pre-world war ii

  1. Dilandu

    Soviet film "Moryaki" (1939)

    I honestly tried to put it into "Fictional warships in movies" thread, but it just refused to work with images at all. If moderators would be able to move this thread into proper place, I would be grateful. So the 1939 Soviet war movie "Moryaki" (rus. Sailors). The movie itself is rather...
  2. J

    Northrop Gamma 3 series (U.S. Navy XFT-1 and XFT-2, Gamma 3A)

    The biplane fighter reached its peak during the 1930s. Czechoslovakia built the Avia B-534, Belgium the Fairey Firefly, Italy the Fiat CR.32, The Netherlands the Fokker D. XVII, France the Spad 510, England the Hawker Fury Mk. I, United States the Grumman F2F, Germany the Heinkel He 51, Japan...
    • Justo Miranda
    • Thread
    • 1930s buaer experimental plane fighters interwar period naval aviation northrop pre-world war ii united states united states navy
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. N

    Weird and Interesting NY Times Article on the discovery of Willy Ley's Ashes

    This was unexpected. Probably also what the guy who found the can said. The article is not behind a paywall at the moment, but let me know if it becomes inaccessible. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/nyregion/willy-ley-rocket-ashes.html
    • NavarchNicias
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    • apollo program author cold war german empire nazi germany popular culture pre-world war ii rocket rocket engineer science writer space age space race space scientist united states weimar republic world war i
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Bar
  4. E

    B2, B3, BB and other secret French battle tank projects

    Hi everyone, As previous threads on French interwar-1940 vehicles, I am creating a new one centered on unbuilt Char B projects. This will deal with pretty obscure vehicles, which we presently have few or no illustrations of. B2, B3 and BB: It is possible to go all the way back to October 28...
    • Elan Vital
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    • 1930s afv armée de terre armoured fighting vehicles early 1940s french third republic heavy tank interwar period medium tank pre-world war ii tank tank design world war ii
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. P

    French high altitude projects of the 30s

    In the 30s, the French Air Ministry never launched official competition for High altitude planes. This is mainly due to the fact that the purpose of technical programs was to allocate funding for research, studies, prototypes in some cases, but above all to put manufacturers in competition to...
    • PhR
    • Thread
    • 1930s armeé de l'air french third republic interwar period ministère de l'air pre-world war ii vichy france
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  6. J

    New book - Sonderwaffen - Experimental guns, rockets and missiles used by the Luftwaffe during World War Two.

    CONTENTS GUNS Ikaria MG FF (20-mm) Mauser MG 151 Series (15/20-mm) Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 103 (30-mm) Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 108 (30-mm) Mauser MG 81 (7.92-mm) Rheinmetall-Borsig MG 131 (13-mm) Mauser MG/MK 213 C Rheinmetall-Borsig BK 3.7 (37-mm) Rheinmetall-Borsig BK 5 (50-mm) Mauser...
    • Justo Miranda
    • Thread
    • aa gun aerial torpedo air defence air-to-air missile air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile aircraft cannon/guns anti-tank axis powers bombs close air support ground attack interceptors luftwaffe nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium rockets third reich world war ii
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  7. E

    Unbuilt French cavalry vehicles of 1938-1942

    Hi everyone, This thread will be dedicated to the discussion of French cavalry vehicles in the intended 1940-1942 period, namely: - AM 39 Gendron-Somua - Laffly heavy/powerful armored car - Bucciali heavy/powerful armored car - AMX-40 heavy/powerful armored car - late Panhard AMD 178...
    • Elan Vital
    • Thread
    • afv armée de terre armoured car armoured fighting vehicles early 1940s french third republic interwar period late 1930s pre-world war ii world war ii
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. persil

    Seibel Helicopters

    Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are: - Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor) - Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter) - Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...
    • persil
    • Thread
    • bell aircraft corporation cessna aircraft company cg control cold war helicopter helicopter division (cessna aircraft company) pre-world war ii seibel seibel helicopter seibel helicopter company tiltrotor united states united states air force united states army world war ii
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. J

    Henschel GT 1200

    Henschel GT 1200 By the beginning of 1937, Dr Lorenz of Technisches Amt (Luftwaffe’s Technical Office) was sponsoring the Walter HWK RI-203 rocket engine that promised enormous power for its weight. This engine used compressed air to force a weak concentration of mono-propellant hydrogen...
  10. W

