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world war ii

  1. Grey Havoc

    Tank AA, 20 mm Quad, Skink

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/lodlit/canadian_skink_quad_mount_20mm_anti_aircraft/
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    • 1943 1944 canada canadian sherman first canadian army grizzly tank spaag world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  2. blackkite

    Bartini T-117

    Hi! Bartini T-117. https://coollib.com/b/290265/read
  3. Grey Havoc

    RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore, 1920 - 2021

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/second-world-war-veteran-thanks-generous-public-raising-75million/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52303859
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    • 2020 army foundation college burma campaign captain tom covid-19 duke of wellington regiment great britain royal armoured corps world war ii wuhan coronavirus
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    • Forum: The Bar
  4. Grey Havoc

    IJN Type 93 Long Lance torpedo

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5F5s2F3mA
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    • 1933 drachinifel imperial japanese navy japan kantai kessen oxygen torpedo sanso gyorai wet-heater engine world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  5. Grey Havoc

    AFV Tracked, Close Support, Alecto I

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7NvIH9JwI
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    • 1942 a 25 harry hopkins british airborne forces british army of the rhine department of tank design fighting vehicles proving establishment spg tank board vickers-armstrongs world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. J

    Airspeed jet-propelled float seaplane.

    Fighter project, 1943 The Airspeed firm suggested to the Admiralty the transformation of the radio-controlled flying-boat target aircraft AS-37 into a scaled-up jet fighter, powered by one de Havilland Halford H.1 centrifugal-flow turbojet with 1,225 kgf static thrust in the forward area of the...
  7. Grey Havoc

    McKinley Climatic Laboratory

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eavbt2GLRLg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Climatic_Laboratory
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    • 20th century 21st century building 440 cold war eglin air force base us army air force usaf world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. T

    Boulton Paul P.101. Weapon options.

    How can 3 40-mm Type S guns be mounted on Boulton Paul P.101? P.S. I ask you about location of 3 guns on the plane.
  9. Grey Havoc

    Howie Belly-Flopper

    One of the ancestors of the Willys Jeep. Formally known as the Howie machine gun carrier, the belly flopper was also known as the Howie-Wiley. View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/hrc9vz/whats_this_thing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_machine_gun_carrier...
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    • allies fort benning reconnaissance car united states army infantry school world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    Project 1047 Battlecruiser (Royal Netherlands Navy)

    https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Special_battlecruiser.htm
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    • 1938 1939 1940 design 1047 dutch east indies koninklijke marine late 1930s project 323 rnln world war ii
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  11. Grey Havoc

    Dame Vera Lynn passes away

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/18/dame-vera-lynn-dead-aged-103/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53091856 Rest In Peace :(
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    • the forces' sweetheart world war ii
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    • Forum: The Bar
  12. Grey Havoc

    Dunkirk - 80th Anniversary

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/captain-sir-robin-knox-johnston-royal-naval-association-have/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation
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    • 1940 2020 allies british expeditionary force covid-19 fall of france operation dynamo royal navy the little ships world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  13. Grey Havoc

    Douglas Munro and the Battle of the Matanikau

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    • guadalcanal campaign medal of honor the history guy united states coastguard united states navy usmc world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  14. Grey Havoc

    Major General Percy Hobart

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    • british army croft pike great britain hobart's funnies home guard major-general hobart the tank museum world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  15. Grey Havoc

    Norwegian Campaign (naval element)

    Meant to add 'Operation Wilfred' as a tag as well but ran into the limit.
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    • 1940 drachinifel kriegsmarine marine nationale operation weserübung plan r 4 polish navy royal navy royal norwegian navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  16. Grey Havoc

    VE Day

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52577473 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52585652 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/08/ve-day-2020-75-anniversary-celebrations-live-latest-news/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/ve-day-2020-celebrations-pictures/...
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    • 1945 2020 allies great britain victory in europe day world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  17. Grzesio

    German experimental guided bomb ID

    Does anybody know such a German winged bomb - forward part of which is shown in the drawing? The bomb is built around a SC 250 body equipped with fairly complex wings (comprising of flat plate inner sections plus relatively thick airfoil profile outer sections, separated by arrow shaped plates)...
  18. Grey Havoc

    Owen Submachine Gun

    https://www.forgottenweapons.com/submachine-guns/owen-smg/ https://portal.engineersaustralia.org.au/heritage/owen-submachine-gun
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    • australian army evelyn owen freddie kunzler john lysaght (australia) pty ltd korean war owen gun owen machine carbine vietnam war vincent wardell world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  19. Grey Havoc

    Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath

    Thought we already had a thread on the Goliath robot demolition vehicle, aka tracked mine. Oh well. A reasonably good though short overview (though it overlooks the reusable version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
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    • beetle tanks borgward remote-controlled robot tank sd.kfz. 302 sd.kfz. 303a sd.kfz. 303b teleoperation wehrmacht world war ii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Military
  20. Grey Havoc

    WWII USN Torpedo Scandal

    https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/ww2-navy-torpedo-problems-mk14?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3 https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/torpedo-scandal-rear-adm-charles-lockwood-the-mark-14-and-the-bureau-of-ordnance/...
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    • anti-surface ship torpedo buord drachinifel mark 14 mark 6 magnetic influence exploder mark xiv torpedo naval torpedo station newport rear admiral charles a. lockwood united states navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
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