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  1. W

    How much did Soviet aero-production depend on Lend-Lease?

    Looking at comparative GDP numbers the Soviet Union reached a low of about half of Germany alone (not including Austria) and staged a small recovery in 1943 before seriously recovering in 1944 and then dropping down again in 1945. Military production during World War II - Wikipedia, the free...
  2. davebender

    Amateurs study aircraft design. Professionals study oil production.

    Oil shale in Estonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1938 Estonia produced 181,000 tons of shale oil. German firms were the largest producers. 1980 Estonia produced 31 million tons of shale oil. Appears to me 1930s Germany missed a great opportunity to solve their oil shortage. Offer...
  3. davebender

    C-119. Air transport game changer.

    Bernard Fall's book on Dien Bien Phu (Hell in a very small place) has made me realize what a game changer the C-119 transport aircraft was. French forces employed both C-119s and C-47s to supply the fortified outpost. C-47 dropped about 3 tons of cargo but required about 10 passes over drop...
  4. Vincenzo

    WW2 field guns, your choices

    An other episode... this way i do only a thread for the 3 field categories (light, medium, heavy) common requiremnt is ever actual combat in WW2 categories requirements light field: weight until 2.5 tons, range almost 12 km medium field: weight until 5 tons, range almost 14 km heavy field...
  5. Vincenzo

    WW2 heavy field howitzer, your choice

    This is the third part, unluckily for you all is not the last ;) requirements fired in combat in WW2 range 12 km weight max 7.5-8 tons (i thinked 7.5, the triple of 2.5 limit used in the light challenge but i don't want that some howitzer is out for a few hundreds kilos) (all the howitzer...
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