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[zenrat]

Nice.  They've done a good job.

[Captain Canada]

Does look good. Certainly changes the look !

[Tophe]

Came across this Mitsubishi A6M conversion:

I made a Zwilling of her at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,20326.3345.html
Thanks Dizzyfugu!

[Dizzyfugu]

Then it should have a single, connecting stabilizer?

[Tophe]

Don't you know the He-111Z, Airtruk and so on?
For a connecting tailplane I have no source pixels, it is possible in drawing but not on a bitmap simple transformation.

[Tophe]

I Drew one (and two) a long time ago:

[Sport21ing]

An good ATL aircraft for Cuba



Quote:
"Yugoslav single-engine fighter aircraft. About 158 aircraft were built, including 113 Hispano-Suzia 12Z-powered aircraft (S-49C) and 45 Kilmov VK-105-powered ones (S-49A). From 1948 with the Tito-Stalin split, they were effectively cut off from any Soviet-made material.

In 1956, the Cuban Air Force purchased twenty S-49Cs for it's air fleet in conjunction with ex-FAA Hawker Sea Furies for combat against Cuban revolutionaries under Fidel Castro. With the change of government following the resignation of Batista on New Year's Day 1959, the S-49s received a change in it's roundel markings. Instead of a white star/red outlining and blue bars (old government,) they painted a red triangle with a white star in the middle and a white bar intersecting the blue ones (communist government). Seeing combat against the CIA-backed Brigade 2506 in April 1961, the S-49 was credited with three victories over Douglas B-26s marked in fake Cuban markings. After 1965, they were retired in favor of the jet-powered Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 "Fishbed."

This example is present in the form of a gate guardian at the San Antonio de los Banos Airfield, about 48km from Havana."

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice, exotic topic but a great idea for an operator! Weird coincidence that I have an S-49 on my kitbash agenda. Originally intended to build a Yugoslav machine, but Cuba is a cool idea, too. 

[Sport21ing]

thx, Diz, the artist (http://takeichi-nishi.deviantart.com/gallery/), actually wanted to make an Re.2007, but it couldn't find it on Shipbucket, so it was choosen that aircraft instead, and now I'm gonna post more of is work (some are repetable, but now with description):


"Yugoslav fighter, comparable with early Spitfires/Hurricanes, Bf-109E models, the Morane-Saulnier MS.406 and the Yak-1.

All aircraft destroyed when Yugoslavia fell in 1941
..but what if they didn't destroy it and instead found by Germans and issued as trainers and fighters to the Germans and allies?"


"Floatplane variant of the F4F-3. Comparable with the Mitsubishi A6M2-N Suisen floatplane fighter. 200 examples built, most sent to the Royal Australian Air Force as fighter-bombers. The rest in American service served as ship-based fighter defenses.

Armament: 4x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun in wings, 2x 50kg bombs in wings for bombing

Powerplant: 1x Pratt/Whitney R-1830-86 Twin Wasp radial engine, producing 1,200 hp"


"What if the United Kingdom sent lend-lease aircraft through the Suez Canal"


"Includes aircraft from both air services, real and non-built and hypothetical aircraft"


"The fastest inline seaplane ever built was mainly used as a racer, although the later models #4 and #5 would be used as short range reconnaissance aircraft with limited armament by the Regia Aeronautica.

#1 - crashed in testing October 1932
#2 - crashed in testing July 1933
#3 - on display in Rome
#4 - scrapped in 1951
#5 - on display in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, USA (with original R. Aeronautica markings)"


"Italian heavy bomber/anti-shipping aircraft, able to compete with most Allied heavy bombers such as the Avro Lancaster, the Boeing B-17C-G, and the Petlyakov Pe-8.

12 aircraft were imported into Japan from Italy in exchange for 1,500 Type 91 torpedoes intended for used by the SM.79 Sparviero, 50 Nakajima Sakae radial engines, and 750 20mm Type 99-1 cannons in early-mid 1942. Half of them were P.108B heavy bombers, and half of them were P.108A anti-shipping aircraft. The anti-shipping aircraft were handed down to the Army and they replaced the 102mm cannon in favor of their own Type 91 105mm cannon (although this is not pictured here.) They were used to good effect against American landing ships during Operation Downfall, crippling four landing ships for the loss of one aircraft to anti-air fire. After, they were sent to Tokyo to watch against Operation Olympic, the invasion of Honshu. The war ended before the invasion occurred, and they destroyed all but two gunships. One is preserved in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington D.C and one at the Chiran Peace Museum in Kagoshima.

