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    radial vs inline vs naiper h-pattern

    Here is some model made by Cadmatic. CAD Models
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    Best synchronizable heavy machine gun of the war?

    Try to translate, source is here: VKT 12,70 LKk/42 | VL Myrsky II -entisöintiprojekti VKT 12.70 LKk / 42 and other heavy machine Guns Maker and model Caliber Weight Rate of fire Power Country of manufacture Beresin UB 12.7 x 108 25 kg 800 ls /...
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    Best synchronizable heavy machine gun of the war?

    Hi! I'm not saying this is the best, though.... The Finns, together with the Swedes, copied Browning, and at the same time improved it. Vkt 12 70 lkk/42 Weight of basic weapon: 24,25 kg One barreled version with magazines: 56 kg 100 round belt weight: 13,2 kg Firing speed: 1000-1100...
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    Heinkel He-177 Greif

    I searched for information bombings Germans to do 1943-44. but I can't really find it. They built more than 1000 pc examble He 177 Grief planes. I guess they were used for something? What happened to all of them?
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    Brewster Buffalo

    Press article in Finnish Iltalehti, google translation below. Iltalehti shortcut Some photos also! At the turn of October and November 1939, the Finnish Broadcasting Company announced: “Uolevi Alvesalo, Lieutenant of the Air Force, you have been born twin boys. Mom and boys are doing well. ”...
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    westland lysander

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    Brewster buffalo Vs Curtiss P-36, Which one was better for defending Burma?

    True, after all, the war on Finland ended on September 4, 1944 Squadron 24 list of gains and losses Squadron 34 list of gains and losses
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    Brewster buffalo Vs Curtiss P-36, Which one was better for defending Burma?

    Yes, but pretty thin, I would remember reading somewhere that only 8mm thick, In the tests the Finns shot through it with a 7.7 mm browning bullet from close range.
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    Brewster buffalo Vs Curtiss P-36, Which one was better for defending Burma?

    The Finns used both P36 and F2A Brewster. Finns Brewster had a Wright_R-1820-G5 Cyclone engine and P36 mainly Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SC-G Twin Wasp. Because the Finns didn't have 100 octane gasoline, had a P36 top speed of about 450 km / h at 3000 meters, and Brewster top speed 480 km / h at...
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    Hawker Hurricane or Brewster Buffalo

    Finns also had a few Hurricanes, but there is not much to tell about them. Although the plane was fast compared to other Finnish planes and even though it had firepower, it was considered a clumsy and rigid plane and was not liked. Note that most of the air battles here were low, below 5000m...
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    British .303 vs 50 Cal M2

    I asked Juha, if anyone knows, hi knows. "Prien and partners Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe Teil 12 / III is also found info in lost list, Reck shot down by the Finns I-153, but Brewster 239 in the text in reports. Also, I looked at those claims, Finnish shot down 1 La-5 and...
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    British .303 vs 50 Cal M2

    I asked a little. Airacobra is true, but Jg26 was't close that area at that time. JG26
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    British .303 vs 50 Cal M2

    Yes, but i'm from Finland, and I never heard or read about such cases. In addition, Finnish i-153 planes were used for reconnaisance purposes, and no longer in the summer of 1944 when the Germans had FW-190 planes here.
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    British .303 vs 50 Cal M2

    Any evidence this story? I have not read or heard of such a thing and I didn't think that the Finns i-153 would have shot down Airacobra... Also, Finns used the same caliber 7,62 as the Russians, why would they have changed the guns?
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    Picture of the day.

    View: https://www.facebook.com/HistoryColoring/photos/a.882503711839468/1822668944489602/?type=3&theater
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