Caproni Ca.100 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Type | Trainer aircraft |
| Photograph | Libor Spurek |
| Locate | Unknow |
| Description | Album of 14 photos walk-around of «Caproni Ca.100» |
Photo gallery of a Caproni Ca.100, The Caproni Ca.100 was the standard trainer aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s. Large numbers of this tandem, two-seat, inverted sesquiplane were built, powered by different engines.
Source: Caproni Ca.100 on Wiki
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Cant Z.506 S Airone | |
| Country | Italy |
| Role | Triple-engine floatplane |
| First flight | August 19, 1935 |
| Built | 340+ |
Photo gallery of a Cant Z.506 S Airone, The CANT Z.506 Airone (Italian: Heron) was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline “Ala Littoria”. It established 10 world records in 1936 and another 10 in 1937. During World War II it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft, bomber and air-sea rescue plane, by the Italian Regia Aeronautica and Regia Marina, Aeronautica Cobelligerante del Sud, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana and the Luftwaffe. The military version revealed itself to be one of the best floatplanes ever built. Despite its wooden structure it was able to operate in very rough seas. A number of Z.506S air-sea rescue aircraft remained in service until 1959.
Source: Cant Z.506 S Airone on Wiki
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International Harvester M-2-4-233 | |
| Country | USA |
| Role | 1 ton Cargo Truck |
| Built | Unknow |
Photo gallery of a International Harvester M-2-4-233, The M-2-4 is a one-ton, two-axle, four-wheel-drive cargo truck built by I.H.C. and supplied to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps during WWII. Production of the 1-ton M-2-4 began in 1941 with an order for 584 cargo trucks. The vast majority of these were open-cab cargo trucks, but a few were built with closed civilian “K” cabs with military fenders and hoods. Winches were furnished on 70 of the 584 trucks. The balance of the 10,450 vehicles were open-cab cargo trucks.
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Beriev Be-6 | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Flying boat |
| First flight | 1949 |
| Built | 123 |
Photo gallery of a Beriev Be-6P (Qing-6), The Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 34”, NATO reporting name “Madge”) was a flying boat produced by the Soviet Beriev OKB. It was capable of accomplishing a wide variety of missions, such as long-range maritime reconnaissance, coastal and supply line patrols, torpedo/bombing strikes, mine-laying, and transport operations.
Source: Beriev Be-6 on Wikipedia
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BM-24 | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Multiple rocket launcher |
| Photograph | Victor Krestinin |
| Locate | Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel |
| Description | Album of 43 photos walk-around of «BM-24» |
Photo gallery of a BM-24, The BM-24 is a multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. It is capable of launching 240mm rockets from 12 launch tubes. Versions of the BM-24 have been mounted on the ZIL-151 6×6 Truck chassis and the AT-S tracked artillery tractor, forming the BM-24T from the latter. Production began out of Automotive Factory no. 2 in 1947 Moscow.
Source: BM-24 on Wiki
Views : 2647
Avro Shackleton Mk.3 | |
| Country | UK |
| Type | Long-range maritime patrol aircraft |
| Produced | 1951–1958 |
| Built | 185 |
Photo gallery of a Avro Shackleton Mk.3, The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF). It was developed by Avro from the Avro Lincoln bomber, itself being a development of the famous wartime Avro Lancaster bomber. It was replaced by Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft in the 1970s. The aircraft was also adapted for airborne early warning (AEW) roles within the RAF, replaced by the Boeing E-3 Sentry in 1990. The type is named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Source: Avro Shackleton Mk.3 on Wiki
Views : 4733
USS Massachusetts BB-59 | |
| Country | USA |
| Type | Battleship |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov |
| Locate | Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA |
| Description | Album of 676 photos walk-around of «USS Massachusetts BB-59» |
Photo gallery of a USS Massachusetts BB-59, USS Massachusetts (BB-59), known as “Big Mamie” to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class (along with her sister Alabama) to be donated for use as a museum ship. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy’s first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war.
Source: USS Massachusetts BB-59 on Wiki
Views : 8152
V-2 Missile | |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Type | Missile |
| Produced | 16 March 1942 – 1945 |
| Built | 3000+ |
Photo gallery of a V-2 Missile, The V-2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, “Retribution Weapon 2”), technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile with a liquid-propellant rocket engine was developed during the Second World War in Germany as a “vengeance weapon,” designed to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the Allied bombings against German cities. The V-2 rocket also became the first artificial object to cross the boundary of space with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944.
Source: V-2 Missile on Wiki
Views : 3275
2S1 Gvozdika | |
| Country | Sovier Union |
| Type | Self-propelled howitzer |
| In service | 1972–present |
| Built | 10000+ |
Photo gallery of a 2S1 Gvozdika, The 2S1 Gvozdika (Russian: 2С1 «Гвоздика», “Carnation”) is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer based on the chassis MT-LB APC, mounting the 122 mm 2A18 howitzer. “2S1” is its GRAU designation. An alternative Russian designation is SAU-122 but in the Russian Army it is commonly known as Gvozdika. The 2S1 is fully amphibious with very little preparation, and once afloat is propelled by its tracks. A variety of wider tracks are also available to allow the 2S1 to operate in snow or swamp conditions. It is NBC protected and has infra-red night-vision capability.
Source: 2S1 Gvozdika on Wiki
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Lockheed T-1A | |
| Country | USA |
| Type | Training aircraft |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov |
| Locate | Pima Air and Space Museum, Tuscon |
| Description | Album of 133 photos walk-around of a «Lockheed T-1A» |
Photo gallery of a Lockheed T-1A, The Lockheed T2V SeaStar, later called the T-1 SeaStar, was a turbojet trainer aircraft for the U.S. Navy that entered service in May 1957. It was developed from the Lockheed T-33 and powered by one Allison J33 engine.
Source: Lockheed T-1A on Wiki
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