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Is it really outdoors storage? The same as other expostulates?

I mean that stroke is definitely different then it was of BMW VI. It should be other parameters of combustion

Quite a strange statement!? In this case it should be a NEW engine but not a version of BMW VI!

And what was the difference?

It definatly had the same bore/stroke that all its pecessors M-85-88 had for sure.

By the way its the BT-7 cruise tank. I've never heard that germans used them somehow.

Seems yes it is. I heard that it was rather appreciated by germans.

Its definitely Ki-51

Ki-45 Nick was not Mitsubishi but Kawasaki designed fighter

You are absolutely wright, dear Koopernic :) But there are some corrections ) 1) In fact there was a attempt to convert 2.0cm FLAK C38 into the aircraft weapon performed by Rheinmetal. Cannon had designation MG C/30L (MG.102). There is nice story, pics & tech. data of its construction but in...

Does anybody have any info what was German torpedo sight that should be installed on torpedo variants of He 115, He 111 & Ju 88? Post some photos of it please )

Why only landings? Take-offs shopuld be more impressive

There were three V12 engines of Lorraine-Dietrich presented on XV Paris exhibition. They were Petrel 12-Hfrs (720 nominal h.p.), Sterna 12-R00 (810 nominal h.p.) & Eider 12-Q00 (1000 nominal h.p.). Here is the table with their general data from Russian book regarding that exhibition. But...