The Navy bombers were used to bomb Chinese targets during Operation Ichi-Go, the invasion of Southern China in 1944. They were later used for bombing American aircraft on the ground during the battle of Okinawa, losing two to F6F Hellcats. Two of them were expended in Giretsu strikes on September 8, 1945 against Saipan. Loaded with eight naval paratroopers each, they destroyed six B-29s parked on the ground, killed eleven US servicemen, and destroyed 100,000 galleons of fuel before almost all of them were killed. One, having evaded the Americans, joined Captain Sakae Oba's holdout group at Mt. Tapochau. The planes and their crew bailed out over the island of Rota after dropping off the paratroopers. When the war ended, one was handed over to the British and now at RAF Museum Cosford, and the other one at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California. "


"This is a what-if the Vichy government, with the authorization of Nazi officials allowed them to send a aviation unit to fight alongside the Luftwaffe at the Ostfront."


"Although it lost the competition for a heavy fighter by the Messerschmitt Bf-110 in 1939, the RLM believed that it can have potential as a home-defense aircraft. Plans were developed in late 1942 for a new version able to cooperate with other night fighters. It had a redesigned nose, a new armament configuration of 1x 30mm cannon and 2x 20mm cannons and a option for oblique firing 20mm cannons, and it had it's Junkers Jumo 210G engine replaced with a pair of Daimler-Benz DB-605 ASB(M). The result was a speed increase from 529km/h to 662km/h maximum speed and a service ceiling of 12,000 meters.

Variants:
Fw 187 B-1 - introduced in November 1944, had 1x 30mm cannon and 2x 20mm cannons for head-on attacks against American and British bombers
Fw 187 B-1/R1 - introduced in February 1945, included an optional oblique firing 20mm cannon in rear cockpit.

It mainly served with night fighter units, mostly in ZG-26 alongside other heavy fighters like the Me-410, He-219, Ju-88G, and the Bf 110G until the surrender in May 1945."


"Boeing F8B-1: American "five in one" carrier based aircraft. Was accepted into service in 1950 and was mainly used in the ground-attack role as it's heavy armament of 6x 20mm cannons, with the assistance of bombs and rockets were enough to take out almost anything. In the fighter role, it can also take on even against the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter alongside the Fleet Air Arm operated Hawker Sea Fury FB 11. Retired in 1957. 73 produced.

Nakajima Ki-27-IIa: Japanese land-based fighter. The first variants were quickly obsolete by 1941 and Nakajima decided to replace it's Kotobuku (Ha-1) radial engine with their own Nakajima Ha-35 radial engine that powered the Ki-43-Is. The two-bladed propeller were replaced with a three-bladed propeller and the fixed landing gear replaced with a retractable gear and the telescopic sight replaced with the Type 1 reflector sight. Armament changed from 2x 7.7mm Type 89s in cowling to 2x 12.7mm Ho-103s in cowling and 2x 7.7mm Type 89s in the wings. Introduced to service in October 1941, supplemented by Ki-43-Is during the Singapore Campaign in 1942, fought over Guadalcanal, Kwajalein, the Marianas, Iwo and Leyte. Used in kamikaze strikes in 1945, with a single 250kg bomb under the fuselage. Retired in August 1945. 925 produced.

Heinkel He-112C-2: German fighter. In October 1943, the RLM decided that in the case of attack by Bomber Command (and later 8th Air Force) aircraft, the failed competitor against the Bf 109 was to be used as a interceptor. Heinkel replaced the Jumo 210G inline with a 213A, and armament upgraded from 2x 20mm cannons and 2x 7.92mm machine guns to 2x 30mm cannons and 2x 13.2mm machine guns. Introduced in January 1945, the C-2 was not produced enough to change the bombing campaign, as major production factories were bombed. Retired in May 1945. 38 produced.

