Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

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[Shinpachi]

Update of the Chokai.

IJN heavy cruiser "Chokai".

Source: 重巡洋艦『高雄型』 Takao-class Heavy cruiser. : MONOCHROME SPECTER

JMSDF DDG-176 "Chokai".

Source: MaritimeQuest - Chokai DDG-176

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautiful!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

The Hayabusa then and now.

Type 1 fighter Hayabusa for the old men.
Asteroid probe Hayabusa for the young men now.

Source: 日本の陸軍機 写真特集：時事ドットコム

Source: 「はやぶさ2」打ち上げ、12月3日に延期

Source: H-IIAロケット26号機、打ち上げ成功：「はやぶさ2」および3基の衛星を軌道投入 : SOCIETAS [ソキエタス]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Rebuilding the submarine fleet.

Source: https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/290130400973515619/

Source: 海上自衛隊の潜水艦隊ヤベえ！性能違いすぎ！中国海軍も恐れる海自の対潜能力 - NAVER まとめ

 

[Shinpachi]

Dream of Japanese aircraft designers during the ww2.
Kunitake Kiyohara (1910- ), Chief-designer of the Kyusyu J7W Shinden, describes it in an alumni magazine of Nana-ko high school (present Kagoshima university) like this.

"I was looking forward to the plane flying with the turbine rocket engine (present turbo jet engine) as J7W2 but it was not in time for the war. I had no more chance to do with it but am really glad to see many rockets are being launched from our land Kagoshima today."

Kiyohara. 2nd from the left.

Source: http://www.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/do...23-rakuyou_joutou/index-23-rakuyou_joutou.htm

JAXA Uchinoura in Kagoshima.

Source: イプシロンロケット試験機、打ち上げ成功！ | ファン!ファン!JAXA!

 

[Shinpachi]

The "Raiden" then and now.

Mitsubishi J2M2 Raiden flown by Capt Shiraishi on March 8 1945.

Source: 14試局地戦闘機改 J2M2 - 雷電 - 海軍局地戦闘機


Beyond my imagination - Raiden for cosplay.

Source: Metal Gear Rising Raiden Cosplay: Jack the Cosplayer - Technabob

 

[Shinpachi]

The 11th tank battalion "Shikon (士魂)" for the defense of Japan's northern territory then and now.

IJA "Shikon" on the Kuril Islands.

Russian Kuril Islands Expedition Discovers Japanese WWII Tank

JGSDF "Shikon" in Hokkaido.
Source: 第11旅団-第11戦車隊

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

The 302nd fighter squadron aka "302Ku" then and now.

Source: 日本海軍戦闘機も素晴らしい【画像多】 : ミリタリー ジャンク

Not joke.

Source: #302飛行隊 hashtag on Twitter

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Mitsubishi medium planes then and now.

G4M

Source: Photo Collection by Robert V. Mosier during 1946-1947
モージャー氏撮影写真資料 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション

MRJ

Source: 三菱MRJ､ついに完成機をロールアウト | ロイター

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Kawasaki Aircraft then and now.

Kawasaki Ki-48.

Source: https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1857/44297702041_0e2219c483_b.jpg

Catching up Mitsubishi with the C-2.

Source: 美保基地航空祭2017に行ってきた : ぷらノート

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

loving these comparisons Shinpachi

 

[Shinpachi]

loving these comparisons Shinpachi

Thanks Karl too

 

[Milosh]

loving these comparisons Shinpachi

Have to whole heartily agree.