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Food for thought Radials don't have to increase the height of the hull. Model D-9 was rated 300 hp at 1200 rpm The bore was 150 mm 5.91 in the stroke 210 mm 8.27 in and the total displacement 1945.62 cu in The weight was reported to be 990 lbs Many Salmson Radials were water cooled...

Some more info I collected over the years M4A1 Continental R975 973 cubic inches governed max rpm 2400 400 hp@2,400 rpm 5 speed 1st 7.56 2nd 3.11 3rd 1.78 4th 1.11 5th 0.73 Rev 5.56 Net Torque 940 ft lbs@1700rpm 24 mph L53"x4W45"xH45" M4A2 GM twin Diesel 850 cubic inches max rpm 2900...

When did use of Butyrate dope take over from Nitrate in the RAF?

US Strategy, such as it could be called in Vietnam, wasn't about dehousing or outright elimination of the North. That's what the USAF&USN did in North Korea, and ran out of worth targets in a year. North Vietnam, very, very strict RoE until 1972 South Vietnam? 'That Map Grid looks good...

Something from 10-15 years ago, when I started making a list. So many links have disappeared since then.

Sweden had one of the best pre-war light tanks Stridvagn L-60 M/38 Torsion bar suspension 8 tons Later versions were uparmored and upgunned Italy's L6/40 also used torsion bars Problem with both, for economic reasons, didn't plan on 30 ton tanks being a requirement, and didn't have the excess...

bit of info I collected over the years M3 75mm 24000 rounds APC M6 aircraft 6000 rounds M1A1 76mm 2000 Rounds HVAP M3 90mm 900 rounds M41 90mm 1500 rounds KwK 37 75mm L/24 12-14000 rounds PaK 40 75mm 6000 rounds APC KwK 42 75mm L/70 800 round APCR 2-2400 APC CN 75-50 150-200 rounds 17...

Neutral, they will get examples of both German and Allied Armor, as Sweden did. It would be different, but not worse. a dual purpose 75-90mm main armament makes sense after 1941, as with sloped armor, and a big enough engine to move it all around.

But not on fighters, which I was focusing so far. Interceptors need the better props ahead of bombers. For Bombers, even the B-18 isn't a horrible choice to bulk up numbers, as again, Douglas was selling licenses for the DC-3 to anyone with a deep enough bank account as Curtiss was for...

Which is fine, comparing that China was hardly industrialized, and India no better. Poland, OTOH, had been building all metal monococque aircraft since the PZL P.7 in Warsaw seven years before the War started, so could do more than just final assembly from knock down kits in 1938. Curtiss kits...

This is fine, Son of the 1987. just more of them, and decent prime movers for them. Kegresse is one solution

Best Light Tanks in November 1938 USSR and Germany aren't selling to Poland.

Italian presence in China Considering the IJA attacked every other Western Power in China, so would Italy in Dec 1941 Besides sinking USS Panay, the Japanese also damaged the CL Raimondo Montecuccoli in 1937, there was some history there, with Italy far more friendly with the KMT Italian/US...

Answer for late '30s is license built Curtiss Hawk-75. Poles just need to find the money, as Curtiss would be happy to sell. If China was able to build these, so could Poland Faster than developing the Polish PZL.50 'Hawk', as could be in widespread squadron service by War start, since Curtiss...