world war ii

Yes, that Norman Bel Geddes. The yacht mentioned in the reddit post is the Wenner-Gren Yacht design of 1934, with a both a naval yacht and a naval patrol vessel derived from it proposed for the United States Navy in 1939 at the outset of WWII (see JaySea article). View...

Sometimes referred to as T.O.G. View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/ms6r7w/a_possible_armament_layout_for_the_british_tog_2/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies

Saw this article earlier. The USS Johnston DD-557, has been discovered at a depth of over 21,000 feet. As many know, she was part of Taffy 3 during the Battle of Samar. Her officers and crew showed insane amounts of courage in fighting off Kurita's much larger force before being sunk.

For these cruisers I got most of my data from Norman Friedman's British Cruisers Two World War and After as well as from the forum member Smurf and parts from his book: A Directory of British Cruiser Designs. In case of Friedman's book it wasn't always clear what data was connected to what...

View: https://twitter.com/naval_service/status/1376069579957530624?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-baptism-of-fire-for-father-of-irish-navy-40246919.html

This concept is from my AH project "Savioe Cross". In short - in 1943, Mussolini was a bit quicker, and managed to broker peace with Allies before the Victor Emmanuel III. Italy managed to came out of Axis more orderly, and successfully repel (with Allied help, of course), German invasion. But...

So it has come to my attention that the Swiss developed some type of airborne attack rocket during WWII, however finding information, let alone pictures of it has proven impossible for me. Does anyone here happen to have more information on the subject? I do know that the Swiss had some type of...

Hello all. This first came to my attention via an April Fools article: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/04/01/secret-german-tank-project/ The photo that was provided though seemed too good to be a photoshop, so I did a little digging and found myself on a Russian forum page...

In a topic in the "early projects" section, I've seen a reference to a R-2000 Italian turboprop of WW2 vintage. That mention arouse in me a question: why Italy was the first to actively research some kind of jet engine but at the same time the only great power apparently not having some research...

Here a report at the National Archives of Australia on Armament Research & Development Rocket Projectiles. German Development Some images taken from the doc:

Hi, I found a big document (297 pages, 72 MBytes) about the Jeffery Land Torpedo, developed in 1941-1943 (i did not read every page...). Copy-pasteing the link from National Archives of Australia does not work (i.e. the pasted link points to a "session expired" page), so below there is the link...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvhMJ-LDZU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mutsu

The planned US version of the Highball bomb. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEgbi6n1C0E

Hawker tempest prototypes

Im unsure of number designation on this design proposal from Supermarine 1942 with the Sabre engine. Spitfire No 2? . Lovely lines on the plane, and couldnt keep fingers away to build another RC model. Some changes in insignia/markings, to easier see in air though, and still awaiting for the...

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/lodlit/canadian_skink_quad_mount_20mm_anti_aircraft/

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

Hello, I'm looking for warships designed by Nevesbu (B.V. Nederlandse Verenigde Scheepsbouw Bureaus). Specifically for surface vessels, though I don't want to discourage discussion around their submersibles. So far I'm aware of a couple of designs: Project 1047 (files attached, source: Klaas...

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