There is another important difference between diesel engines and petrol engines - peak power. Typically, a petrol engine will produce more power...
Actually that's an interesting, though smelly, point. Consider the men who spent hours or even days buttoned down in tanks, or fighter pilots who...
Some great examples here! Thinking about it, a lot of German mobile guns consisted of any available artillery bolted to any available chassis, so...
Thank you, Von Poop. I'll put that one on my "to buy" list.
1. Number of AFV related volumes in your library About 20-30, counting Ospreys etc 2. Favorite book (no set criteria – just ‘cause) The...
One of my favourite websites for amusement is There I Fixed It, which has photos and discussion about ridiculous-looking solutions to mechanical...
Even if most of the cooling is done by the oil, you'd still need big inlets for the oil coolers.
That says a lot about the quality of the ammunition. No misfires in 20,000 rounds implies a failure rate of less than 0.005%. As an on-topic...
Thanks, T. A. That clears it all up.
A supercharger (or turbocharger) is basically an air compressor, that feeds higher pressure air into a piston engine - such as on a WWII fighter...
Interesting, lwd. I assume you are referring to the turbo-superchargers (which we now know as turbochargers) on the P-38. The British were quite...
Whoa. Very interesting stuff there, Takao. At least that's one thing WWII pilots didn't need to worry about! Back to the propeller spin topic,...
Oh well, I guess that F-15 story was just too funny to be true. :D
Oddly enough, I heard that when the P-38 was delivered to the RAF, it was modified so that the props would both rotate in the same direction. If...
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Good points about the Lee. On the other side of the equation, there is probably a "least survivable tank". My vote goes to the Hetzer, even though...
Going right back to the first post in the thread The question seems to be, which tank is the easiest for the crew to bale out quickly? I...
That's a brilliant analysis, Nigel. The interesting thing is that, in these days of ubiquitous computing power, such a calculation is actually...
I know that for submachine guns, I like my own nation's Owen gun. Though originally used as a stopgap when imported weapons were temporarily...
I still find the lack of detail frustrating. As in another similar thread, we are not told what it is that the falsificators are claiming, or who...
