goes2fast Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Never seen this one before, what is it? 1 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 It's a boat. Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Never seen this one before, what is it? Don't know. Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Never seen this one before, what is it? ME-163 2 Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 There is a small wind turbine on the nose for powering the electronics. Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Messerschmitt ME-163 Komet Rocket Fighter It used a rocket engine to take off and blast through bomber formations while blasting bombers out of the sky with its twin cannons. Once out of fuel, it would glide back and land on a retractable skid. Unfortunately for the pilots, the fuel was highly unstable when being mixed by the engine and quite a few of these little birds blew up on and even before take off. Pilots where either killed outright or horrifically burned by the chemicals and ensuing fires. To make matter worse, U.S. fighters discovered that they where lame ducks when out of fuel and just waited for them to start their glides to blast them out of the air. This birds is a captured example with captured equipment number FE-500. Pic was most likely taken at Freeman Field, Indiana Same bird exist today at the Smithsonian 3 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Glad this bird is finally getting some love and being put back in the air! http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/b-17-alliance-group-warbirds-news-site-visit.html 4 Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Me too. I got to see the pigeon shit buried interior in 2010. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Low altitude anti-tank Stuka. But those gun pods look a little bit too small to be 38mm. and don't have the conical blast shields. 1 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Low altitude anti-tank Stuka. But those gun pods look a little bit too small to be 38mm. and don't have the conical blast shields. 20mm maybe? Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Low alt anti-personnel? Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Low alt anti-personnel? Kind of what I was thinking, they made all kinds of weird shit in ww2 just to see if it worked. Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 My new office 4 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 20mm maybe? 20mm would not dent a Tiger's front armament. The technique was to go straight at the tank with both cannons blazing at near ground level. The 38mm would blast through the front glasis plate while a 20mm would diflect upwards. Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 20mm would not dent a Tiger's front armament. The technique was to go straight at the tank with both cannons blazing at near ground level. The 38mm would blast through the front glasis plate while a 20mm would diflect upwards. I'm thinking is wasn't a tank buster, maybe light armor or anti personnel. Quote Link to comment
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