Post cool photo's of WW2 Machines/Engineering

[Bushmaster]

Junkers Ju-290 four-engined transport / bomber-in-development. Interesting placement for the tailwheel.

[Eric Mc]

It was a normal tailwheel. Its just that the tail was raised as the rear ramp was lowered.

The Germans failed miserably when it came to producing large aircraft. The ones that were useless (Heinkel He177) was put into production but the ones that might have helped (like the Ju90/290 family) were built in very small numbers.

[Galileo]

The Colossus Mk2 The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices. They used vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) to perform the calculations.(wikipedia)


Knowing what your enemy is thinking is crucial to winning any war. The engineering involved is truly amazing.

[BruceV8]

Eric Mc said:

And if you thought the Hamilcar was big

Wasn't there a powered version of that? Eight pusher props or something like that?

[Bushmaster]

BruceV8 said:

Eric Mc said:

And if you thought the Hamilcar was big

Wasn't there a powered version of that? Eight pusher props or something like that?

Are you thinking of this?

Me-323

Edited by Bushmaster on Monday 5th January 18:07

[BruceV8]

Bushmaster said:

BruceV8 said:

Eric Mc said:

And if you thought the Hamilcar was big

Wasn't there a powered version of that? Eight pusher props or something like that?

Are you thinking of this?

Me-323

Thats the badger. Wrong about the engines though. Must have been thinking of the B-36! And the vehicle coming out of it is a 10.5 cm Wespe self propelled gun, based on a Pzkpw II chassis.

Edited by BruceV8 on Monday 5th January 18:21

Edited by BruceV8 on Monday 5th January 18:23

[Eric Mc]

The problem with the 321 was that Germany (as mentioned by me earlier) had seriously neglected the development of large aircraft so there was very little in their inventory that could haul a fully laden 321 off the ground. In the end, they came up with the idea of bolting two Heinkel He111 bombers together - a less than elegant solution.

Heinkel He 111 Zwilling



The best solution was to turn the 321 into a proper powered aeroplane - the 323.

Edited by Eric Mc on Monday 5th January 19:20

[Skywalker]

Bushmaster said:

FourWheelDrift said:

mybrainhurts said:

Rocket powered catapult, launching Hurricane for convoy defence.

After sortie, Hurricane had to find land or ditch in the sea, in which case the pilot baled out.

Interesting info here, there were only ever 9 successful combat launches.

3 August 1941 - Lieutenant Everett from Maplin shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 and was recovered by the destroyer Wanderer.

1 November 1941 - Flying Officer Varley from Empire Foam chased away a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 and was recovered by the destroyer Broke.

26 April 1942 - Flying Officer Kendal from Empire Morn in convoy QP 12 chased away a Blohm & Voss BV 138 and shot down a Junkers Ju 88 and died from injuries received while bailing out of his aircraft.
Pilot Officer Hay from Empire Lawrence in convoy PQ 16 shot down two Heinkel He 111 before being shot down and recovered by the destroyer Volunteer.

14 June 1942 - Pilot Officer Sanders from Empire Moon in convoy HG 84 chased away a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 and was recovered by the sloop Stork.

18 September 1942 - Flying Officer Burr from Empire Morn destroyed two Heinkel He 111 and flew to the Russian Keg Ostrov aerodrome.

1 November 1942 - Flying Officer Taylor from Empire Heath in convoy HG 91 shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 and narrowly avoided drowning before recovery.

28 July 1943 - Flying Officer Stewart from Empire Darwin in convoy SL 133 damaged a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 and was recovered by the sloop Enchantress.
Flying Officer Flynn from Empire Tide in convoy SL 133 destroyed a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 and was recovered by the sloop Leith.

http://www.navyhistory.org.au/the-catapult-fighter...

I believe they had to use extra-powerful rockets because of the weight of the pilots' balls.

As used by Johnny Red from Battle magazine

Edited by Skywalker on Monday 5th January 21:16

[AVRE]

AVRE THAT BLEW UP IN THE GULF

The AVRE that went up was for real, I know a person who was there on the day and was knocked over by the blast. The AVRE had a full compliment of HESH and ammo on board when it went up and it was a fuel accident with fuel spilling onto the hot exhaust. Just glad I wasn't there when it went up. My AVRE was 01 ZR 75 which I commanded for two years in Germany in the 80's.

[MartG]

Northrop P-61 Black Widow nightfighter - supposed to be the type that flew the last combat patrol of WWII



Martin B-26 Marauder

[AndrewW-G]

lest we all forget about the true impact the second world war had on millions of people & just focus on the engineering marvels


http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

[hman]

Whilst I accept your point, the engineering marvels on here are mainly from the allied side which was at war trying to stop those sorts of atrocities happening/continuing.

The world wars helped to bring us forward technologically faster than any other event in history, of course its the user which decides how the technology is used.

[Mojocvh]

AndrewW-G said:

lest we all forget about the true impact the second world war had on millions of people & just focus on the engineering marvels


http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

Well said.

[rhinochopig]

AndrewW-G said:

lest we all forget about the true impact the second world war had on millions of people & just focus on the engineering marvels


http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

Actually Auschwitz II was an engineering Marvel in it's own right. It productionised the horrific ideas and concepts trialled at Auschwitz I.

[Hard-Drive]

Eric Mc said:

Heinkel He 111 Zwilling

What a geektastically saddo thread. Loving it!!!!!

I think that the BV141 was even madder than the Zwilling, I mean what on earth was the theory behind this? A huge blind spot and bloody wierd to land in a crosswind?

Edited by Hard-Drive on Sunday 16th August 22:32

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Hard-Drive said:

What a geektastically saddo thread. Loving it!!!!!

I think that the BV141 was even madder than the Zwilling, I mean what on earth was the theory behind this? A huge blind spot and bloody wierd to land in a crosswind?

Tactical Reconnaissance and Army Co-operation. It was designed by Dr. Richard Vogt and built to the 1937 Reichsluftfahrtministerium specification. I believe a few served in the Russian Front.

A far better design was the Focke-Wulf FW 189 which you will notice has a fairly similar gondola for the crew: