Yugoslav Partisans/Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1944-1952) Tank Destroyer – 20+ Captured During the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia (1941-1945) and the struggle for liberation, the resistance movements employed a collection of different armored vehicles from the USA, Germany, France, Great...
During WWII, German aircraft designers put forth many aircraft project ideas, which ranged from the practical to the bizarre. Some of these ideas were ahead of their time and reached a more advanced design stage, and even affect aircraft today. Within the pages of Luft '46 you will find des...
“In the cases of Germany and Japan, both countries can easily obtain nuclear weapons but have chosen not to because of their integration beneath a NATO (Germany) or an American (Japan) security umbrella. Today, all of these countries have the technical capacity to obtain nuclear weapons in a...
with slightly rounded edges. The rocket jets are located about one-third of the way up the projectile from the base, and encircle the casing. The jets are at an angle with the axis of the projectile so as to impart rotation in flight, in "turbine" fashion. ...
But he opposed the introduction of the supersonic interceptor, the American-built F-104 Starfighter, on the grounds that German pilots were not yet ready for it, that they hadn’t built up enough postwar experience flying jets. Hartmann was overruled by senior officers on the grounds that it...
These three corridors lasted until the downfall of the wall. The Corridor was 20 miles wide, and had a maximum height of 10,000 feet. The 10,000 feet was set, so unpressurised aircraft could fly the route. As jets, such as Pan Am's Boeing 727, and B.E.A.'s BAC S 1-11 ...
Jentz is considered one of the leading authors on German armor of WWII. Look at a little of what he says about the Panther. “The Panther appears to catch fire quickly…A solution to the final drive problem is urgently needed…British examination of 96 Panthers captured from 8 to 31 ...
4.5 Years of Struggle AgainstLies, Stupidity, and Cowardice — A settling of accounts [with my enemies] . I had A FASCINATION WITH ALL THINGS GERMAN even AS A SMALL BOY, one that baffled my PURELY ANGLO-AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD, headed by a WWII vet…. ...