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[fastmongrel]

Daimler Armoured Car in Netherlands 1944. Note it's 2 pounder gun is fitted with the Littlejohn squeeze bore adapter which almost doubled penetration with special tungsten core ammo.

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Greg Boeser]

"We build a special bridge for der Tigers, but Otto just has to be different, and play in der mud, again, und get stuck, again - dumkopf !"

Vell, he alvays vanted to drive a U-Boot!

 

[GrauGeist]

A really good view of a P-40Q

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[Smokey Stover]

Not quite sure if all those sand bags stood much chance of stopping a German 88 but still.....

 

[Smokey Stover]

This pic looks a little model like to me. Maybe this is where Lucas got his idea for the AT.ST pic'd below

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Smokey Stover]

Aichi M6A Seiran. Built solely to operate from one of Japans super subs, the l-400.

 

[Shortround6]

Not quite sure if all those sand bags stood much chance of stopping a German 88 but still.....View attachment 490957

did more to stop Panzerfausts.

 

[Smokey Stover]

did more to stop Panzerfausts.

Yep, your right sir. Didnt think of that...

 

[syscom3]

This Dauntless is having a very bad day.

 

[LuftWaffles1942]

I hope this becomes a regular thread. Post a single picture of anything to do with WW2, including the years prior and just after.

Here's the first one. USS Cowpens rolls heavily during Typhoon Cobra, December 17th, 1944.View attachment 249820

And I thought taking a small bass boat into the ocean was bad. Id probably get sick with that violent rocking.

 

[LuftWaffles1942]

P-51s of the 352nd Fighter Group escorting B-24Js of the 458th Bomb Group.

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I love both of those aircraft. The p51 especially.

 

[LuftWaffles1942]

This Dauntless is having a very bad day.

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That hurts me to see that nice plane like that.

 

[LuftWaffles1942]

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This pic looks a little model like to me. Maybe this is where Lucas got his idea for the AT.ST pic'd below View attachment 490959

Yeah they look very similar.

 

[Smokey Stover]

And I thought taking a small bass boat into the ocean was bad. Id probably get sick with that violent rocking.

Whoa! Thats some crazy angle.....

 

[GrauGeist]

Aichi M6A Seiran. Built solely to operate from one of Japans super subs, the l-400.View attachment 490961

Just for the record, the I-400 was actually a class of IJN submarine, "Toku-gata Sensuikan". 18 units were ordered, only three made it to operation: I-400, I-401 and I-402. Of these three, only I-400 and I-401 were used as carriers as I-402 was converted to a tanker. Each I-400 could carry up to three M6A aircraft.

In addition to the I-400 subs, the IJN also had I-13 and I-14 modified to carry two Aichis each.

 

[Smokey Stover]

Just for the record, the I-400 was actually a class of IJN submarine, "Toku-gata Sensuikan". 18 units were ordered, only three made it to operation: I-400, I-401 and I-402. Of these three, only I-400 and I-401 were used as carriers as I-402 was converted to a tanker. Each I-400 could carry up to three M6A aircraft.

In addition to the I-400 subs, the IJN also had I-13 and I-14 modified to carry two Aichis each.

Yes, i read up on them a couple of years back. The amount of engineering and modifications they had to do im not sure the plan was even worth putting into practice, what with it diverting a lot of resources at a time when the Japanese really couldnt afford to partake in flights of fancy. The aircraft had backward rotating wings to fit into the sub. And they had to develope a way of heating the engine oil on the Aichi so it could take off as soon as it rolled out. Obviously running the engine in the hanger/designated area was both dangerous and outside too slow. I think it was ahead of its time in some aspects but totally flawed in others. A good idea but simply not practical. The chances of sneaking up on the US coast and carrying out what in effect would be nothing more than a bee sting to the Americans was i think highly unlikely and open to attack/disaster.

 

[Smokey Stover]

And I thought taking a small bass boat into the ocean was bad. Id probably get sick with that violent rocking.

And I thought taking a small bass boat into the ocean was bad. Id probably get sick with that violent rocking.

Are those a/c all F4U's...?