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Renault FT-17
History Tank in Action 'The Renault FT-17 tanks of France had been the most advanced in the world, although small, capable of far outperforming their slow and clumsy British, German, or American counterparts. By 1939, French tanks seemed to be stronger and faster but in the truth of the matter they were virtually unchanged from 1918’s French tanks. -
Sonar
Sonar The use of ASDIC (SONAR) became widespread and so did the installation of shipboard and airborne radar. (1939) The sound reflection characteristics of the target of an active sonar, such as a submarine, are known as its target strength. A complication is that echoes are also obtained from other objects in the sea such as whales, wakes, schools of fish and rocks. -
German U boat
History The German U-boats (1940) were used primarily for stopping/destroying the resources from the United States and Canada coming across the Atlantic. During the Battle of the Atlantic which was the longest battle of World War 2, beginning from the first day of hostilities and ending on the very last day of the war. -
Arado Ar 240
Arado History The Arado Ar 240 was a German twin-engine multi-role heavy fighter aircraft.The handling was thought to be the result of the ailerons being too small given the thick wing, so the second prototype was modified to have larger ones, as well as additional vertical fin area on the dive brakes to reduce yaw. In addition small radiators were added to the gear legs to improve cooling at low speeds. -
Carro Armato M14/41
Carro history Tank Video The M14/41 was a slightly improved version of the earlier Fiat M13/40 these tanks were a part of the royal Italian army. The M14/41 was improved with a more powerful diesel engine. It was produced in limited numbers as it was considered already obsolete by the time of its introduction. -
The Gloster E.28/39
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The Gloster E.28/39, was the first British jet-engined aircraft to fly. Developed to test the new Whittle jet engine in flight, the test results would influence the development of an operational fighter, the Gloster Meteor. This jet had huge influences on future jets as well as its success was so huge. WWII had a new beginning with this jet. -
SdKfz 2
How it works History of The SdKfz 2 was designed and built by Germany; it was the only gun tractor small enough to fit inside Ju 52 aircrafts. It was also possible to run the vehicle without the front wheel installed and this was recommended in extreme off-road conditions where speed would be kept low -
Railroads
Impact Railroads in World War II worke d with the new diesel locomotives. Not only did railroads see record freight traffic during the war years but also the industry witnessed a passenger renaissance as folk returned to the rails, partly due to the new streamliner concept and partly because the government needed the trains to move large numbers of troops. In any event, without the railroads World War II certainly could not have been won by the Allies. -
USS Balao (SS-285)
History on the subs USS Balao, first of a large class of 1526-ton submarines, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. She was commissioned in early February 1943 and worked up at New London, Connecticut, before deploying to the Pacific to begin operations against the Japanese Two 126-cell battery groups gave the ship a submerged top speed of 8.75 knots (16.2 km/hr) -
Jeeps and Multipurpose Vehicles Introduced
History The Volkswagen Kübelwagen (short for Kübelsitzwagen, meaning "bucket seat car") was a military vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the German military. Based heavily on the Volkswagen Beetle, it was prototyped as the Type 62, but eventually became known as the Type 82.This vehicle was used by Hitler earlier on as well as it was useful and sturdy. -
M24 Chaffee (Light Tank, M24)
In action InfoThe Light Tank M24 was an American tank. The M24 started to enter widespread issue in December 1944 but they were slow in reaching the front-line combat units. By the end of the war many armored divisions were still mainly equipped with the M5. Some armored divisions did not receive their first M24s until the war was over.
