ARL-44 | |
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| Country | France |
| Type | Heavy tank |
| Period | Post WWII |
| Weight | 50 tonnes |
The ARL 44 was a French heavy tank of which the development started just before the end of the Second World War. Only sixty of these tanks were ever completed, from 1949 onwards. The type was already phased out in 1953.
Source: ARL-44 on Wiki
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Piasecki HU-21 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Type | Cargo helicopter |
| Period | 1952-1967 |
| Manufacturer | Piasecki Helicopter |
The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Commonly called “the flying banana”, it was a multi-mission helicopter, utilizing wheels, skis, or floats. The H-21 was originally developed by Piasecki as an Arctic rescue helicopter. The H-21 had winterization features permitting operation at temperatures as low as −65 °F (−54 °C), and could be routinely maintained in severe cold weather environments.
Source: Piasecki HU-21 on Wiki
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37mm Anti-aircraft gun | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Air defense gun |
| Period | 1939-1945 |
| Built | 20.000 |
37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (Russian: 37-мм автоматическая зенитная пушка образца 1939 года (61-К)) was a Soviet 37 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun developed during the late 1930s and used during World War II. The land based version was replaced in Soviet service by the ZSU-57-2 during the 1950s. Guns of this type were successfully used throughout the Eastern Front against dive bombers and other low- and medium-altitude targets. It also had some usefulness against lightly armored ground targets. Crews of the 37 mm AD guns shot down 14,657 Axis planes. The mean quantity of 37 mm ammunition to shoot down one enemy plane was 905 rounds.
Source: 37mm M1939 on Wiki
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North American T-2A Buckeye | |
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| Country | USA |
| First flight | 31 January 1958 |
| Role | Training aircraft |
| Built | 529 |
The North American T-2 Buckeye was the United States Navy’s intermediate training aircraft, intended to introduce U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Student Naval Aviators and Student Naval Flight Officers to jets. It entered service in 1959, and was replaced by the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk in 2008.
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160mm mortar M-160 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Period | World War II |
| Type | Mortar |
The Soviet 160 mm Mortar M1943 was a smoothbore breech loading heavy mortar which fired a 160 mm bomb. The M1943 (also called the MT-13) was one of the heaviest mortar used by Soviet troops in World War II. Around 535 of these weapons were fielded with Soviet forces during the war. It was replaced in Soviet service after World War II by the M-160 mortar of the same caliber.
Source: 160mm mortar M-160 on Wiki
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Renault AMR 33 | |
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| Country | France |
| Manufacturer | Renault |
| Produced | 1933 – 1935 |
| Type | Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance |
The Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance Renault Modèle 1933 (AMR 33 or Renault VM) was a French light cavalry tank developed during the Interbellum and used in the Second World War. Developed by Renault from 1932, the type was in 1933 ordered by the French Cavalry; a total of 123 would be built until 1935. The AMR 33 was lightly armed and armoured; though it was very fast for its day, it proved to be a mechanically unreliable vehicle, especially its suspension elements were too weak. It was therefore succeeded by an improved type, the AMR 35.
Source: Renault AMR 33 on Wiki
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122mm Gun A-19 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Soviet field gun |
| Photographer | Unknow |
| Description | Album of 15 photos walk-around of a «122mm Gun A-19» |
Photo gallery of a 122mm Gun A-19, 122 mm corps gun M1931 (A-19) (Russian: 122-мм корпусная пушка обр. 1931 г. (А-19)) was a Soviet field gun, developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1939 the gun was replaced in production by an improved variant, M1931/37. The piece saw action in World War II with the Red Army. Captured guns were employed by Wehrmacht and the Finnish Army.
Source: 122mm A-19 on Wiki
Views : 2801
FCM36 | |
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| Country | France |
| Role | Light infantry tank |
| Built | 100 |
Photo gallery of a FCM36 at Musee des Blindes, Saumur, The FCM 36 or Char léger Modèle 1936 FCM, was a light infantry tank that was designed for the French Army prior to World War II. It had a crew of two and was equipped with a short 37 mm main armament and a 7.5 mm coaxial machine gun. Power was provided by a diesel engine.
Source: FCM36 on Wiki
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122mm M-30 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Field howitzer |
| Produced | 1939–1960 |
| Built | 19266 |
Photo gallery of a 122mm M-30, The 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) was a Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer. The weapon was developed by the design bureau of Motovilikha Plants, headed by F. F. Petrov, in the late 1930s, and was in production from 1939 to 1955. The M-30 saw action in World War II, mainly as a divisional artillery piece of the Red Army (RKKA). Captured guns were also employed later in the conflict by the German Wehrmacht and the Finnish Army. Post World War II the M-30 saw combat in numerous conflicts of the mid- to late twentieth century in service of other countries’ armies, notably in the Middle East.
Source: 122mm M-30 on Wiki
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Polikarpov I-16 | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Fighter aircraft |
| First flight | 30 December 1933 |
| Built | 8644 |
The Polikarpov I-16 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of revolutionary design, it was the world’s first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such “introduced a new vogue in fighter design.” The I-16 was introduced in the mid-1930s and formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the beginning of World War II. The diminutive fighter, nicknamed “Ishak” or “Ishachok” (“Donkey” or “Burro”) by Soviet pilots, figured prominently in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Khalkhin Gol and the Spanish Civil War – where it was called the Rata (“Rat”) by the Nationalists or Mosca (“Fly”) by the Republicans. The Finnish nickname was Siipiorava (“Flying Squirrel”).
Source: Polikarpov I-16 on Wikipedia
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