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 23: Using the body of the Mk IX, the Mk XXIII used the Bristol Centaurus I radial engine, replacing the Rolls-Royce Merlin 60 inline engine. Intended for use in the Pacific Theater, it main objective was to target Japanese fighters and kamikaze aircraft. Armament was changed, the IX used a B type wing, and it was replaced by a E type wing. It can take on most Japanese propeller-type fighters, including the Mitsubishi A7M2, the Nakajima Ki-84-Ib/116 and 87, the Kawanishi N1K3-J, and the Kawasaki Ki-100-Ib but it was inferior to the Nakajima J9N1. Introduced in July 1945, was used in the Korean War against ground targets, and retired in 1954. 648 produced.

Savoia-Marchetti SM-79-IV serie 3: Medium and torpedo bomber variant of the export variant. With the Regia Aeronautica realizing that they need more torpedo bombers, the export variant was pressed into service as the SM.79-IV, supplementing it's older three-engine radial brother. Powered by a pair of Junkers Jumo 211Da inline engines. The nose 12.7mm machine gun was replaced by a 20mm cannon and it carry a pair of Motobomba FFF torpedoes but in sorties, a single FFF was more appropriate as a pair reduced speed. Some later had anti-shipping dimples added in their nose. Introduced December 1941, retired 1948. 263 produced

Sslyka-I: Russian flying bomb project, intended to use surplus Yermolayev Yer-2s as flying bombs and Lavochkin La-5s as the carrier. Was used against bridges and German airfields during the Battle of Stalingrad. Introduced in September 1942, retired July 1944. 13 surplus Yer-2s converted to Sslykas."


"Formerly floatplanes, the E13A was converted to a dive-bomber and the E16A to a new two-seat fighter, the J3A Akibara (Red Rose)

E13A1-J: new exhaust pipes and propellers, eliminated the floats, revised armament, and uprated to Mitsubishi MK8 Kinsei-62 radial engine

J3A2: imported Daimler-Benz DB-603A inline engine, revised rear armament, wing-root 20mms replaced with oblique-firing 20mms, and it can carry a single 300l droptank to extend range or to climb to a sufficient altitude to intercept B-29s "


"Dissatisfied by the almost-endless strings of defeats Italy had from 1941-1943, in July 1943, Marshal Italo Balbo (who was killed by friendly fire in 1940 in reality,) ordered the Regia Aeronautica to attack German soldiers, aircraft, ships, and vehicles operating in Italy. In the case that they were "attacked by friendlies," they were ordered to paint the tricolor they used prior to the war. Mussolini was arrested earlier in August, but he was rescued by German Waffen-SS commandos at Gran Sasso on 12 September.

Separating Badoglio's government from Mussolini's rump state was the contested regions of Emilia-Romagna and the southern part of Liguria. 

Initial aircraft were obsolete types against German aircraft, such as the radial-powered G.50s and C.200s. In early 1944, they restarted production of superior types of aircraft such as the C.202, G.55, Re.2005, and the SM.91. The single-engine fighters were effective against the Bf-109G and Fw-190As fielded by the Luftwaffe. The SM.91 "Orso" (bear) was effective against the heavier Bf-110G, Me-410A, and bombers such as the He-111H, the Ju-88A, and Do-217K/Ms.

In the war's last days, they captured examples of the C.205 and the Do-335 based in Verona at the war's end and tested by Italian, British, and American evaluators."


"(Alt History)

Six Ju-88A-1s were supplied to the Kondor Legion in late January 1938, marked 22-1 thru 22-6. All of them survived the conflict and was shipped back with the war's end and was assigned to KG-26 bomber unit.
Fates:
22-1: captured in Hamburg by the U.S Army in May 1945 and now a display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington D.C

22-2: shot down by female ace pilot Lydia Litvyak over Stalingrad, September 1942

22-3: used as a Mistel and hit the obsolete battleship Courbet, 8 June 1944

22-4: shot down over London by flak in November 1940

22-5: strafed and ignited by a D.520 in early June 1940

22-6: captured by the RAF in February 1941 and used by No. 1426 "Rafwaffe" Squadron. Cannibalized for spare parts November 1944"






"The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-5 was a twin-engine heavy fighter. Originally powered by a pair of supercharged AM-37 inline engines, the project in it's entirety was a failure as the AM-37 was horribly unreliable. Here, it is outfitted with a pair of the more reliable AM-38 inline engines. Entering service mid July 1942, pilots reported the aircraft as a ideal firing platform, fast, maneuverable, and a fast climber, especially against German medium/heavy bombers. The only cons was that it was overweight and the control struggled to respond.

