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Hello for all. The is are picture of drawings in W. J. Spielberger book, showing Porsche proposals to install a gas turbine into a Kingtiger hull. Is this an different early proposal for AFV gas turbine use ? Different than GT 101- 103 series ? Tomi

I'm putting this here under the thin justification that some of the cars were to be defensively armed, there were plans to transport small warships with it, and it could fill a logistics role similar to the Reichsautobahnen. However, I really just wanted a thread somewhere to discuss this. Some...

I hope I am posting this thread in the correct location. I have a long term research project which deals with the development of tanks and other AFV from just before to just after WWII. I am looking in particular at the ethos of various national development directions engine, armour and...

Following the sad passing of the author Manfred Griehl last November, I doubt his pending volume on Fieseler (Fieseler: Flugzeuge seit 1933 - Typenkompass) will ever see publication. This is a great shame as Gerhard Fieseler was a World War I fighter ace who was also a stunt, aerobatic and test...

Hi, here is the original drawing to Flettner FL 282 helicopter or factory original drawing.

Not being much of a German aircraft specialist, I find myself stuck trying to identify this strange little pusher bird... It may well be a Focke-Wulf project, but that's my only clue. I'm sure someone will be able to identify it soon and put me to shame! Thanks in advance for your help.

I have seen a number of references to an engine referred to as the Sla 16 that was a product of Simmering- Graz-Pauker (Vienna), possibly with Porsche involvement (designation Type 212). Apparently it had a power output of 730-750 hp and was configured as an 37 litre, air cooled, supercharged...

http://gizmodo.com/5524604/real-goddamn-flying-nazi-soldiers-with-jet-packs ??? Hurm.

Dear forum members, does anyone have any decent fotos or drawings of the Rheinbote missile? It would be great if somebody of you could help me out. Thanks a lot! luedo34

"The Entwicklungsfahrzeug series program was conceived by Oberbaurat Kniepkamp in May 1942 and authorized as a project in April 1943..." I'm looking for more information on this series of experimental/developmental panzers. There was to have been the E-10, primarily a test-bed, but to be...

Operation Ikarus on wwii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ikarus Anyone know more about this ?

http://airlandseacraft.blogspot.com/2008/01/v-3-high-pressure-pump-gun.html

The Panzerkampfwagen IX and Panzerkampfwagen X were theoretical projects developed by the German military during World War II using the latest developments of Panzerkampfwagen armored vehicles, intended to enter in action in 1946-47. Such vehicles only existed as projects on drawing boards...

Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe ("Lion") was a design for a Super Heavy Tank created by Krupp for the Nazi German government during World War II. The project never left the drawing board, and was dropped in late 1942 in favor of the Panzer VIII Maus. Leichter ("Light") Löwe – crew of five, 1000-hp...

Did the XT-7 "Rotkappchen" and M42 see action in WW2? The XT-7 is mounted on a small trailer which doubles as the launch platform. The M42 (86mm rocket) is mounted on a stand and the base plate seems to be bolted to the ground. The M42 also has a launch tube and sighting mechanism similar to a...

Sorry for asking about another probably fake German late-war project. At http://henk.fox3000.com/panther.htm there are some pictures showing a model of the "Panther APC". Here is one of them: Do you have any idea if it is a fake (as I suspect) or indeed the Germans thought of such a vehicle...

Hi, you guys may want to throw eggs at me for this one!. I am aware of the many german helicopter projects that went on during the years of the third reich..but a friend of mine insists there was an "attack helicopter" designed near the closing stages of the war- not like a...

Germans fielded a number of airborne AT rockets in the winter of 1944/45. There were Panzerschreck 1 and 2 and Panzerblitz 1 and 2, while Panzerblitz 3 and 4 were in development. Sadly, there's an incredible mess in available books as far as details of these rockets are concerned - e.g. I...

1945 German Flamethrower Tank - Jagdtiger http://www.achtungpanzer.com/jagdpanzer-vi-jagdtiger-ausf-b-sd-kfz-186.htm