    Kampfflugzeuge See (See-Stuka) 1938 contest

    Everyone knows about the Dormier P.85 aircraft project, a Do17Z with, among other differences, floats and straight wings. It wasn`t included in the attached table, taken from a BA/MA file on the contest for a seaplane bomber, known as "Kampfflugzeug See" or as See-Stuka, as may see. There were...
    • Wurger
    • Thread
    • 1938 bomber kriegsmarine kriegsmarine luftstreitkräfte küstenfliegergruppen late 1930s luftwaffe nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium seaplane third reich
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  11. W

    Kriegsmarine Kleinluftschiffe (Airships)

    Those who tought, like me, that all the German engineering expertise on hardware airships ended with the Hindenburg, are wrong. The BA/MA in Freiburg has a file (included in RM 7/2382), dated 12.2.1938,and stemming from the Kriegsmarine, refering to a proposal, serious enough to the point of...
    • Wurger
    • Thread
    • airships anti-submarine warfare kriegsmarine late 1930s lighter than air lta maritime patrol nazi germany pre-world war ii third reich
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  12. blackkite

    Bf 110 Contenders

    Hi! Competitor Focke-Wulf FW.57. http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/fw57.html
    • blackkite
    • Thread
    • 1930s aerowerke gustav otto arado flugzeugwerke bayerische flugzeugwerke focke-wulf flugzeugbau ag heavy fighter henschel und sohn kampfzerstörer luftwaffe nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium third reich zerstörer
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  13. E

    French antitank weapon and tank destroyer projects before June 1940

    Hi everyone, Just like my previous threads in the same section, talking about French antitank weapon projects in development in the interwar period or up to 1940 that didn't get to enter service, based on my archive findings. I'm gonna start with the ones that caught me completetely off-guard...
    • Elan Vital
    • Thread
    • 1930s anti-tank armée de terre early 1940s french third republic interwar period pre-world war ii world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  14. M

    German and Italian planes in Japanese Service

    Hi Guys I came across information on the internet that the Japanese used: Messerschmitt Bf.109G Dornier Do. 215 Focke-Wulf Ta.154 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Reggiane Re.2000 Japanese homegrown Mistel project similar to the Germans (N1K fighter on a modified J5M bomb) Could this be a case of...
    • Mavrick5
    • Thread
    • axis powers empire of japan imperial japanese army air service imperial japanese navy air service kingdom of italy nazi germany pact of steel pre-world war ii world war ii
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
  15. YourChair

    Eendracht-class cruiser (as designed pre-war)

    Does anyone have: - general plans and armor scheme of the Eendrachts. For the armor, the correct figures seems to be 100mm belt of unknown height and length closed by 60mm traverses at the end barbettes, with 75mm armor extending beyond the citadel on the sides for an unknown distance, topped by...
    • YourChair
    • Thread
    • 1930s interwar period kingdom of the netherlands pre-world war ii royal netherlands navy
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  16. J

    Jachtmann Jacht 71 D-4-610 amphibious glider

    A one-off design by Ernst Jachtmann who had famously set endurance records in gliders including a 41 hour flight in 1937, he can be seen in the cockpit in the media below.
  17. 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...
    • Justo Miranda
    • Thread
    • 1940s 1950s 1960s cold war egyptian general aero organisation federal republic of germany hispano aviación late 1930s luftwaffe messerschmitt messerschmitt ag messerschmitt gmbh nazi germany pre-world war ii reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium spanish state united arab republic west germany world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  18. Grey Havoc

    Lullingstone Airport

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZgi1O1Vb4 Some background on decoy airfields: https://www.aviationmuseum.net/AirfieldDecoys.htm
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1935 1940s air ministry civil aviation great britain interwar period k site late 1930s london underground lullingstone airfield post-world war ii pre-world war ii q site royal air force the southern railway unbuilt buildings world war ii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. Dronescapes

    The Invention Of The Jet Engine: Hans Von Ohain. The lost interviews.

    The Invention Of The Jet Engine: Hans Von Ohain, One Of The Fathers Of the Turbojet
    • Dronescapes
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    • 1930s air force aeronautical research laboratory cold war futuristic engineering designs hans von ohain heinkel heinkel flugzeugwerke interwar period late 20th century nazi germany pre-world war ii turbojet turbojets united states usaf von ohain weimar republic world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Propulsion
  20. ptdockyard

    Question on Italian 135mm and 65mm naval weapons

    The Navweps site on these two guns has some passing mentions that lead me to other questions: -135 mm/45 (5.3") Models 1937 and 1938: There is this statement: "A twin AA version for the Etna class cruisers and for the rebuild of the damaged battleship Conte Di Cavour were only in the...
    • ptdockyard
    • Thread
    • early 1940s interwar period kingdom of italy late 1930s pre-world war ii regia marina world war ii
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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