Experiments were tried with 37mm NS-37 and 45mm NS-45 cannons in the gunpod, but it was not put into service because they were needed for the Il-2M-Type 3M ground attacker, the LaGG-3-IT, and the Yak-9K heavy fighter respectivly, but there were cases of ground crews field modifying them in the field at the request of their pilots.

Although it can hold itself against the early Bf-109Gs and the Fw-190A-4s, starting with the G-6 and the A-5, it was vulnerable to them. It was later pulled back to second-line duties such as recon, harassment bombing, and liaison at the end of the war."


"The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 (not jet) (project designation I-211) was a Soviet single-engine fighter-bomber. Powered by a Shvestov ASh-82 14-cylinder radial engine, it mitigated the many problems it's inline brother had. Introduced with a regular ASh-82 the same time as the MiG-5 in summer 1942, it proved to be a competitive fighter against the latest Luftwaffe, Romanian, and Italian aircraft, the Bf-109G-2, the IAR.81, and the C.202 respectively, with it's cannon-heavy armament of 2x 20mm ShVAK cannons; the same as its stablemate, the Lavochkin La-5. Pilots liked it for it's maneuverability, speed, rate of climb, and the little maintenace needed for the engine.
With the introduction of later G models in mid 1943, so was the ASh-82F variants and finally with the late 190 models (A-5 thru A-9), this time with the FN variant.

It became a advanced single-seat trainer for pilots in 1952, and retired in 1956.

(the original designation was reserved for this. after it was cancelled, it was reused, this time on the jet fighter)"


"The Junkers Ju 186 was a high-altitude development of the Ju 86. The only notable modifications were the inclusion of four Junkers Jumo 207 diesel engines and fixed landing gear. While the A-1 was exclusively a unarmed photo-reconnaissance aircraft, the A-2 was basically a A-1 except armed. Some A-2s, as seen here, has the rocket-powered Bachem Ba 349 slung under it's bomb bay, similar to the Japanese's Mitsubishi G4M2e/Yokosuka MXY7-11 combination.

At a altitude of 7500 meters and if a Allied heavy bomber, whenever alone or a entire group was spotted, it was to release the Ba 349 about 10,000 meters from the target and hit it's quartets of SG 34 rocket motors 7500 meters from the target. At 1250 meters, it would fire the 73mm rockets at the bombers. If it survived the run without any damage due of high speed, P-51s, or turrets from the bombers, the pilot, along with the motor would bail out and be reused by a another Ju 186, while the cockpit was to be disposed of.

This particular one, nicknamed "Schnee" by it's crew, released 8 Ba 349s to their targets by the end of March 1945."


"The Lerche was an early coleopter design. It would take off and land sitting on its tail, flying horizontally like a conventional aircraft. The pilot would lie prone in the nose. Most remarkably, it would be powered by two contra-rotating propellers which were contained in a donut-shaped, nine-sided annular wing.

The remarkably futuristic design was developed starting 1944 and concluding in March 1945. The aerodynamic principles of an annular wing were basically sound, but the proposal was faced with a whole host of unsolved manufacture and control problems which would have made the project highly impractical, even without the materials shortages of late-war Germany.

This is the mount of Maj. Ludwig Franzisket of III./JG-27, based in Wunstorf in Lower Saxony, July 1945."


"Polish made single-engine fighter powered by the British-made Bristol Mercury VIII nine-cylinder radial engine. How it got to Romania was by Germany sending them 29 captured aircraft, complete with their engines but without their armament in October 1940.
In place for the original quartet of PWU wz.36 machine guns used, they used their own FN machine guns, supplemented by 15mm MG-151/15 cannons, starting in mid April 1941."


"The final deviantion on "Downfall" are the Japanese bombers. Underneath their bomb bays are the payloads that they carry on average during their missions, before and during the invasion.
Although they were less numerous than the Allied bombers (4-1), they were put to good use, especially against Yontan and Kadena airfields on the island of Okinawa and against Allied transport/warships near the coast of Kyushu.

