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North American B-45 Tornado
Country	USA
Role	Jet bomber
First flight	February 24, 1947
Built	143

The North American B-45 Tornado was the United States Air Force’s (USAF) first operational jet bomber, and the first multijet engined bomber in the world to be refueled in midair. The B-45 was an important part of the United States’s nuclear deterrent for several years in the early 1950s, but was soon superseded by the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. B-45s and RB-45s served in the United States Air Force’s Strategic Air Command from 1950 until 1959.

Source: North American B-45C Tornado on Wiki

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Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Country	USA
Type	Strategic bomber
Produced	1946–1954
Built	384

The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built, at 230 ft (70.1 m). The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal from inside its four bomb bays without aircraft modifications. With a range of 10,000 mi (16,000 km) and a maximum payload of 87,200 lb (39,600 kg), the B-36 was the world’s first manned bomber capable of intercontinental flight without refuelling.

Source: Convair B-36 Peacemaker on Wiki

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FVFV4006 Centurion ARV Mk.2
Country	UK
Type	Armored recovery vehicle
In service	1946–present
Weight	52t

The Centurion ARV Mk II, was a British armored recovery vehicle based on the Centurion main battle tank. The Centurion, introduced in 1945, was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period. It is widely considered to be one of the most successful post-war tank designs, remaining in production into the 1960s, and seeing combat in the front lines into the 1980s. The chassis was also adapted for several other roles, and these have remained in service to this day. FV 4006 Centurion ARV Mk 2 : (1956) – Mk 1 / Mk 2 / Mk 3 hull with the turret replaced by a superstructure housing a winch. The winch is powered by an auxiliary engine and is capable of pulling of up to 90 tons using a system of blocks. Armed with a single .30 inch machine gun on the commander’s cupola.

Source: Centurion ARV Mk.2 on Wikipedia

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FV3902 Churchill Flail Toad
Country	UK
Type	Vehicle-mounted device
Photograph	Vladimir Yakubov
Locate	Jacques Littlefield Collection
Description	Album of 206 photos walk-around of a «FV3902 Churchill Flail Toad»

Photo gallery of a FV3902 Churchill Flail Toad, A mine flail is a vehicle-mounted device that makes a safe path through a mine-field by deliberately detonating land mines in front of the vehicle that carries it. They were first used by the British during World War II. The mine flail consists of a number of heavy chains, ending in fist-sized steel balls, (flails) that are attached to a horizontal, rapidly rotating rotor mounted on two arms in front of the vehicle. The rotor’s rotation makes the flails spin wildly and violently pound the ground. The force of a flail strike above a buried mine mimics the weight of a person or vehicle and causes the mine to detonate, but in a safe manner that does little damage to the flails or the vehicle.

Source: FV3902 Churchill Flail Toad on Wiki

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French VAB
Country	France
Type	Armoured recovery vehicle
Photograph	Laurent Tabib
Description	Album of 53 photos walk-around of a «French VAB»

Photo gallery of a French VAB, The Véhicule de l’avant blindé or VAB (“Armoured vanguard vehicle” in French) is an armoured personnel carrier and support vehicle designed by the Euro Mobilité Division of GIAT Industries of France. It entered service in 1976; around 5,000 were produced.

Source: French VAB on Wiki

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FV106 Samson
Country	UK
Type	Armoured recovery vehicle
Photograph	Vladimir Yakubov
Locate	Military Vehicle Technology Foundation
Description	Album of 57 photos walk-around of a «FV106 Samson»

Photo gallery of a FV106 Samson, FV106 Samson is a British Army armoured recovery vehicle, one of the CVR(T) family. The main role of this vehicle is to recover the CVR(T) family of vehicles, but can recover other light tracked vehicles such as the FV430 series.

Source: FV106 Samson on Wiki

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FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor
Country	UK
Type	Amphibious specialist armoured vehicle
Photograph	Vladimir Yakubov
Locate	Military Vehicle Technology Foundation
Description	Album of 122 photos walk-around of a «FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor»

Photo gallery of a FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor, The FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor or C.E.T. is an amphibious specialist armoured vehicle of the British Army and has been in general service since 1976. A tracked, lightly armoured vehicle, with amphibious capability, the CET is used by Royal Engineers in ground preparation for bridge construction and towing activities in the front line of battle, such as digging vehicle fighting pits, constructing earthen barriers, repairing roads, recovery of disabled vehicles from water and other obstacles, preparing riverbanks for vehicle crossings and clearing obstacles.

Source: FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor on Wiki

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BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk80A
Country	UK
Type	Jet-powered training
Produced	1967-1984
Built	146

Photo gallery of a BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk80A, The BAC 167 Strikemaster is a British jet-powered training and light attack aircraft. It was a development of the Hunting Jet Provost trainer, itself a jet engined version of the Percival Provost, which originally flew in 1950 with a radial piston engine.

Source: BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk80A on Wiki

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Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk
Country	USA
Type	Biplane fighter aircraft
First flight	12 February 1931
Built	7+

The Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk is a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon. It is an example of a parasite fighter, a small airplane designed to be deployed from a larger aircraft such as an airship or bomber.

Source: Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk on Wiki

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North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
Country	USA
Type	Light attack and observation aircraft
Produced	1965–86
Number built	360

The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency (COIN) combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control (FAC) aircraft. It can carry up to three tons of external munitions, internal loads such as paratroopers or stretchers, and can loiter for three or more hours.