Bell 407 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Multipurpose utility helicopter |
| First flight | 29 June 1995 |
| Built | 1400+ |
The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter; a derivative of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger. The 407 uses the four-blade, soft-in-plane design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army’s OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the 206L-4.
Source: Bell 407 on Wikipedia
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Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Strategic tanker |
| First flight | July 14, 1951 |
| Built | 811 |
The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It was succeeded by the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker.
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Bristol F.2 Fighter | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Role | Biplane fighter aircraft |
| First flight | 9 September 1916 |
| Built | 5329 |
The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War developed by Frank Barnwell at the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It is often simply called the Bristol Fighter, other popular names include the “Brisfit” or “Biff”. Although the type was intended initially as a replacement for the pre-war Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c reconnaissance aircraft, the newly-available Rolls-Royce Falcon V12 engine gave it the performance of a two-seat fighter.
Source: Bristol F.2 Fighter on Wikipedia
Views : 3058
HMS Cavalier (R73) | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Class and type | C-class destroyer |
| Launched | 7 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1972 |
HMS Cavalier is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at East Cowes on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944, and commissioned on 22 November 1944. She served in World War II and in various commissions in the Far East until she was decommissioned in 1972. After decommissioning she was preserved as a museum ship and currently resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.
Source: HMS Cavalier on Wikipedia
Views : 1831
Savoia Marchetti S.55 | |
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| Country | Italia |
| Role | Flying boat |
| First flight | August 1924 |
| Built | 240+ |
The Savoia-Marchetti S.55 was a double-hulled flying boat produced in Italy, beginning in 1924. Shortly after its introduction, it began setting records for speed, payload, altitude and range.
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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
Views : 4879
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
Views : 2780
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
Views : 4595
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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