I'll take a really wild guess at this and say Smith & Wesson 38/200 'Victory' model to the British Empire. ( I'm only saying that 'cos I've got one... ) I'll be interested to know what what the right answer is - I've searched the 'net for it without success
Steve, My guess is the US Cal..303, Lee-Enfield. 1196706 rifles to British Empire. http://airforce.users.ru/lend-lease/english/index.htm (documents!) Regards, Juha
Thanks Steve How much did the (camo)paint of Me109(mod G, I think) weight? In other words, how much less would the plane have weighted, without the paint? Regards, Juha
Well, this certainly is open to some interpetation. But, as aircraft paint weighs about 4 - 5 lbs a gallon (depending on solids content and VOCs) and it takes about 10 gallons to paint a plane the size of a 109 (including primer) the answer is 40 to 50 pounds. Now, this is rough. It includes only one primer and finish coat. If the aircraft had extensive camoflauge in various colors it could end up weighing more. By the by, a flat finish cost about 5 mph on top speed and many pilots prefered to wax and polish their aircraft to gain back that performance.
Further to what T.A.G. has said, nothing to do with the questin, but in Korea the North Korean and Chinese pilots filed down the rivits on their aircraft so that they became considerably faster than their russian counterparts.
T.A. Gardner, Well concluded. You got it correct. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2072/breed.html (at the end of Me 109 section) Your turn Regards, Juha
On many WW II C-47 transports there are two small antennas, one on each side slightly below the cockpit side windows. They look a bit like German nightfighter radar antennas. What is their purpose, what is the name of the system and, what was its original purpose to be?
Are they peto tubes, they are used to work out the air speed and altitude of the aircraft, or am I miles of?
No, you are thinking of the two 'L' shaped tubes on the bottom of the fuselage. The two antennas I am refering to are on the side of the aircraft just below the side cockpit windows. They look a small version of a German Nightfighter radar antenna (an H shaped yagi array). I'm going to have to get my scanner hooked up....I'll see if I can post a picture of what I am talking about later today.
I know exactly what you mean, T A and I really ought to know the answer... Was it something like H2X...?
Although I don't know what the grace period for answering is here is the answer and a new question on a different tact: The antennas in question are for the Rebecca homing system. This was used in conjunction with the Eureka series portable beacon transmitters. Originally this system was designed to allow transport planes to make accurate drops to partisan units in Europe. But, it was soon turned to uses such as marking drop zones for paratroops and resupply drops (this is why the troops in Bastogne didn't starve or run out of ammo...the drops were made on Eureka transmitters that had + / - 114 meter CEP for a drop). One model was air droppable as a marker beacon for bombing another was made for use in blind landing approaches for night landing aircraft. Most of the Eureka transmitters were designed to be buried as well. This allowed partisans and paratroops to plant the transmitter and leave it concealed without supervision. Rebecca was used starting in the US invasion of North Africa as a marker. It was in service in Sicily and Italy with parachute drops there. Where the marker beacons were in operation (not damaged in landing or run out of power) results on drops were usually good. In Normandy many were masked by the hedgerows making reception difficult. At Arnheim they worked well. Unfortunately, over half the drop zones were either captured or the Eureka beacon was damaged for various reasons leaving only a couple of zones functional. While the beacons were working aircraft using Rebecca had very good success delivering air drops. Anyway, enough on that. How 'bout in late 1944 the Kriegsmarine developed a new prototype midget amphibious submarine. What was it called?
