This small unmanned aircraft was designed for the American armed forces & is used for surveillance of the battle field & identifying possible targets to call up artillery fire & attack aircraft The Predator is equipped with extended endurance allowing it to remain in flight over the zone to be monitored for many hours Its reduced size & particularly silent engine makes it difficult to identify Fitted with a television system it transmits images in real time to the operator who controls it from the ground station which may be located hundreds of kilometres away The Predator vision system is also used for aiming & directing weapons released by fighter bombers at the target without the need to fly the aircraft directly over the target zone reducing enormously the risk to pilots The RQ-1 is also used in an armed version for direct attacks on targets that require precision attacks using laser or television guided missiles ...

The Jagdpanther is the tank destroyer version with a fixed gun based on the Panther G variant No 270 which has been known as one of the best tanks of World War II This version with its characteristics of a compact & ballistically advantageous shape was equipped with a remarkable 88mm gun which was able to penetrate all allied tanks included the well-protected Soviet Stalin Is & IIs This vehicle went into production in 1944 & because of intensive allied bombing raids against Germany industry only reached the frontlines in limited numbers & thus had no impact on the war efforts ...

This vehicle was one of the most powerful battle tanks in service during World War II The King Tiger was armed with a formidable 88mm cannon which enabled the tank to engage any allied tank even at long range Because of its heavy armour complex suspension systems & a complicated maintenance-prone engine the tank was not very reliable Size 11 2cm Scale 1 72 scale ...

This version of Armoured car Sd Kfz 234 was produced in 1944 to provide a standard reconnaissance vehicle for the German army as an anti tank weapon A potent 7 5cm type PAK 40 cannon was mounted on a modified chassis which was able to neutralise almost every enemy tank of that time Although built in limited numbers this armoured car was deployed on the western front as well as against eastern European Soviet forces ...

The S 82 Marsupiale was developed from its predecessor the S 75 maintaining the configuration & wing structure of the latter Its use as a bomber was extremely limited although it is worth remembering its raids on Gibraltar Alexandria & Manama in the Persian Gulf The new particularly voluminous fuselage however allowed this aircraft to be appreciated for its role in transportation It was used by the Regia Aeronautica Italian Royal Air Force by the Luftwaffe & in the period of the Italian Civil war by both sides Other models served with the LATI Transcontinental Italian Airlines in the pre- Second World War period & with the newly established Italian Military Air Force in the period after the war The last examples were withdrawn at the beginning of the 1960s ...

The SR-71 with its impressive & unorthodox appearance is the younger sister of the U-2 No 808 with the important difference that it is built to perform its duties at MACH 3 5 U S STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND has stated that the BLACKBIRD is still holding the world s speed record It can cross the United States in less than an hour The SR-71 s have been used in all the hot spots of the world flying over Cuba China Vietnam Middle East etc in times of international tension or of local conflicts even operating in Okinawa Thailand & the Philippines It is today s most sophisticated spy aircraft Size 45 1cm Scale 1 72 ...

British armoured divisions on all fronts up used various versions of the Valentine tank up until about half way through the Second World War Its thin armour made it vulnerable to mines & enemy anti-tank fire & its firepower was often inferior to that of its German counterparts Nevertheless when fleets of Valentines were coordinated properly they managed to obtain good results especially on the African front Length 7 9cm ...

The VW Typ 82 Knbelwagen won instant acclaim on account of its excellent all-terrain performance despite its lack of raw power & rear-wheel drive The original design dates back to December 1939 it was initially given a lukewarm reception being criticised on account of its rear-mounted air-cooled engine & lack of four-wheel drive However following successful trials in Poland the doubts were soon dispelled & its performance was deemed equal to that of any 4-wheel drive off-road vehicle ...

The Wellington was the most important British bomber of the initial war period Designed to meet the requirements of Air Ministry



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The idea of a flying wing was designed by John Northrop in the 1930 s with a series of flying models The project which would result in the XB-35 was confirmed thanks to a request for a very long range bomber by the USAAF It was a very complex project & the first prototype took flight only after the war was over on June 25 1946 By this time the number of orders had already been reduced & only two XB-35s & one YB-35 were constructed while others were converted to reaction motors Not withstanding several promising characteristics the formula unfortunately had several serious limitations & it was decided to concentrate with the construction of the more conventional B-36s Years later thanks to advances in the field of computer technology the flying wings would become successful with the Northrop B-2 whose wing span is practically identical to that of the XB-35 ...