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Glider · Nov 25, 2016

fastmongrel said:
Maxim machine guns load from the right ejecting empties forward and the empty fabric belt goes out of the left. Its possible they have fired all the ammo or the loaded belts are in a belt box out of sight.

I live and learn. Maybe they were saving ammo as I see four guns and two belts.

michaelmaltby · Nov 25, 2016

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Old Wizard · Nov 25, 2016

GrauGeist · Nov 25, 2016

Reichsminister Albert Speer test driving a Kettenkrad (SdKfz 2)

Airframes · Nov 25, 2016

"Oh baby, after this I am really ready for 'I'm a celebrity, get me out of here' - bring it on !"

johnbr · Nov 26, 2016

I can not post this in the photo album no more so here it is.
Henschel, HS 293, Glide Bomb

Hs 293A (later Hs 293A-1), the original version.
Hs 293B was wire-guided to prevent jamming; it was never put into production, because jamming was never significant enough to prevent the radio-guided version from being effective.[citation needed]
Hs 293C (production version designated Hs 293A-2) had a detachable warhead.
Hs 293D was television-guided. Twenty were built and tested, but it was never used operationally as the television equipment was unreliable.
Hs 293E, an experimental model to test spoiler controls as a replacement to ailerons; never put into series production. This modification was put into the final version of the Hs 293A-2 but by then the Luftwaffe had no aircraft available for anti-shipping operations and it was never deployed.
Hs 293F, a tailless variant; never got further than the design phase.
Hs 293H, an experimental variant designed to be launched from one aircraft and controlled from another. Abandoned because allied air superiority had reached the point where it was felt that the second aircraft would be unable to remain in the vicinity of the ship for long enough.
Hs 293 V6, the sixth prototype airframe of the entire Hs 293 series, designed for launching from the Arado Ar 234 jet bomber at 720 km/h. The main change was reducing the wing span of the missile to allow it to be carried beneath the aircraft. The missile did not proceed past the design stage.