Recent content by ChrisMAg2

Sorry Wiking and @ Bruno, the weight is not there as this is a manual for tuning or upgrading the Rb's. But from memory, i seem to recall, the Rb 50/30 had a weight of approx. 160 Kgs, exclusive of the rig.

Paramedic helipad. Not that i have to guess, but i know.

Very simple: It's an indicator that the aircraft is electrically grounded by/ via the tire(s). As you know, rubber is usually an insulator. In this case the tire is the "electric outlet to the ground. Otherwise a socket and wire would have to be installed into the plane to let this happen.

FYI in post #10 the first photo does not depict a Fw 200 C, but a Ju 290 A.

Ok, here is my attempt: •1: HK 19 •2: HK 19 •3. Rb 20/30 •4: Rb 50/30 •5: Rb 50/30 •6: Rb 20/30 •7: Rb 20/30

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All german airmen had a survival and first aid equipment in their suits or within their aircraft. Fighter pilots carried the most of them on their suit. The rest was in a compartment on the plane (first aid kit) or within the dinghi (water, emergency rations,signal dye etc.), that was attached...

The concept or rational of the hunting rifle (the Bockdrilling) is survival, not firepower. The "Bockdrilling" is a universal hunting rifle as the ammo suggests: 12c/ 6G is for birds and rabbits 12c/ Brennecke is for wild boars 9,3x74 rifle ammo is for game like deers The replacement with...

I remember seeing a packed rifle canister for a multiengined plane. The ammo was stored within the canister. But as for the Me 109, i would assume the additional ammo is within the emergency pack.

The germans found these devices interesting, but couldn't prove them successful enough to put them into wide scale action. The british also used it on ships as a defence against marauding enemy a/c. There are reported incidents on that. There seems to be some kind of success, until the...

Books: captured allied a/c: •Hans Henri Stapfer, Strangers in a strange land, Vol. 1 •Geoffrey J. Thomas/ Barry Ketley, KG 200, the Lw's most secret unit Key words to look for: Erprobungsverband der Luftwaffe, "Zirkus Rosarius", KG 200, Beuteflugzeuge,

Actually, these were not grenades (as in mortars or guns), but mines. IIRC, there were 2 - 4 containers in the aft cone of a He 111. These containers would open upon release and disperse a 200g mine hanging on a cable and a small parachute. A following plane should pick up the cable and the...

Here is a pic from Sq-Sig 85, Ju 88, pt1:

Have a look here: Martin Streetly, Confound and Destroy. It is an old (1980), but very comprehensive book on British and German e-warfare technology.

No. It was equal in output to fuel made from crude oil.