fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
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.
Picture of the day. (13 Viewers)
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michaelmaltby
Colonel
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
Vell, he alvays vanted to drive a U-Boot!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
A really good view of a P-40Q
Nice shots guys!
Smokey Stover
Banned
Not quite sure if all those sand bags stood much chance of stopping a German 88 but still.....
Smokey Stover
Banned
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
Colonel
Smokey Stover
Banned
Aichi M6A Seiran. Built solely to operate from one of Japans super subs, the l-400.
Shortround6
Lieutenant General
did more to stop Panzerfausts.
Smokey Stover
Banned
Yep, your right sir. Didnt think of that...
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
This Dauntless is having a very bad day.
LuftWaffles1942
Airman
- 15
- Apr 25, 2018
And I thought taking a small bass boat into the ocean was bad. Id probably get sick with that violent rocking.
LuftWaffles1942
Airman
- 15
- Apr 25, 2018
I love both of those aircraft. The p51 especially.
LuftWaffles1942
Airman
- 15
- Apr 25, 2018
That hurts me to see that nice plane like that.
LuftWaffles1942
Airman
- 15
- Apr 25, 2018
Yeah they look very similar.
Smokey Stover
Banned
Whoa! Thats some crazy angle.....
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
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
Banned
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.
