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[Medjoe]

Wellcome aboard and I do like that 

Thank you very much!

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.

That is correct, from what I was able to dig on the Ba.201 prototypes, Breda engineers gave the Stuka a good look before coming up with their own version. The dimensions are nearly identical, but the main differences are the cockpit placement and the wings. The use of the DB601 feels like a radical departure from the other Breda aircraft, which mostly used radials, such as the Ba.88 Lince. Of course, this begs the question if the Ba.201 had the auto pull-up. In a sense, it's rather perplexing to understand why the project was deemed a failure while the Ju 87 had great success, most likely differing philosophies. Really, the big what-if is the rear gunner, which corrected the main complaint about the aircraft being defenseless against air units.

Regia Aeronautica schemes are really pretty, but some are an utter pain to get right, far more than Luftwaffe mottling!

[AXU]

Salut Madjoe you have skills,nice job all around.
I really like your IAR-80 Morcov 

[scooter]

Appropriate for the GB- A steampunk'd X-wing

[Sport21ing]

+ Takeichi-Nishi stuff


Turkish single-engine fighter aircraft

Essentially a Messerschmitt Bf 109X-1 brought by the Turkish Government in early 1939, the Alaca (peregrine falcon) was powered by a licensed-built Bristol Hercules I 14-row radial engine. Armament was a pair of 20mm HS.404 cannons mounted in the wings with 150 rounds per cannon and a pair of 7.7mm Browning machine guns with 1250 rounds per gun. First flight (unarmed) was on 13 June 1940.

Introduced into service shortly before the invasion of Yugoslavia by Germany/allies in April 1941, the Alaca replaced the obsolete, gull-wing PZL P.24c, providing the Turkish Air Force with a basic, low-wing monoplane fighter, ideal for patrols over the Turkish-Bulgarian border. In interceptions over Turkish airspace, it proved to be superior to the French-made D.520s and early-numbered Bf 109Gs operated by the Bulgarian Air Force. Later in the war, they were compensated by British-made Spitfire Mk. IXs and placed on trainer duties. It was then fully replaced in 1949 by the Gloster Meteor F.4s.
137 SAVAs were built, this example located in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington D.C. as of 2016.


Based off the experimental pre-war fighter, the He 100, the P.1076 was a request by the RLM in mid-1944 for a hohenjager, or high-altitude fighter. Heinkel responded with the P.1076, similar in appearance to the 100 yet  modern-looking. The wings were swept at a 8 degree angle, the bubble cockpit was pressurized, the landing gear retracted outward like the Bf 109G, and the surface cooling system made a comeback. It was powered by a single Daimler-Benz DB 603M driving a two-bladed, contra-rotating propeller. Maximum speed was to be at least 850km/h, about the same level as the Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a jet fighter.

Awing to the chaotic late-war situation in which production was rather handicapped, about 59 aircraft, all of them serving with the JG 300 bomber-interceptor unit, were completed before production was halted by the end of the war.


American single-engine pusher-pull aircraft. Only three were built. Two of them crashed while testing, and one is on long-term display at the Air Zoo in Michigan.

With a need for dedicated aircraft against Giretsu and bomber attacks conducted by the Imperial Japanese Army/Navy Air Force, the USAAF turned to Curtiss for aircraft. Entering service in late 1944, the P-55 operated over the Mariana Islands and Okinawa, and was credited with fifteen victories overall (eight in Okinawa and seven in the Marianas) against Operations Gi-gou and Ken-gou.) The kills included one P.108 bomber, five Ki-21-IIbs, two Ki-49s, one Ki-167, four G4M3s, and two P1Y1s.

With the end of the war, the P-55, now designated the F-55 with the new designation system for the newly made Air Force in 1947, became a advanced single-seat trainer aircraft. It retired shortly after the Korean War in 1953, with 125 aircraft produced by Curtiss-Wright.


Simply a G.55/1 with the inclusion of a bubble canopy, a pair of 20mm Hispano Mk. V cannons replacing the MG-151/20s, and a Bristol Centaurus V 18-cylinder radial engine, the Calabrone (hornet) first flew on 19 January 1948 and was operated by the Aeronautica Militare in both aerial superiority and ground-attack sorties over Korean territory on the side of the UN Coalition during the Korean War, comparable and slightly superior with the FAA's Sea Fury, the RAF's Spitfire Mk. 24, and the USAF's F-51D fighters against the KPAAF's Yak-3/9s, La-9/11s, and I-187 fighter aircrafts, but proving inferior to the jet-powered Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15/17s fielded by the PLAAF.

Retired from first-line service after the conflict in 1953, the G.58 was put to use as a advanced single-seat trainer until 1958, when the Fiat G.91 jet fighter fully replaced both the G.58 and surplus, ex-USAF F-86s in trainer and active duty respectively. 238 aircraft were made, all of them serving in the Aeronautica Militare.


