The What is it? Game

[Wurger]

Heinkel He-100

 

[GrauGeist]

Ok, so let's give this a try, then:

 

[Airframes]

That's a ................... hmm, not what I thought !

 

[GrauGeist]

That's a ................... hmm, not what I thought !

Need a hint, Terry?

 

[Airframes]

Might help.

 

[GrauGeist]

Alright, it first flew in 1943.

It's twin-engined.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Berlin B 9

 

[GrauGeist]

Berlin B 9

*bam* and Jim gets it, well done, Sir!

It is the Akafleig-Berlin B9.

Built as a test type, only one was made and was powered by two Hirth 500 4-cylinder engines.

 

[Airframes]

Well done Jim. Don't think I've seen that before.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Thanks guys. Unsurprisingly, I have two different kits of this weirdo.

 

[GrauGeist]

Thanks guys. Unsurprisingly, I have two different kits of this weirdo.

Bet that cockpit was a pain in the neck to mask off!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Nothing is a pain if you don't do it!

Anyway, what plane WAS this:

 

[Wurger]

A modified Grumman Albatross HU-16 "pretinding" a WW2 bomber and used as the exibit gadget in a museum.

 

[Capt. Vick]

You are correct Sir! Honestly thought that would take longer. Well done. A "bomber" mockup for the kids (and adults) at the American Aviation Museum at Republic Airport, in Farmingdale, New York.

 

[Wurger]

But it was a very good puzzle. At glance it could be said that's a kind of the Blenheim.

 

[windhund116]

Heinkel He-100

I know. Way too easy.

 

[windhund116]

Okay... another approach. What mobile armored anti-aircraft vehicles?

 

[windhund116]

Hint: Despite German Balkenkreuz on turret side, this is not a German made tank.

 

[Wurger]

That's the Hungarian self-propelled 40M Nimród 40mm AA gun based on a license-built copy of the Swedish Landsverk L-62 Anti I SPAAG.

the source: File:Nimród Battery 02.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

 

[windhund116]

That's the Hungarian self-propelled 40M Nimród 40mm AA gun based on a license-built copy of the Swedish Landsverk L-62 Anti I SPAAG.

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the source: File:Nimród Battery 02.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Yes, sir! With licensed 40mm Swedish Bofors guns.