Laffly V15 | |
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| Country | France |
| Role | Gun tractor |
| Period | World War II |
| Built | Unknow |
The Laffly V15T was a French light 4WD artillery tractor used during World War II. It was used to tow the 25 mm SA anti-tank gun. A personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle based on the same chassis was designated as V15R. The Laffly company itself only manufactured the first batch of 100 V15s, the rest of the production being taken over by Corre La Licorne.
Source: Laffly V15 on Wikipedia
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GAZ 46 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | 4×4 amphibious jeep |
| Production | 1954-1958 |
| Built | Unknow |
The GAZ-46, army designation MAV (Russian, малый автомобиль водоплавающий, small floating car), is a Russian-made light four-wheel drive amphibious military vehicle that entered service in the 1950s and has been used by many Eastern Bloc allied forces since. During the Second World War Canada, Britain and the US forwarded large quantities of military materials to Russia. Among those were jeeps, trucks, and amphibious vehicles like the 6×6 DUKW and the 4×4 Ford GPA. The latter were used to help men and equipment get across the many rivers of Eastern Europe and combat the Germans. Seeing merits of such vehicles, after the war, Russia decided to develop two similar vehicles, using domestic automotive parts, the BAV, an equivalent of the DUKW, and the MAV, an equivalent of the Ford GPA.
Source: GAZ 46 on Wikipedia
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British Aerospace Harrier II | |
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| Country | UK |
| Role | V/STOL strike aircraft |
| First flight | 30 April 1985 |
| Built | 143 |
The British Aerospace Harrier II is a second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft used previously by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and, between 2006 and 2010, the Royal Navy (RN). The aircraft was the latest development of the Harrier Jump Jet family, and was derived from the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II. Initial deliveries of the Harrier II were designated in service as Harrier GR5; subsequently upgraded airframes were redesignated accordingly as GR7 and GR9.
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Mack M123 Truck | |
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| Country | USA |
| Type | 10‑ton 6×6 trucks |
| Produced | 1955–1969 |
| Built | 3580 |
In 1949 the US Army set a requirement for a family of extra heavy-duty 10‑ton (9,072 kg) off-road load rated 6×6 tactical trucks. Mack’s design, influenced by their WWII era NO, was chosen. Designed as an entire family, only the semi-tractor and cargo/prime mover were built. 392 M123s were built between 1955 and 1957 and 552 M125s in 1957 and 1958. In 1965 CONDEC began building 3188 diesel powered M123As, Mack began building 420 in 1968. In 1969 Mack then upgraded 210 gas engine models to diesel power. With the Army using more self‑propelled artillery, the need for prime movers was reduced, no follow‑up orders for M125s were made. Both M123s and M125s saw service in the Vietnam War. M123 tractors remained in Army service into the 1990s.
Source: Mack M123 Truck on Wikipedia
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Hiller HJ-1 Hornet | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Experimental helicopter |
| First flight | 1950 |
| Built | 18 |
The Hiller YH-32 Hornet (company designation HJ-1) was an American ultralight helicopter built by Hiller Aircraft in the early 1950s. It was a small and unique design because it was powered by two Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet engines mounted on the rotor blade tips which weigh 13lbs each and deliver an equivalent of 45 h.p. for a total of 90 h.p. Versions of the HJ-1 Hornet were built for the United States Army and the United States Navy in the early 1950s. The Hiller Museum identifies the YH-32A, named the Sally Rand, as the first helicopter gunship.
Source: Hiller HJ-1 Hornet on Wikipedia
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USS Laffey (DD-724) | |
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| Country | USA |
| Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Launched | 21 November 1943 |
| Out of service | 9 March 1975 |
USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. The ship earned the nickname “The Ship That Would Not Die” for her exploits during the D-Day invasion and the battle of Okinawa when she successfully withstood a determined assault by conventional bombers and the most unrelenting kamikaze air attacks in history. Today, Laffey is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots Point, outside Charleston, South Carolina.
Source: USS Laffey (DD-724) on Wikipedia
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SS Jeremiah O’Brien | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Liberty ship |
| Launched | 19 June 1943 |
| Out of service | 7 February 1946 |
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a Liberty ship built during World War II and named for American Revolutionary War ship captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818). Now based in San Francisco, she is a rare survivora of the 6,939-ship armada that stormed Normandy on D-Day, 1944. Jeremiah O’Brien, SS John W. Brown, and SS Hellas Liberty are the only currently operational Liberty ships of the 2,710 built
Source: SS Jeremiah O’Brien on Wikipedia
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P-18 radar | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Early Warning |
| Introduced | 1970 |
| Built | Unknow |
The P-18 or 1RL131 Terek (also referred to by the NATO reporting name “Spoon Rest D” in the west) is a 2D VHF radar developed and operated by the former Soviet Union.
Source: P-18 radar on Wikipedia
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Fokker S.14 Machtrainer | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Role | Jet trainer |
| First fly | 19 May 1951 |
| Built | 21 |
The Fokker S.14 Machtrainer is a Dutch two-seater military training jet aircraft designed and manufactured by Fokker for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Development started in the late 1940s. It was one of the first jet fighter training aircraft in the world, making its first flight on 19 May 1951 and entering service in 1955.
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Northrop JB-1 Bat | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Prototype jet-powered flying wing |
| First fly | August 27, 1943 |
| Built | Unknow |
The Northrop JB-1 “Bat” was a United States surface-to-surface cruise missile that was a prototype jet-powered flying wing. The United States Army Air Forces MX-543 program was initiated in September 1942 to use license-built versions of Frank Whittle’s jet engine (General Electric J31). The Northrop Corporation was contracted in late 1943, and only 10 JB-1 airframes were built. A manned version was towed for the 1st flight on “August 27, 1943”, from Rogers Dry Lake and a glider version was launched from a rocket-propelled sled and crashed in December 1944. An unmanned JB-1 powered by an improvised General Electric B-1 turbojet with a wing span of 28 feet 4 inches (8.64 m) made its 1st flight from Eglin Field’s Santa Rosa Island, Florida, on December 7, 1944, and crashed 400 yards from the rail launcher.
Source: Northrop JB-1 Bat on Wikipedia
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