WWII Equipment - Vics, Aircraft and Kit

[TheReal_ND]

Why the fuck shouldn't he have? Look at Germany now. Wrong side of history.

Btw, do you think they will ever thank us or just keep ramming us in the ass?

[C-Mag]

Why the fuck shouldn't he have? Look at Germany now. Wrong side of history.

Btw, do you think they will ever thank us or just keep ramming us in the ass?

Well hell, if that's you attitude, go sell a bunch rifles to ISIS.

[TheReal_ND]

ISIS, Saudi Arabia, what is really the difference? I know you know there are many sects of Islam and half the reason we are supporting """moderate"""" rebels is because of the King of Saudi. Wrong timeline dude. But, if your opinion is that Hitler was just a terrorist, like you have no doubt heard all your life, then with that attitude, why don't you just keep on keeping on.

Peace in the Middle East fat fucking chance Assad

[de officiis]

Ground-up restoration of a King Tiger tank to running condition for the Swiss Army Museum. If you didn't believe German tanks were over-engineered, you will after watching this series of videos. These guys really have to be commended for tackling this job and struggling with massive and uncooperative components. It's hard to understand how repairs were made to the automotive parts of a vehicle like this in the field.

It's amazing to see how well many of the parts held up after after 70+ years. I was struck by how surprisingly modern much of parts are in their look and design.

[ssu]

Interesting.

The one thing missing being operational and in running order is the now very rare Ju-87 Stuka. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I guess there isn't any flyable JU-87 in the world. What would be interesting would be a flying Stuka with those Jericho-sirens doing a dive.

Of course the sirens weren't so great for the pilots, earlier ones made the sound all the time (nuisance to the pilots), made the Stuka's slower etc. One Stuka pilot explains:

[C-Mag]

Interesting.

The one thing missing being operational and in running order is the now very rare Ju-87 Stuka. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I guess there isn't any flyable JU-87 in the world. What would be interesting would be a flying Stuka with those Jericho-sirens doing a dive.

Of course the sirens weren't so great for the pilots, earlier ones made the sound all the time (nuisance to the pilots), made the Stuka's slower etc. One Stuka pilot explains:

The Stuka was Iconic, I had guessed that they were built in the tens of thousands, but after looking it up only 6,500 were built. Compared to
30,000 Me109
20,000 Fw 190
6,100 Me 110

Wiki says 2 intact models remain, sounds like the one in the Brit Museum could be returned to flight with enough investment.

Ever read Stuka Ace ? The story of Hans Rudel ?

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

[de officiis]

Good book, read it when I was a teenager. So is Samurai! by Saburo Sakai.

[ssu]

Ever read Stuka Ace ? The story of Hans Rudel ?

Oh yes, have the book in my bookshelf at my summerplace.

Now there's a model nationalsocialist serviceman, if ever was one. Drank milk, started his workday with a workout before flight operations. Actually Rudel's spectacular achievements tell also just how incompetent the Russian AIr Force was during the war as the JU-87 was quite slow and outdated.
But slow and outdated aircraft were a match against an enemy that didn't teach air combat to it's new pilots, but just gave Basic flight training before shipping out them to the combat squadrons at the front (with pilots even not having any flight time with their new aircraft). It's the man, not the machine. 2 530 combat missions with a Stuka is quite impressive.

Survived the war, died in 1982.

[ssu]

Good book, read it when I was a teenager. So is Samurai! by Saburo Sakai.

That is also a good book.

One good book where actually the fighter ace is a good writer too is the the Big Show by Pierre Clostermann, a French pilot that served in the RAF.

And of course, the the First and the Last by Adolf Galland is a must read.