Japanese two-seat attack seaplane. To be launched from a I-400 class submarine carrier.

Painted with navy blue colors and the US's star and bars over the hinomarus (a direct violation of the laws of war,) the six Seirans conducted a one-way kamikaze attack against the US Navy fleet based in Ulithi Atoll. Launching on 17 August, the Seirans, with a 850kg Type 2 No. 80 AP bomb (or in this case a 850kg Type 91 torpedo) was welded in into the fuselage and took off for the strike against the carriers. Flying only thirty meters above the sea, the Seirans were not spotted, and mistaking the Seirans for SC Seahawks (even though it didn't have a radial engine), the Seirans surprised the Americans by crashing two of the Seirans each into three fleet carriers, inflicting heavy damage on the carriers to the point where they had to be towed to Puget Sound Naval Yard in the state of Washington to be repaired, and then at Pearl Harbor for new aircraft. 29 aircraft were produced.


German twin-engine heavy fighter / jagdbomber, the less numerous successor to the Bf 110.

362nd Squadriglia, originally a fighter unit operating C.200s and G.50s over the Eastern Front, was called off to Italy in late 1942 for retraining as a night fighter unit. For familiarization with heavy fighters, the unit used surplus Bf 110Ds acquired from the Luftwaffe for training. At the time of Operation Husky (10 July), the unit received six Me 410Bs, eight Bf 110Fs, three SM.91s, seven Bf 110Es, and two Fi 156Cs (liaison duties.)

This aircraft, 362-18 and named Boop, complete with artwork of a hyperactive, hammer-swinging Norse girl drawn by it's crew, was credited with three victories (two Wellingtons and one B-17F) over L'Aquilia. 362-18 would later fly to Salo in 2 September to be operated by the ANR, with the same crew using it until the end of the war, by this time with nine victories. It flew to British lines and would be evaluated by No. 1426 Squadron at RAF Collyweston and would be placed at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford at it's opening in 1978.


Italian single-engine dive bomber.

One of the thirteen Ba.201s produced by the RSI, this aircraft, nicknamed "Solano" (nightshade) by it's pilot, conducted ground-attack missions with it's pair of non-standard issue 30mm MK 108 cannons mounted in the wings recovered from a wrecked Bf 109G-14/R4. This example was torched by ground crew at the end of the war, but only after taking a color picture of the plane, which logged about twenty-seven misc. vehicles and one medium tank destroyed with both conventional bombs and MK 108 cannons.

[NARSES2]

Particularly like the Fiat G58/1 and Breda Ba 201/1 

[Sport21ing]

Last found for this week - from others devis!!



By tarcn1

Cruiser Submarines for the battle fleet were large, long range boats with a heavy surface battery and a heavy torpedo battery. Some designs featured the ability to launch.

Cruiser Submarines for the battle fleet were envisioned as spreading out ahead of the battle fleet as distant scouts. Once contact with the enemy fleet was made the subs would report and then shadow the enemy attacking targets of opportunity as they arose.

After the anticipated fleet engagement, they would pick off wounded stragglers as the enemy retreated (or guard the fleets retreat).

Narwhal type Cruiser Submarine


    Displacement: 2730 tons surfaced, 3960 tons submerged
    Length: 371'
    Beam: 33'3"
    Draft: 15'9"
    Speed: 17 knots surfaced, 8.5 knots submerged
    Armament: 2 6"/53, 4 bow and 2 stern torpedo tubes, 24 21" torpedoes
    Complement: 100
    Diesel engines, 5450 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 2540 h.p. submerged
    Range: 18,000 miles surfaced


Clear Wing type Scouting Submarine


    Displacement: 4750 tons surfaced, 5940 tons submerged
    Length: 375'
    Beam: 38'
    Draft: 18'
    Speed: 17 knots surfaced, 8.5 knots submerged
    Armament: 1 8"/55 twin turret, 4 bow and 2 stern torpedo tubes, 24 21" torpedoes
    Aircraft Arrangements: x2 small float planes in hanger, turntable catapult.
    Complement: 110
    Diesel engines, 6800 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 3750 h.p. submerged
    Range: 18,000 miles surfaced


Tringa type Scouting Submarine


    Displacement: 10280 tons surfaced, 11640 tons submerged
    Length: 402'
    Beam: 44'
    Draft: 20'
    Speed: 15 knots surfaced, 8 knots submerged
    Armament: 3 8"/55 turrets, two twin and one triple, 8 bow and 4 stern torpedo tubes, 36 21" torpedoes
    Aircraft Arrangements: x2 small float planes in hanger, turntable catapult.
    Complement: 132
    Diesel engines, 7500 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 3950 h.p. submerged
    Range: 16,000 miles surfaced


