German Reich (1943-1944) Armored Personnel/Supply Carrier – 1 Prototype Built (1,376 Ordered) During the Second World War, the German Army relied on armored half-tracks to transport the troops of the Panzer divisions. A fully-tracked chassis was seen as a somewhat better solution, and a ...
United Kingdom (1942-1943) Semi-Amphibious Cargo Vehicle – 3 Prototypes Built The Hexonaut’s story began between 1942 and 1943. Operating in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War, the British ‘Forgotten Army’ – the 14th Army – had as much of an enemy in the harsh ...
The Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick was an RAF flying boat designed for coastal operations in the English channel. Unfortunately, it was a flawed design. Out of the 21 built, 10 were destroyed in accidents. Ordered off the drawing board (meaning there were no proof of concept prototypes) the Ler...
Classic Florida hangar home Schweiss wall/porch door is drawing national attention Well, it's all of the above for 62-year-old Daniel Shaw, a plumbing contractor at Geneva, Fla. Who has given new meaning to the term "hangar home." The structure is 50' wide x 60' deep x 30' tall...
Vetchinkin’s Tracked Amphibious Boat – G.K.A. 1500 Soviet Union (1942) Amphibious Light Tank/Armored Personnel Carrier – None Built The idea of amphibious armored vehicles appeared concurrently with the creation of the first tanks. With the first prototypes appearing at the end of WWI (the...
German Reich (1941-1943) Taper-Bore Anti-Tank Gun – 150 Built During the Second World War, the Germans employed a range of conventional anti-tank guns in various calibers, from the small 3.7 cm to the massive 12.8 cm. In addition to these, they also developed more specialized anti-tank...