1940s

  1. Grey Havoc

    80th anniversary of ENIAC

    https://spectrum.ieee.org/eniac-80-ieee-milestone https://spectrum.ieee.org/eniac-80th-anniversary-weaving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC
  2. Adler

    Saving the Bv 238?

    I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong category, if so, please move it to where it belongs. ---- I've been researching the fate of Germany's largest flying boat, yet there's very little clarity in regards to what happened to it. It is generally agreed upon that the Bv 238 was strafed by...
  3. M

    Panzerhetzer - 1943 - 1945 - German Anti-Tank Tricycle

    Self propelled Rocket Launcher developed by Ernst Neumann Neander 1943 - Panzerhetzer armed with Panzerschreck 1944 - Panzerhetzer III 1945 - Panzerhetzer IV armed with six Panzerfaust Source: https://smallarmsreview.com/a-tricycle-to-fight-tanks-the-german-panzerhetzer-project/
  4. hesham

    World's Fastest Four Engine Piston Powered Aircraft: Republic's XR-12 Rainbow

    Hi, has anyone this book ?,and does it contain a projects ...
  5. Grey Havoc

    Nuri Demirağ Tayyare Atölyesi

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1lzj5j2/nud_40m/
  6. N

    Xfd1 three-view blueprint

    Does anyone have a three-view blueprint of the xfd1 from McDonnell thanks
  7. Apophenia

    Bolkhovitinov Aircraft Designations

    hesham mentioned that he was considering creating a Bolkhovitinov designations list. So, I thought I'd make a start with my list. I'm sure there are plenty to add ... Aircraft Projects of Viktor Fyodorovich Bolkhovitinov Bolkhovitinov BDD - (Project) 1936 high-speed heavy bomber - BDD : More...
  8. N

    Japanese jet transports and bombers in 1940s?

    Was there ever a Japanese jet transport or bomber designs conceptually in world war II?
  9. hesham

    Italian Submarine of 1940s ?

    From, La Science et la vie 1946-05-01, what was this ?.
  10. DWG

    RN 20Kt Fast Oiler, 1945 Programme

    In reading "Diary of A Wartime Naval Constructor", DNC Sir Stanley Goodall's wartime diary, I can identify most of the ships referred to, but there are repeated references to a 20Kt Fast Oiler, probably for the 1945 Programme, where I'm coming up blank. 1942 P136. 11 November: … Bateson...
  11. N

    list of weird unbuilt aircraft of the 40s

    list of pics specs info and opinions HERE?
  12. K

    Centurion Mark IV with 95 mm QF howitzer

    Are there any images of the Centurion Mark IV with 95 mm QF howitzer?
  13. Avimimus

    Critique of 1945 German aircraft designs - where were the mistakes?

    I heard rumour that TsAGI analysis found that the Ta-183 Design II would have shed its tail (although the IAe 33 Pulqui II seems to have eventually managed to make a somewhat similar t-tail work). What other issues did late war WWII designs have? Ju EF 128 intakes might have had a lot of duct...
  14. axlzed3301

    American experimental tank

    T34 Heavy Tank Developed in 1945 as a modernization of the T30 heavy tank. The vehicle was equipped with the 120 mm T53 gun and the new Continental AV-1790 engine. Because of the decline in heavy tank development after the end of World War II, the T34 never entered service. The prototypes were...
  15. J

    Messerschmitt Jet Fighters

    CONTENTS Compressibility buffeting The research sites of the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me 262 Interzeptor Messerschmitt Me 262 Heimatschützer BMW 109-003 R (TLR) rocket/turbojet BMW 109-718 rocket Rocket propellants composition Messerschmitt Me 262 Hochgeschwindigkeits Rennkabine...
  16. Grey Havoc

    Lullingstone Airport

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZgi1O1Vb4 Some background on decoy airfields: https://www.aviationmuseum.net/AirfieldDecoys.htm
  17. axlzed3301

    Postwar Soviet Experimental Tanks

    On 20.5.1952, Ministry of Defense industry of USSR organized a meeting with tank constructors and with the marshal of tank forces, I.S.Bogdanov, to discuss the future of armored forces development. The result of this meeting was a set of tank requirements from 18.6.1952. The resulting tank was...
  18. U

    What if WW2 broke out in 1944? Alternative Royal Navy and some related considerations.

    When I was surfing the Internet, I saw a post on the World of Warship Forum(https://forum.worldofwarships.eu/topic/3095-what-if-the-war-began-in-1944-royal-navy-battleships/) that an article assuming World War II would have broken out in 1944. And after reading that, I wondered what would...
  19. J

    Edgar Brandt & Company 1940 80mm HEAT projector-grenade

    In 1939, France's Edgar Brandt & Company offered the French Army a series of three HEAT grenades...a 50mm-diameter design to be fired from standard infantry rifles, a 60mm design to be fired from the rifle-caliber medium machine gun in single shot mode, and an 80mm design to be fired from the...
  20. Grey Havoc

    Ardeer Recoilless Projector series (Great Britain, WWII)

    Aka, the Ardeer Aggie. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnmscxOQpg
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