Squid type Cruiser Submarine


    Displacement: 13340 tons surfaced, 14280 tons submerged
    Length: 486'
    Beam: 50'
    Draft: 28'6"
    Speed: 15 knots surfaced, 8 knots submerged
    Armament: 4 8"/55 twin turrets two fore and two aft, 8 bow and 4 stern torpedo tubes,
    36 21" torpedoes
    Complement: 150
    Diesel engines, 9890 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 4650 h.p. submerged
    Range: 20,000 miles surfaced



By Medjoe

A variant of the ubiquitous T-55 tank, the T-56 sought to integrate the pike-nose armour used by the IS series to improve frontal protection, with the only modification being to the driver position, now seated in the centre. The results showed marginally better survivability, not enough to warrant a full switch to this variant. It had little mass-production due to increased cost and manufacturing complexity, but served in several tank battalions in limited numbers nonetheless, before the arrival of the T-62 and T-64 as replacements. No models were exported to foreign countries and the aging tanks were relegated to training and target practice.



by ZeroRM

Ekatarina, the Panzerkampfwagen KV-IA 753(r) (Mod)

This tank is extensively modified from the original KV-1, mind you, and is a new character altogether. The emblem is of a fictional "Deutches Rotwehr" (German Red Army), a resistance group formed of German defectors that formed a vanguard force when the Red Army crossed the Polish border into Germany itself; they fought in most major battles to the end of the war using primarily German equipment.

Name: Ekatarina (aka "Stalinitrista"/The Steel Empress - formerly Ekatarina AND Vladimiir)

Species: Panzerkampfwagen KV-IA 753(r) (modified

Crew: 4 (1 Commander, 1 Driver, 1 Gunner and 1 Loader; the Commander doubled as the radio operator to make room for equipment for the tank's flamethrower, mounted beneath the main gun)

Length: 6.8 m

Width: 3.3 m

Height: 2.7 m

Weight: 50 metric tonnes

Powerplant: Maybach HL230 P45 V12 engine with an output of 700 horsepower

Performance

Maximum speed: 38 mph on flat terrain*

Traverse: 20 degrees per second

Turret Traverse: 20 degrees per second

Maximum Grade: N/A

Combat Radius: N/A


Armament*:

1 x 75 mm KwK 40 L/43

1x Flamethrower coaxial to the main gun

3 x MG-42 LMGs

Ekatarina, often known as "Stalinitrista" (Steel Empress), was originally a KV-1E Mod.1941 in service of the Red Army at the start of World War II, but it wasn't here that she would become best known. She and her lover, another KV-1 that was known for dry wit and a calm mind even in the midst of battle was a perfect foil to Ekatarina, who was a warrior with a fiery yet cold heart. Their largest contributions to the Soviet Union in THIS form were i the form of two of their children: one of them was the KV-5, who was lost at Leningrad in late 1941, while the other was the first IS-1.

The pair were captured in April of 1941 and were modified into tanks for German service, but Ekatarina resisted while pretending to submit, freeing her lover later. They worked as spies for all of two years within the German army, sending information to the Red Army, but even this wasn't what caught the attention of the USSR; this wasn't to happen until they found themselves in the fields at Kursk. While the battle was mobile in human terms, this could be considered the tank's equivalent of the nightmares of trench warfare in the prior war, and indeed it was the largest tank battle in history. Ekatarina and her lover, Vladimir, came face to face with the first IS Heavy tanks, their own children, and it was the final straw. The two turned on the Germans guns blazing, engaging a pair of Tiger Is in combat, but it was for nought; both of them died in combat.

This wasn't the end, as while Ekatarina's turret was blown clean off by an ammo rack explosion, the driver's compartment was operable; a wounded German soldier and his cohorts chained Vlad to Ekatarina and hauled him out of there using Ekatarina. These men were soon found by the Red Army and identified by a curious arm band each wore as the Deutches Rotwehr - the German Red Army, at last deciding to come out into the open. With Soviet help, they repaired what tanks they could, including Ekatarina - Vladimir was damaged beyond repair but had a functional turret, which allowed Ekatarina to come back to life with Vladimir's memories...and some of his traits; she became even colder than before - as her commander recalled later, "If she was a monster before, she was the incarnate of the Greek Goddess Nike herself now!"

