Lockheed Hudson Mk.III

Lockheed Hudson Mk.III

LandUsa
TypeLet bombefly
Periode1938–1943
Bygget2941

Den Lockheed Hudson var et amerikansk bygget let bombefly og kystrekognosceringsfly bygget oprindeligt til Royal Air Force kort før udbruddet af Anden Verdenskrig og primært opereret af RAF derefter. Hudson var den første betydelige flykonstruktionskontrakt for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation - den oprindelige RAF-ordre på 200 Hudsons overgik langt enhver tidligere ordre, virksomheden havde modtaget. Hudson gjorde tjeneste under hele krigen, hovedsageligt ved kystkommandoen, men også i transport- og træningsroller samt ved at levere agenter ind i det besatte Frankrig. De blev også brugt i vid udstrækning med Royal Canadian Air Force's anti-ubådseskadriller og af Royal Australian Air Force.

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Generelle Atomics MQ-1 Predator

Generelle Atomics MQ-1 Predator

LandUsa
TypeFjernstyrede fly
Periode1995-nu
Bygget360

Den Generelle Atomics MQ-1 Predator er et amerikansk fjernstyret fly (RPA) bygget af General Atomics og primært brugt af United States Air Force (USAF) og Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Oprindeligt udtænkt i begyndelsen af 1990'erne til luftrekognoscering og fremadrettet observationsroller, bærer Predator kameraer og andre sensorer, men er blevet modificeret og opgraderet til at bære og affyre to AGM-114 Hellfire-missiler eller anden ammunition. Flyet, der har været i brug siden 1995, har været i kamp i krig i Afghanistan, Pakistan, NATO's intervention i Bosnien, Serbien, Irak-krigen, Yemen, libysk borgerkrig, interventionen i Syrien og Somalia.

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Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz

LandTyskland
TypePansret rekognosceringskøretøj
Periode1958-1982
Bygget2374+

Den Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz armored reconnaissance vehicle was developed for the West German army and was a minor modification of a French designed vehicle (Hotchkiss SP1A). During the period between 1958 and 1962, the West German army received some 2,374 of these light armoured vehicles with the SPz 11-2 Kurz being developed as the reconnaissance version. The SPz 11-2 served in cannon platoons of armored infantry battalions until 1974 and remained in service as a reconnaissance vehicle until 1982. The SPz 11-2 was replaced in the reconnaissance role by the Spähpanzer Luchs. The SPz 11-2 saw service with the West Germany army only.

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Hughes OH-6A

LandUsa
TypeLet observationshelikopter
Periode1965-nu
Bygget1420

Den Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (nicknamed “Loach”, after the requirement acronym LOH — Light Observation Helicopter) is a single-engine light helicopter with a four-bladed main rotor used for personnel transport, escort and attack missions, and observation. Hughes Helicopters also developed the Model 369 as a civilian helicopter, and the Hughes Model 500, currently produced by MD Helicopters as the MD 500.

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ARL-44

ARL-44

LandFrankrig
TypeTung tank
PeriodeEfter anden verdenskrig
Vægt50 tonnes

Den 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.

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Piasecki HU-21B

Piasecki HU-21

LandUsa
TypeFragt helikopter
Periode1952-1967
ProducentPiasecki helikopter

Den Piasecki H-21 Arbejdshest/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.

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37mm Anti-fly pistol

37mm Anti-fly pistol

LandSovjetunionen
TypeLuftforsvar pistol
Periode1939-1945
Bygget20.000

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.

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Nordamerikansk T-2C Buckeye

Nordamerikansk T-2A Buckeye

LandUsa
Første flyvning31. januar 1958
RolleTræningsfly
Bygget529

Den Nordamerikansk T-2 Buckeye var den amerikanske flådes mellemliggende træningsfly, der havde til formål at introducere U.S. Navy og U.S. Marine Corps Student Naval Aviators og Student Naval Flight Officers til jetfly. Den blev taget i brug i 1959 og blev erstattet af McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk i 2008.

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160mm mortar M-160

160mm mortar M-160

LandSovjetunionen
PeriodeAnden Verdenskrig
TypeMørtel

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.

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Renault AMR 33

Renault AMR 33

LandFrankrig
ProducentRenault
Produceret1933 – 1935
TypeAutomitrailleuse 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.

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