Also if you're wondering why the Cicogna is on the list, the Japanese Army brought 82 Cicognas in 1938 as the "I-Type". Pulled out when the Ki-21s were fully in service in 1939, they were mothballed. Now desperate for medium bombers, they pulled them out of reserve. Nakajima Ha-115 14-cylinder radial engines replaced the original Fiat A.80s, fuselage hinomarus and yellow identification stripes were painted, and the nose 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun phased out in favor of the 20mm Ho-3 cannon."


"The Ju 87D-7 was basically a D-1 standard, except they were fitted with the D-5's 20mm cannons, extended wings, and armor. Included in the variant were flame dampeners, which enabled them to conduct night operations against ground troops, especially partisans.

In mid 1944, the RSI, in exchange for eighteen Serie 5 aircraft (6x G.55, C.205, and Re.2005 each,) acquired nine D-7s from Germany. They were used primarily in the northeast of the rump state, especially around the Trieste region, where there were intense amounts of Italian and Yugoslav partisan activity. Pilots/ground crew nicknamed it the "torsionatore" (twister.)

In service, they achieved around 146 vehicles destroyed and 52 partisans strafed in exchange for eight of them torched on the ground by ground crew at the war's end. "


"Basically a G.55 with a Daimler-Benz DB-603A 12-cylinder inline engine, this variant was superior to both the G.55, the Bf 109G/K, and the Fw 190A during testing, and would have beat the P-51D/Spitfire Mk. IX in combat, had it yet for German authorities to authorize it's production, which they didn't. (they were jealous of it beating their own aircraft lol)

On the left is a G.56 operated by the 2 Squadriglia, II Gruppo Caccia of the ANR, while on the right is one operated by II./JG53 "Pik As" of the Luftwaffe.

About 119 G.56s were built, either from converting old G.55s to one or from the factories. The majority were scrapped after the war. "

Next post is "mine" devi

[Librarian]

Fantastic to see the Piaggio in Japanese service...I was thinking along those lines. Might start with Xuntong's IL-4 first

[Sport21ing]

From Luftwaffe 1946, from Ted Nomura












*PS: The OTL Bf-109X series in this comic enters service was Bf-109J

[Sport21ing]

Last for TinkerTank






"T-28(C)
"T-28 (C) was an upgraded variant of the Russian T-28 Medium Tank. The tank suffered against German tanks, and one reason was it had very poor armor. A new medium Tank called the T-34 was on it's way, but they needed a medium tank now. What they did was they removed the forward MG turrets, and this eased production, and allowed a bigger turret ring, which they just slightly enlarged the original T-28's turret, and mounted a larger 76 mm gun.

Also since the two MG turrets took up a lot of weight they were able to upgrade the armor to 60 mm all round the tank. About 2,590 were built before the T-34 came into action. Seeing the success of removing any addition turret they decided to look into past mulit turreted tank that they could upgrade which would allow them to get more tanks to the front line."


"E4A2 (85) Medium Tank
"The E4A2 was a very rare modification that was implemented in the Russian Army. After the T-34/85 Medium Tank was completed the turret ring was found to actually be smaller then the one found on the M4 Sherman, that the Russians were getting from the Americans. What the Russians did was remove the M4 Turret, modify the Turret Ring to be the right size, and placed the T-34/85 turret onto the tank. As you can imagine the Turret rotation was slow since the turret ring was made quickly and cheaply, and at some points the turret ring would jam up. When the tank actually worked it was able to deal with German tank fairly well since it now had the fearsome 85 mm gun, but only around 150 were ever converted.

Armament: 1 x 85 mm gun, 2 x 7.62 mm guns
Hull Armor: 63/38/38 mm
Turret Armor: 90/75/52 mm
Crew: 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, Driver, hull machine gunner/assistant driver)
Engine: 400 hp petrol
Speed:23 to 28 mph"


"PanzerKampfWagen Sherman Asuf A and Asuf B
The Pz. Sherman was the result of many Sherman being disabled, but not completely destroyed. In 1942 after heavy fighting Allied forces had to pull back to regroup, and this gave Germany time to grab disabled Tanks. At first they just fielded them the way they were, but after suffer losses to quickly it was deemed that the Sherman were not good fighting vehicles and only worked if used in large mass all at once (which the Germans did not have that). The surviving Captured Sherman Tanks (plus a few additional that were captured) were sent back to Germany, and were rebuilt with angled armor, and thicker armor, but mainly around the sides, and belly of the tank. To conserve on supplies many parts from the original sherman was reused, adn even the hull was made from the reformed hull of that Sherman tank. About 30 captured Sherman tanks were converted into what was being called the Pz. Sherman Medium Tanks, and testing began in mid 1943 with them being fielded later that year.