Indeed, she did spearhead several major battles before she arrived at Kummersdorf and engaged a Maus in hand-to-hand combat and won by driving the enemy tank to exhaustion (this Maus, Wilhelm, would become her superior officer during the revolution). With that behind her, she at last arrived at Berlin, and witnessed a ferocity of combat so great that she came to see the Red Army and the Nazis as one and the same. She and her crew deserted, only for her crew to die when they went back and tried to assassinate General Zhukov in anger for throwing away so many lives needless. It wouldn't be until after the collapse of the Soviet Union that she could forgive Zhukov, upon learning that indeed he had cared for his soldiers, but that his subordinate field commanders were simply too undisciplined and stupid to follow the orders he gave that would have reduced casualties significantly if followed.

The Steel Empress disappeared into the East German wilderness until a year after the Berlin Wall fell, when, out of fuel, she was found by a Bundswehr unit that donated her to a museum, which in turn sent it to ANOTHER museum at Kubinka, Russia. She became one of a few tanks from that museum to fight in and survive the entire war, leading a commando team specializing in psychological warfare using their flamethrowers. Weary of conflict, she retired for the last time with the end of the Revolution; her current whereabouts are unknown, but the controversy behind her actions are still the subject of many a debate, as some have considered trying her for war crimes, particularly over the annihilation of an entire division of human soldiers after refusing to accept their surrender. Either way, what is known is that she was eventually reunited with one of her sons: the sole KV-5 (he had been found by a snowplow straddling railroad tracks outside of St. Petersburg - formerly Leningrad - where he had been knocked out by a near miss from a Stuka that cut his fuel lines), though their exact location isn't exactly public information.

- last some stuff in "Cars"-style...



M24 MacArthur
by joshshapiro

Based off my winning submission for an American tank design contest. This is a fictional tank created by me drawing inspiration from other US tanks of the era.

History:
In mid 1943, General Motors Corp received a contract to produce a modern and more versatile light tank to be used in conjunction with highly-mobile gun carriages and the heavier T20 prototypes (and later M26 Pershings) as a cross-country light/medium tank. With extensive knowledge on light tank design with the Stuart, it became the platform by which the M24 was built upon. After several prototypes, the modifications to the Stuart design were so extensive, it was decided it would be renamed to prevent confusion with Stuart versioning and so adopted the internal name "Jimmy". It was not until after General Douglas MacArthur was killed in action during the liberation of the Philippines in 1944 that it was officially given its manufacturing name of M24 MacArthur. Although fielded in few numbers before the war's end, the MacArthur proved to have superior combat effectiveness compared with the Sherman due to its high speed, smaller profile and 76mm M1A1 gun. It would later prove its worth in the Korean War, where it would traverse snow and mud filled roads that troubled heavier tanks and successfully engage PRC tanks and armored vehicles. While outmatched in direct combat against Russian-supplied enemy T-34-85s due to its light armor, its high-velocity gun, high maneuverability, and light weight made it an effective rough terrain pack fighter, especially when grouped with M18 and M20 bazooka equipped platoons.

Specifications:
Primary Gun: 76mm M1A2
Secondary weapons: 2x Browning .30-06 cal. One mounted on top of turret and a second in the ball turret.
Ammunition:
-76mm, 45 rounds
-.30-06, 5250 rounds
Engine and chassis: Modified Stuart VI chassis with 370hp Continental R-975-C4 9-cyl radial engine on a torsion bar suspension.
Hull shape: Elongated rhombus design allows for larger fuel and ammunition storage at the cost of a higher profile.
Armor: 42mm/20mm/10mm hull, 50mm/30mm/15mm turret, relying on its sloped armor and spall liner for crew protection. Lacking heavy armor, its speed, small size and punch gun were its greatest assets.
Top Speed: 74 km/h (46 mph, maximum road)
Dimensions:
-Length: 17' 2.4" (5.24 m)
-Width: 8' 6" (2.59 m)
-Height: 8' 9" (2.67 m)
-Weight: 44,500 lbs (20,185 Kg)

[scooter]

[zenrat]

Not bad.  Needs longer wings though.

[PR19_Kit]

Not bad.  Needs longer wings though.

Absolutely! 

[Caveman]

From that angle it looks like longer gear wouldn't be wasted either...

[scooter]

Romulan fighter jet...with inspirations from the Messerschmidt and Horton design bureaus.

[Medjoe]

Come to think of it, it probably would've been more suitable to give it a Regia Aeronautica scheme *wink wink*  It is quite an intriguing take!


Here's something I cooked up for Canada Day back in July, and something I'd love to do if I ever get my hands on an Arrow kit (or several, from the looks of it!)

[NARSES2]

Both nice, but the one with the maple leaf particularly grabs my attention 

[Scooterman]

Both nice, but the one with the maple leaf particularly grabs my attention 

Wait til Toad sees it!

[perttime]

Both nice, but the one with the maple leaf particularly grabs my attention 

Scheme is from RCAF "Canada 150 Demo Jet" CF-18.