airborne forces

  1. K

    World's top jet ace dies

    https://theaviationgeekclub.com/giora-epstein-legendary-israeli-fighter-pilot-and-worlds-top-jet-era-ace-dies-at-87/
  2. boxkite

    The C-5 Galaxy History: Crushing Setbacks, Decisive Achievements (by Roger Launius & B. J. Dvorscak)

    Is anyone familiar with this book on the C-5 Galaxy (ISBN 1681624389) published a good quarter of a century ago? I would be interested in a table of contents. Unfortunately, I can't find the book in any German library.
  3. robinbird

    Pre Operation Varsity

    Dad spent 1943 at Sherburn-in-Elemet photographing top secret trials of gliders for major landings such as Operation Varsity on this day March 24 1945. The secret trials were not so much about the gliders but how they handled carrying troops, panniers , field guns and even tanks (in...
  4. Grey Havoc

    3/4-Ton 4x4 Cargo-Personnel Carrier, XM443E1 (U.S. Army)

    I don't think I have come across this one before: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ordnance-report-90589389
  5. Grey Havoc

    80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden (2024)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78d649vzlqo https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqlvd41pnk7o https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/21/parachute-drop-near-arnhem-marks-80-years-since-operation-market-garden...
  6. ArmchairSamurai

    Welbum

    Hello all, been a minute I am not sure where to post this, but has anyone heard of the Welbum? It's in the same league as the Welrod, Welwand, Welfreighter, and Welman when it comes to British convert R&D at Station IX in WW2. I saw the name pop up while reading about the Welwand and I...
  7. Grey Havoc

    Keeping history alive: Jumping from iconic wartime Dakotas for D-Day 80

    From a couple of days ago: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kuEujDjEM
  8. I

    Orbital Assault

    I was wondering about ground and air assault from an orbital position in interplanetary warfare. I'm not really interested in the if or why here and would like to focus on the how. We are seeing normal air assault being a lot harder in modern war, how could these be overcome in a sci-fi setting...
  9. Phantom Fanatic

    BMD-5 Models & Concepts

    Hello all. I've recently become very interested in the history and development of the BMD series of Soviet/Russian airborne vehicles. I was wondering if anyone has any pictures of models or design sketches of a BMD-5. I've been wondering about this because of an Army Recognition article I came...
  10. Grey Havoc

    Royal Enfield military projects

    To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
  11. A

    M10 Booker Combat Vehicle / Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHiVtwLHhg View: https://twitter.com/ronkainen7k15/status/1578314880330833920 View: https://twitter.com/ronkainen7k15/status/1579773394274635777 The model of LRIP configuration of GDLS MPF.#AUSA2022 The modifications on LRIP will include: ▪️using...
  12. klem

    Ruit-Böller : 9 cm anti-tank shoulder gun. 1943

    Decided by the Luftwaffe, Die Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Graf Zeppelin was commissioned to develop a shulder gun with a shaped charge effect for paratroopers, which could be carried by a single man to to fight armored cars, a powerful weapon with better performance and high penetrating power ...
  13. R

    Design challenge: next generation heavy-lift cargo plane?

    Given the recent destruction of the only Antonov 225 super heavy lift cargo plane ... what will the next generation of heavy lift planes look like? What is the biggest cargo they will carry? What is the widest cargo? Tallest cargo? Longest cargo? Heaviest cargo? How heavy? How fast? How long...
  14. haavarla

    Il-76(476) and VDV theater capabilities

    View: https://youtu.be/JkH8PxzPcVg Looks like the Russian Airforce has got their VDV concept up and Running. Bet they learned a lot from Syria theater. And its funny how JANES again got things wrong.. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russian-airborne-forces-retool-for-expanded-role
  15. T

    Post Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe/Axis options

    Similar to the post-BoB RAF: what might've Luftwafe/RLM do after Autumn of 1940 in order to improve their standing, both in short-term (next 12 months) and long-term (a few next years). I've also included 'Axis' term here - mostly European Axis countries' air forces/services - since they can be...
  16. M

    The German Wiesel AWC replacement project, the airborne weapon carrier (GSD LuWa)

    Translated form German. https://soldat-und-technik.de/2021/07/bewaffnung/27778/luftbeweglicher-waffentraeger-luwa-gesamtsystemdemonstrator-vorgestellt/ CGI of the demonstrator.
  17. helmutkohl

    KAI MC-X Future Transport

    https://defence-blog.com/news/south-korea-unveils-design-for-future-military-transport-aircraft.html View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3IZC2UY-kk
  18. shin_getter

    Contested air assault in the modern era?

    In this era of access denial and long range fires, it appears that air and amphib assault is harder than ever. Given sufficient resource advantages such attacks is still possible, but what is the best way to do it? Old Ways: Turboprop/Jet transport with parachutes Helicopters Near Future...
  19. Grey Havoc

    Waffenträger Wiesel 1 development

    One of Porsche KG's (from 1972 onwards Porsche AG) interesting Cold War military projects. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRb3o5OJsHo
  20. R

    Military training gliders

    Over on another thread (cargo gliders) we got distracted by discussing military training gliders. This new thread focuses on 2 or 3 seat gliders specifically built for training military glider pilots, especially those who flew assault gliders into WW2 battles. So far, we have only found two...
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