char Centurion on Wikipedia

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B1 bis
Pays	France
Type	Chard lourd

Galerie photo sur un char Renault B1 bis, Le char B1 est un blindé lourd français de la seconde guerre mondiale. C’était le char français le plus puissant en service lors de la déclaration de guerre. Mais s’il était puissant il n’en était pas moins dépassé car son canon principal se situait en casemate, un handicap fasse aux mobiles blindés allemands. Son armement, sa bonne mobilité et surtout son blindage efficace ne compensèrent pas ce défaut.

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Humber Mk I
Country	UK
Type	Armored car

Photo gallery of a Humber Mk I, The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war.

Source: Humber Mk I sur Wikipedia

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Martin PBM Mariner
Country	USA
Role	Patrol bomber flying boat
First fly	18 February 1939
Built	1366

The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War period. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina in service. A total of 1,366 were built, with the first example flying on 18 February 1939 and the type entering service in September 1940.

Source: Martin PBM Mariner on Wikipedia

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Ilyushin Il-2
Country	URSS
Type	Ground-attack aircraft
First flight	2 October 1939
Built	38183

The Ilyushin Il-2 (Cyrillic: Илью́шин Ил-2) Sturmovik was a ground-attack aircraft (Cyrillic: Штурмови́к, Šturmovík) produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. With 36,183 units of the Il-2 produced during the war, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the American postwar civilian Cessna 172 and the Soviet Union’s own then-contemporary Polikarpov Po-2 Kukuruznik multipurpose biplane.