Churchill Ardeer Aggie BTR-70 M109 It seems that we are not the only ones having problems with ammunition storage Grand Slam
Some German armor Su-27 launching R-33 Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr and Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III/III Panzer VII Maus
From top to bottom: A-10, MiG-15UT, F-16, MiG-21 F-16 A-10 F-35B. Vertical landing through night vision glasses. Mark I(?) breaching through cathedral's gates, Dublin, 1921.
B-29 on the bombing run Renault FT-17 during the trials, USA. Sweedish stuff ------- KV-1 after combat Nagmachon
British soldiers are trying to clean the mule. 1916 Soviet soldier, WW2 M4 Sherman with additional "armor" Pashtuns Iraqi soldiers during their survival course ---
>" Surcouf is one of the most fascinating ships of the Second World War. When launched she was the largest submarine in the world, only surpassed in WWII by the Japanese I-400 boats arriving in 1944. She would serve both the Third Republic and Free France before being lost under mysterious circumstances. The exact fate and final resting place of this mighty submarine are still a mystery. The long-awaited reprinting of Bismarck by Avalanche Press is the perfect opportunity to spotlight this unique ship in the context of that fine game. In The Beginning It was the British, oddly enough, who first experimented with large submarines with naval guns as a primary armament during the Great War. Designated the M class, and projecting four submarines, only M-1 was launched during the war (June 191 and never saw combat, though she was stationed in the Mediterranean. The British would get cold feet on the project, for fear of the Germans getting ideas about arming subs with battlecruiser-sized guns and surfacing off the coast of England to wreck havoc. After the war, in 1921, the British started work on another submarine series, the X Class, which would have been armed with two 5.25" guns in separate turrets. X-1 was launched in 1925; the ship was a failure and spent most of her time in the dockyards. Great Britain highly broadcast this fact, again for fear that Japan, rapidly becoming a rival in the Far East, might copycat and perfect the concept. It was their allies, the French, however, whom followed up on the theoretical use of massive submarines. In 1922 Admiral Drujon drafted plans for a fleet of seven such large submarines designed for commerce raiding. It took much political maneuvering until his plans were accepted, and work commenced on Surcouf (named after Robert Surcouf, a famous French pirate) at Cherbourg in 1927 and she would be launched in late 1929. The Design Surcouf displaced 3,304 tons on the surface and was 361 feet long. Powered by two large 3,800-horsepower Sulzer Diesel engines, her top speed was 18 knots on the surface and ten submerged. She had a range of 10,000 miles and could carry enough supplies for a 90 day cruise for her crew; eight officers and 110 enlisted men. To complement her intended role as a commerce raider, Surcouf came complete with a prison hold for up to 40 captives! Early designs even called for a motor launch to be carried to help boarding ships she disabled and captured. This idea was dropped as too impractical but a Besson MN-411 floatplane was carried in a hanger aft of the tower to both scout for victims and spot for her main battery. Her armaments were quite impressive. In a special watertight turret forward of the tower she carried two eight-inch naval guns, the same type found on French heavy cruisers. For anti-aircraft defense she originally carried two 37mm guns, which would later be supplemented with two dual 13.2mm machine gun mounts. Some controversy surrounds her torpedo armament. She carried four bow tubes armed with 21.7" torpedoes for use while submerged, that much is agreed upon. Most secondary and Internet sources have her armed with six tubes, mounted on a platform at the stern for use when surfaced. Four of these were the fast but short-ranged 15.7" torpedoes. Other sources (Submarines by Anthony Preston, for example) and most importantly the two-volume history of the French Navy by Henri Le Messon, state that two quad mounted platforms were carried astern, one for both 15.7" and 21.7" torpedoes. Henri Le Messon was a member of the French Marine Academy and editor of the authoritative magazine, Les Flottes de Combat, so I think we can trust him as a most reliable source. Regardless of exact configuration, a total of fourteen 21.7" and eight 15.7" torpedoes were carried. Despite the impressive armaments, Surcouf quickly proved to be a “paper tiger.” She was a very complex design and constantly plagued by mechanical troubles. The first of a projected series, one might speculate the “bugs” could have been worked out with the other boats. This was not to be the case and Surcouf was to be one of a kind. Trim was difficult to adjust during a dive, and on the surface she rolled badly in rough seas. It took over two minutes to dive to a depth of forty feet, making her vulnerable to aircraft, and she carried no form of radar. She was so low to the horizon her effective range with the 8" guns, her main strength, was effectively halved, from 15 miles to seven..."< continue -> http://www.avalanchepress.com/Surcouf.php
A suggestion to improve this thread. Most of these photos are inertesting and I'm sure most of us have never seen many of them before. But when there are a half a dozen or more photos of different kinds of aircraft, ships, etc. posted on each post, it makes it hard to respond and comment on the photos, Each photo deserves a comment. I would post each photo as a individual post with a description of exactly what we are looking at. It would make it easier for others to comment about the photo. It would also increase participation of the Military Photo Thread. Just saying.
There's a problem with that! The way this forum's software is set up, you CANNOT separate photos on a thread like you wish if you post them at the same time! I know - I've tried.
This is a photo of a USAF C-21A Lear jet that attempted a no flaps landing at Ali Air Base, Iraq. As a result of excessive speed, rate of descent, partial landing configuration and ten knot tailwind, the airplane touched down approximately two-thirds down the runway. The crew basically ran out of paved runway durng the landing roll. Although none of the crew were injured, the airplane did sustain $1.8 million in damage and was written off as damaged beyond repair.
As longknife pointed out, forum's software has limitations on minimal time between two posts (5 min IIRC), so posting photos the way you desire, while understandable, will require a shiтload of time. I bet it is much easier to cut off unnececary photos while responding than waste more than an hour for posting a set of 16 photos. -------------- Mi-8 squadron escorting Project 12321 Dzheyran assault howercraft 15,5 cm sFH 414(f), Canon de 155 C modеle 1917 Schneider in the Red Army, 1943 Destroyed M4 Sherman, probably in Korea Abadoned M4 T40 Whizbang Sherman DD, experimental swimming version of M4.
