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The GB 3/L was a glide bomb project based on the aerodynamic solutions developed for the Lippisch P.12 by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug. Designed in July 1944 to compete against the antiship missile Henschel Hs 293D, it could transport a warhead of 250 kg at 800 km/h and reach...

Hi! Competitor Focke-Wulf FW.57. http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/fw57.html

This, the last Flakpanzer designed by Rheinmetall-Borsig from late 1944, was incited by the SS-Führungshauptamt and fathered by SS-Hauptsturmführer Wabnitz. It proceeded to the last days of WW2, and not just a wooden mockup was made since metal was cut. All the plans were destroyed in a air...

Hi all, The purpose of this thread is to collect and present source material for German bomb types, fuzes and tactics used over the Mediterranean (with particular reference to Malta). I am looking for both British and German sources, both primary and secondary, however, I would especially like...

Hello again everyone, I am not sure how rare this is, yet I stumbled across the following link while looking for inspiration: https://www.panzer-modell.de/berichte/brencarrier/bren.php At first, I thought it was a tongue-in-cheek story invented for a model, similar to the likes of Luft46...

Can anyone identify this type of gun emplacement...

My latest publication is almost ready to print and is available for pre-orders here: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/6042 SECRET PROJECTS OF THE LUFTWAFFE Dan Sharp 132 pages Softback £11.99 (p&p free in the UK, I believe) Two editions will be available - the regular...

While looking through a seemingly random search result, I found a particular drawing that stood out to me as it does not seem to be discussed much outside of this VK thread where I found it... Here are the details found in said article: There is also a blueprint and a recreation of said...

Messerschmitt Me 309 Development & Politics by Dan Sharp & Calum E. Douglas Chosen in 1941 to replace the Bf 109 as the Luftwaffe’s standard front-line fighter, Messerschmitt’s innovative Me 309 embodied a wealth of hard-won experience from the Battle of Britain. Its sturdy tricycle...

Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 (First configuration)

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...

This book is written by the german Winkler-Researcher Reinhard Sagner. He focuses on the technical asprects of Winkler´s work in and for the Junkers Company in Dessau in the time between 1929 and 1939, when Winkler left Junkers for the Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Braunschweig. The author has used...

Hello , do somebody have any more info about project of rebuilding ocean liner SS Europa into aircraft carrier. I found some info on german naval history and wows forum german almost carriers part 2 Europa , and there isn´t much about it.

Hi I found this picture on https://www.armedconflicts.com/Flakpanz ... itz-t19200 is this photo of real Flakpanzer? or just model / good drawing ?

STEALTH WARPLANES OF THE LUFTWAFFE Prototypes and projects 1936-1946 War Secrets-Volume Four Contents The race for invisibility Transparent wings Zebra effect Vorticist School Lozenge-Tarnung Akinetopsia Yehudi Infra-red Turbinlite Spanner Anlage I Spanner Anlage II Spanner...

Messerschmitt Me 262 Development & Politics by Dan Sharp There are many myths surrounding the development of the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Its unparalleled performance is beyond doubt; easily able to outpace its opponents and possessing the firepower to shred them in seconds. Yet...

Hello, just found this link; I thought I would share its contents with you all: https://alternathistory.com/yurij-pasholok-orudie-pobolshe-na-tom-zhe-shassi/ And these were hiding in the comments, one is defintely the Schmalturm, the others, not sure :

Hello all. I am not sure if this post really belongs here or not, but I just found the photo below and I find the theoretical implications fascinating. It sure looks like a Panzer II turret with a 37mm gun. Sure enough, it is. This turret was used on the Atlantik Wall as a static defensive...

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 ...

The 21cm Maikäfer Flakrakete 42 program stemmed from a Hitler directive in August 1943 to develop an anti-bomber Flak weapon based on the existing 21cm Nebelwerfer artillery rocket according to Gen.der Flak a.D. von Renz’s “Development of German Anti-aircraft Weapons and Equipment of All Types...