Автор: Martin Pegg
Издательство: Classic Publications
Год издания: 1997
isbn: 0952686716
Количество страниц: 342
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Recognised as the scourge of the massed Soviet armoured divisions deployed on the eastern front between 1942-45, the Henschel Hs 129 was the only dedicated anti-tank aircraft to see operational service with the Luftwaffe. In this exhaustively detailed and fascinating study, Martin Pegg analyses the truths and myths associated with this aeroplane and draws on new firsthand accounts from the men who flew the Panzerjiiger in combat from the cold, muddy steppes of Southern Russia to the burning heat of Africa.
Автор: Gregory Alegi
Издательство: Albatros Productions Limited
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 1902207335
Количество страниц: 17
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Italian military aircraft which - during the 1911-12 Turkish-Italian war in Libya - marked the first operational use of heavier-than-air machines in war carried no national markings. In early 1913, possibly by a circular dated 29 April 1913, an heraldic device representing the reigning Savoia family's coat of arms - a black eagle, whose head always pointed to its left, with spread wings and Savoy's white-crossed red badge - was introduced for 'squadron' (ie, operational, as opposed to training) aircraft and was to be carried in colour on both sides of the rudder...
Автор: Robert F.Dorr, David Donald
Издательство: Temple Press/Aerospace
Год издания: 1990
isbn: 060055094X
Количество страниц: 224
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
From WW1 dogfighters to the stealty fighter. 224 Pages of text with over 500 illustrations including 250 in colour.
Автор: Mike Ashey
Издательство: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Год издания: 1998
isbn: 0890242666
Количество страниц: 113
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Model Aircraft Tips and Techniques: An Illustrated Guide Hundreds of photos illustrate easy-to-learn tips and techniques for scratchbuilding, detailing, and finishing model aircraft. Shows how to detail cockpits, guns, wheel wells, and much more. Includes important suggestions about purchasing modeling tools.
Автор: Ray Rimell
Издательство: Albatros Productions Limited
Год издания: 1995
isbn: 10948414731
Количество страниц: 12
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book describes the Petroczy-Karman-Zurovec PKZ-2 helicopter, an amazing WWI design which was so far ahead of its time but remained in comparative obscurity until recent years. Although never deployed operationally, the PKZ-2 made three dozen test flights before it was officially rejected following a disastrous crash on June 10 1918.
Автор: Przemyslaw Skulski, Roman Picheta
Издательство: AJAKS Military Books
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 8391452166
Количество страниц: 97
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
The appearance, in 1943, of the new German tanks, Pz.Kpfw.V Panther and Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger, created the need to increase the firepower of the Red Army's basic combat vehicle the T-34. It had become apparent that the shell of the 76.2mm cannon was not capable of penetrating the frontal armour of the enemy's tanks from long range. The idea of mounting a long barrel 76.2mm gun was deemed impractical, and the decision was made to design a new version of the tank armed with an 85mm canon. The new tank had a troublesome evolution, which was caused by various modernisation concepts for the 'thirty-four'.
The T-34-85 arrived at Soviet units in the spring of 1944, and took part in all operations on the Eastern Front, ending their journey in Manchuria and Korea. During the Second World War, Czechoslovak, Yugoslav and Polish armoured units were equipped with tanks of this type. At the end of the war, 'eighty-fives' were to be found in the armed forces of every Warsaw Pact state, and were also exported to many African, Asian and even American countries. T-34-85's took part in local conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Africa, in the Near East and Cuba.
Автор: Неизвестен
Издательство: Восточный фронт
Год издания: 1996
isbn: 5885730043
Количество страниц: 40
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
К началу Второй мировой войны Советский Союз распологал самым большим количеством танков в мире. Столь мощные бронетанковые войска были созданы за десять с небольшим лет межвоенного периода. Советские бронетанковые войска должны были стать основным орудием для осуществления разработанной в СССР теорий "глубокого боя" и "глубокой операции".
Автор: Peter London
Издательство: Putnam
Год издания: 1988
isbn: 0851778143
Количество страниц: 359
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Saunders/Saro designed and built mostly flying-boats and amphibious aircraft, a natural evolution from an earlier involvement with boatbuilding. The aircraft varied greatly in terms of success. A number have gone largely unrecorded, especially some of the early prototypes. A small number of landplane designs were also conceived. The term 'Saunders/Saro' is used to describe a Limited Company which existed between 1908 and 1959. For twenty years, S.E. Saunders Ltd was engaged in boat-building, sub-contracted aircraft construction, and the development of a few aircraft to the company's own designs. In late 1928 the firm was reorganised and a new name was adopted-Saunders-Roe Ltd, usually abbreviated to Saro. The latter concern laid greater emphasis on aircraft design, and other interests were over a period made virtually autonomous.
Despite fluctuations in the success of its aircraft, the company continued with its work and by the early 1950s was the last stronghold of flying-boat development in Great Britain. Saunders/Saro was always a small enterprise compared with the major aircraft manufacturers and so a frequently one-sided battle was waged in terms of obtaining orders and developing new types. It has been suggested that the company might have done well to concentrate solely on boat-building. Certainly a significant proportion of its aircraft remained unsold or were unpopular with those who flew them. Others, however, were more successful and a few were outstanding. This is the story of all these aircraft and the company which produced them.