While the rest of the captured Sherman tanks were being converted it was deemed they needed better suspension, and a better gun since the Germans did not have enough spare parts to replace the original Sherman's buggies nor properly maintain the Sherman's M3 75 mm gun. The rest of the Pz. Sherman tanks were then equipped with overlapping road wheels much like the ones from the Tiger, and Panther tanks this earned them the nickname "Panther-Sherman" by Allied forces. The tank was also rearmed with the Kwk 40 75 mm gun same one found on the Panzer IV this model was called Asuf B. The tanks fared well in combat and any Sherman tanks that were captured were sent back to Germany to be rebuilt. By the end of the war Germany fielded roughly 230 Pz. Sherman Tanks.

Armament: 1 x 75 mm gun, 2 x 7.92 mm guns
Hull Armor: 75/70/65 mm
Turret Armor:76/50/50 mm
Crew: 5
Length: 18.7 feet
Hieght: 8.2 feet
Engine: 500 hp diesel engine
Speed: Around 25 to 32 mph"



"American M9 Heavy Tank
Armament: 1 x 75 mm gun, 4 x 37 mm guns
Hull Armor: 100/50/50 mm
Main Turret Armor: 101/101/101 mm
Secondary Turret Armor: 65/60/60 mm
Crew: 12
Engine: 1 x 850 hp petrol engine
Speed: (Aprox) 15 to 22 mph
Country of Origin: United States

Def: The M9 was an American tank developed and built during WWII. Development started in early 1942 and ended in 1944 with 40 prototypes built. By this time the Americans have adopted the M4 as it's main tank, and seemed to have no interest in a large multi turret tank, but never the less the tanks were deployed in Europe were they fared very badly. Their low mobility, and it's weak weapons caused high casualties which led to all surviving models being taken out of the European front and shipped back home."


"Soviet T-34/85 model 1978
Armament: 1 x 85 mm gun, 1 x 7.62 m gun, 1 x 12.7 mm gun
Hull Armor: 100/75/75 mm (Steal, and Composite)
Turret Armor: 150/100/100 mm (Steal, and Composite)
Crew: 4
Engine: 1 x 800 hp diesel
Speed: (Aprox) 35 to 45 mph

Def: In 1977 the Soviet Union modernized the T-34 medium tank giving it a new 85 mm gun just as good as the 90 mm gun used on the M48 Patton. The tank was mainly used as export, with around 12,000 being built by 1986.


-Right tank-
Armament: 1 x 120 mm gun. 1 x 7.62 mm gun, 1 x 20 mm gun
Armor:109/73/25 mm
Crew: 5
Engine: 750 Diesel engine
Speed: (Aprox) 25 to 35 Mph

Def: Designed and built in the early 2000's the M60TLCT or M6 Turret Less Combat Tank was developed by the United States as a cheap export tank based on the chassis of the M60A3. Since the tank did not have a turret the tank was lighter, easier/cheaper to produce/maintain, and had a lower profile, but could not use the gun 360 degree. By 2017 around 1,000 had been built for various countries who do not have the money to buy fully fledged MBT's.

-Left Tank-
Armament: 1 x 140 mm gun, 1 x 7.62 mm, plus others
Armor: ?
Crew: 4
Engine: 1500 multi fuel
Speed: (Aprox) 30 to 45 mph

Def: Designed and built in 2012 the M2 Galapagos is a turretless MBT based on the chassis of the M1A1 MBT currently fielded by the US army. The M2 is a way for smaller countries to get the firepower of tanks such as the Abrams, but for less money. This is thanks to the tank not having a turret which makes the tank easier/cheaper to produce, and maintain. By 2017 around 600 have been built or countries such as Iraq, and various others.



