Mi-26

Mil Mi-26

Country Soviet Union
Role Heavy lift cargo helicopter
Produced 1980–present
Built 316
The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is izdeliye 90. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter to have gone into series production.
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Fairey Gannet ECM.6

Fairey Gannet AEW.3

CountryUK
RoleAirborne early warning aircraft
Produced1958-1963
Built44

The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 was a variant of the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine warfare aircraft intended to be used in the airborne early warning (AEW) role on aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. It was introduced to service in 1959 to replace the obsolete Douglas Skyraider, and was intended as an interim solution until the planned introduction of a new, purpose built AEW platform for use on the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers. Neither the new aircraft carriers nor the new AEW aircraft were proceeded with, and the Gannet AEW remained in service until the last aircraft carrier that could operate it was retired.

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Arado Ar 234 Blitz

Arado Ar 234 Blitz

CountryNazi Germany
TypeReconnaissance jet bomber
IntroductionSeptember 1944
Built214

The Arado Ar 234 Blitz (English: lightning) was the world’s first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company in the closing stages of World War II. Produced in very limited numbers, it was used almost entirely in the reconnaissance role, but in its few uses as a bomber it proved to be nearly impossible to intercept. It was the last Luftwaffe aircraft to fly over Britain during the war, in April 1945

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MAZ-205

MAZ-205

CountrySoviet Union
TypeTruck
Produced1950-1965
ManufacturerMinsk Automobile Plant

MAZ-200 is a Soviet truck manufactured at the Minsk Automobile Plant. It is the first Soviet truck powered by a diesel engine. The styling is a copy of the GMC 803 truck and the engine is a copy of the Detroit Diesel 4-71. The MAZ-200 was initially produced by YaAZ (Yaroslavl Automobile Plant) from 1947-1950, after which production was moved to MAZ. MAZ-205: Dump truck version. Produced 1947-1965.

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Jeep LRDG

CountryUSA
Type4×4 utility truck
Produced1941-1945
Number built359489(MB) + 277896(GPW)

The Willys MB (commonly known as a Jeep or jeep, formally as the U.S. Army Truck, 1/4 ton, 4×4) and the Ford GPW are four-wheel drive utility vehicles that were manufactured during World War II. Produced from 1941 to 1945, it evolved post-war into the civilian Jeep CJ, and inspired both an entire category of recreational 4WDs and several generations of military light utility vehicles.

The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Dodge WC16

CountryUSA
TypeCommand car
Produced1941-1945
Number built255000+

The Dodge WC series was a range of light military trucks produced by Dodge and Fargo during World War II. The series included weapon carriers, telephone installation trucks, ambulances, reconnaissance vehicles, mobile workshops and command cars. They were replaced after the war by the Dodge M-series vehicles. WC was a Dodge model code: W for 1941 and C for half-ton rating. The C code was retained for the ¾ ton and 1½ ton 6×6 Dodges. WC6, WC8, WC15, WC16, WC23: Command cars.

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North American T-28 Trojan

CountryUSA
TypeTrainer aircraft / Light attack
Produced1950–1957
Number built1948

The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and Warbird performer.

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Yakovlev Yak-52

CountrySoviet Union
TypeTwo-seat trainer aircraft
Produced1978-1998
First flight1976

The Yakovlev Yak-52 (Russian: Яковлев Як-52) is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It is still being produced in Romania by Aerostar, as Iak-52, which gained manufacturing rights under agreement within the now defunct COMECON socialist trade organisation. The Yak-52 was designed originally as an aerobatic trainer for students in the Soviet DOSAAF training organisation, which trained both civilian sport pilots and military pilots.

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