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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HMAS Castlemaine (J244) | ||
| Country | Australia | |
| Type | Corvette | |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov | |
| Locate | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Description | Album of 89 photos walk-around of a «HMAS Castlemaine (J244)» | |
Photo gallery of a HMAS Castlemaine (J244), HMAS Castlemaine (J244/M244/A248), named for the city of Castlemaine, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in 1941 and commissioned in 1942, Castlemaine operated during World War II in the waters of Australia, New Guinea, and Timor. She remained in service until 1945, when she was decommissioned into reserve and converted into an immobilised training ship. In 1973, Castlemaine was presented to the Maritime Trust of Australia for conversion of a museum ship. She is one of two surviving examples of the Bathurst class, the other being HMAS Whyalla.
Source: HMAS Castlemaine (J244) on Wiki
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Caudron G.4 | ||
| Country | France | |
| Type | Biplane | |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov | |
| Locate | National Air & Space Museum – Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly | |
| Description | Album of 84 photos walk-around of a «Caudron G.4» | |
Photo gallery of a Caudron G.4, The Caudron G.4 was a French biplane with twin engines, widely used during World War I as a bomber aircraft. It was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as an improvement over their single engined Caudron G.3. The aircraft employed wing warping for banking. The first G.4 was built in 1915, and it was manufactured in France, England and Italy. The Caudron G.4 was used as a reconnaissance bomber into the heart of Germany. Later, when Germany developed a fighter force, the aircraft had to be used for night bombings.
Source: Caudron G.4 on Wiki
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M53/59 Praga | ||
| Country | Czechoslovakia | |
| Type | Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun | |
| Produced | 1950s | |
| Built | 900+ | |
The M53/59 Praga is a Czechoslovak self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed in the late 1950s. It consists of a heavily modified Praga V3S six-wheel drive truck chassis, armed with a twin 30 mm AA autocannon mounted on the rear for which the vehicle typically carries 900 rounds of ammunition, each gun being gravity fed from distinctive 50 round magazines. The vehicle has an armoured cabin. In Czechoslovakia it was known as Praga PLDvK vz. 53/59 – “Ještěrka” (PLDvK Model 53/59 – “Lizard”[2]). PLDvK stands for Protiletadlový dvojkanón = Anti-aircraft twin-gun.
Source: M53/59 Praga on Wiki
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M42A1 Duster | ||
| Country | USA | |
| Type | Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun | |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov | |
| Locate | Motts Military Museum | |
| Description | Album of 152 photos walk-around of a «M42A1 Duster» | |
Photo gallery of a M42A1 Duster, The M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun, or “Duster,” is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1959, in service until 1988. Production of this vehicle was performed by the tank division of the General Motors Corporation. It used components from the M41 light tank and was constructed of all-welded steel.
Source: M42A1 Duster on Wiki
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