Armament: 1 x 17 pdr gun, 2 x 7.62 mm guns
Hull Armor: 63/38/38 mm
Turret Armor: 57/25/25 mm
Crew: 5
Engine: 500 hp engine
Speed: (Aprox) 25 mph to 29 mph

Def: Designed in 1943 a way to mount the 17 pdr on an M4 Sherman chassis was proposed. It suggested they mount the turret of the M10 Achilles onto the hull of an M4A3 Sherman. Later that year a prototype was built, and testing soon followed. The tank never passed prototype stage as the Sherman Firefly was soon pressed into British service, but since there was a high number of Prototypes built(120) they were shipped to British forces.


Armament: 1 x 90 mm gun, 2 x 7.62 mm guns
Hull Armor: 90/76/76 mm
Turret Armor: 101/76/76 mm
Crew: 5
Engine: 560 hp engine
Speed: (Aprox) 22 to 25 mph

Def: In late 1944 the T25/26 project ran into some set backs, and because of these setbacks only 10 prototype turrets were built, and after seeing the situation in Europe it was decided to mount the turrets on the T14 heavy tank. But because of the weight of the T14 the Army rejected the idea, though after a stronger, and lighter engine was developed, and mounted into the T14 the US Army placed a order of 1,000 of these tanks, and designated as "M14E1". Only 230 were built before the war ended.
By 1948 the M14E1's suspension was replaced by Torsion bar suspension since it provided a smoother ride, and better ground pressure. The M14E2 was replaced by the M46 in 1950, though a number of M14e2's were used in the Korean War.


Armament: 4 x 75 mm guns, 5 x 7.92 mm guns
Turret Armor: Same as Panzer IV
Hull Armor: 80/60/60 mm
Crew: 14
Engine: 1 x 1,250 hp
Speed: (Aprox) 6 to 13 mph

Def: Designed in late 1942 the Gepanzerter Befehlstank, or Gep tank was mean to be a large command tank/Land Dreadnought. The tank actually made it to prototype stage, but when shown to Hitler he said it was a waste of resources, and cancelled the project, and had the prototype scrapped.


the reason for this bucketload of images is to see a few atl vehicles your missing and to help in some ATL stuff

[Medjoe]

Hello, hello!
I have lurked in here for the better part of several months, incidentally this will also be my first post so I'm still trying to figure things out. Finally time to show stuff after my Aermacchi MB-342 was linked in here several pages back, and what prompted me to join this community, thanks folks
I hereby present the Breda Ba.202, the immediate successor to the failed Ba.201, and what could boil down to the "Italian Stuka":


The Breda Ba.202 was an Italian dive bomber designed to fulfill the Regia Aeronautica's request for an aircraft in this role. The initial model, the Ba.201, competed with the Junkers Ju-87 and its defensive performance was deemed inadequate when compared to its German adversary. As a solution, the Ba.202 incorporated a rear gunner equipped with a Breda-SAFAT machine gun. Powered by the popular DB601, this combination proved successful and orders were placed to put the aircraft into service. Incorporating a closed bomb bay, it proved aerodynamically superior to the Stuka, while being comparable in abilities and dimensions. It served throughout the Italian campaigns, slowly losing its effectiveness in dive bombing as more capable fighters were fielded by the Allies to counter. Despite this, it provided reliable service.

The "Astore" (goshawk) was further modified for the maritime war across the Mediterranean, some airframes adapted to carrying 450mm torpedoes. These aircraft were nimbler than the workhorses of the Regia Aeronautica, the SM.79, with greater speed and agility, as well as easier to construct due to a single engine. The shape, along with its service alongside the larger 3-engined bombers, earned its nickname "il piccolo gobbetto" (the little hunchback). The aircraft served until the end of the war, then was gradually phased out of service as dive and torpedo bombers became obsolete.

This particular aircraft is from 281a Squadriglia, 132o Gruppo, originally consisting of SM.79 torpedo bombers, with marine camouflage designed to minimize its detection while flying close to the water.
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I suppose the more keen observers could compare it to the historical usage of the IL-2, with regards to the rear gunner. Whether or not this airframe could have been adapted for anti-ship action, I supposed it would be more fun to have it parallel some of the Stuka development.

[NARSES2]

Wellcome aboard and I do like that 

[Dizzyfugu]

Welcome aborad, too. Pretty design - looks like a Ju 87/Il-2 bashing with a Daimler engine? I'd assume that radiators would be carried under the wings, out of sight? I like the idea/concept, and also the livery.