I think the ground attack variant of the H2 219, that never entered service, would also be a contender, the 8 cannon night fighter version had...
I'm less of an optimist than you here, the treaties are often more than a bit ridiculous (ex: the ban on certain types of small arm ammo when...
In war all citizens/subjects are "hostages" of the current rulers, that argument is a non starter in 99% of the instances (the exception being...
Galland's book has practically no political content, he paints himself as a "pure" aviator which he possibly was. Surprisingly a lot of the...
The US approach was very much towards standardisation, and the single fuel approach fit well into it, the diesel engine Sherman variants were...
The Bell 47G doesn't look anything like a German wartime helicopter but the presence of a helicopter was not totally wrong and fitted the script,...
The Shokaku and Zuikaku air wings were assigned to attaching the airfields at PH because "less well trained" and IMO their performance a Coral Sea...
IIRC there also was the sonderverband 288 that fought with Rommel in NA, originally raised to support the Iraq revolt in ended up in the AK as a...
If you look for ugly you should have a look at the swiss Stgw. 57 but it does have a straight stock. I remember my surprise when in Switzerland...
"Putting pressure" is not considered an act of war. Not sure about right of transit, the very detailed and specific clauses about transit in the...
This is what what the L6 motly good for. IIRC besides the Italian Army it also was used by the Waffen SS in anti partisan duty, if the enemy has...
IIRC a Soviet ace on a Yak shot down a couple of P51D in a blue on blue incident in1945.
The M551 is not WW2, and most AA MGs don't have a shield, the only ones I can remember that could be fired from under armour were on the early M60...
Haven't followed this closely, situation is confusing at best, that spokeperson about the downing of the plane was obviously unprepared or...
"Playing both sides of the fence" is a good definition of neutrality :confused:
Does anyone have a photo of the Type 5, the "possibly mislabelled" one I have is dark but the cupola looks to the left of the turret unlike the...
The German equivalent to the M7 was the wespe that was the 105mm LeFH 18 SP was on Pz II chassis, and the 150mm Hummel used a hybrid Pz II/IV...
That drawing looks like the 1944 Type 5 (CHI-RI ) prototype, but the only photo I've seen of it had 7 not 8 road wheels so it could be a later...
A 30 tonns class tank would have served the Japanese well in Manchuria against the Soviets, and in Burma, in the "island hopping" campaign having...
A better parallel to the "trail of tears" would be the mass forced relocations of the Stalin era where the "declared" objective was not...
