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The Vickers Model 1931 was a British anti-aircraft gun used during the Second World War. The design was rejected by the British and Vickers exported the gun worldwide ...
Founded in 1931 by Charles Wilmot and Joe Mansour, International Model Aircraft Ltd. (IMA) originally used the Frog brand name (the F.R.O.G. name was registered as an acronym in 1932 and contrary to later urban myth, did not, at least initially, stand for "Flies Right Off the Ground", which was believed because the first Frog Penguin models were gliders made out of metal that, opposed to being ...
This is the category for the Vickers group of companies, ... Vickers Medium Dragon; Vickers Model 1931; Vickers Vigilant; Vickers VR180 Vigor; Vickers–Berthier;
The 76 mm air defense gun M1931 (Russian: 76-мм зенитная пушка обр. 1931 г.) was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Soviet Union during the Winter War and the first stages of World War II.
1976-2004 United States/ Canada: 2,848 1-1/4 ton replaced the M37 in 1976. More CUCV's were later ordered in the 1980s from GM Defense. Replaced by LSVW in regular army units then they were mostly used by the Army Reserve until replaced by the Milverado in 2004. Jeep CJ: Light utility vehicle: 1980's United States/ Canada
Top to bottom: 1870 helicopter; 1871 'Planophore; 1873 ornithopter Wright Flyer 1903 pusher Wright, Curtiss and Farman pushers Voisin-Farman 1908 Curtiss n°2 (1909 Bristol Boxkite (1910) Wright Model B (1910) Curtiss Model E (1911) Curtiss Model F (1912) Voisin III (1914) Airco DH.2 (1915) Vickers FB.5 (1915) Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2] (1915) Grigorovitch M-9 (1916) FBA Type H (1916 ...
Pleased with the performance of the Vickers 1934 artillery truck, the Belgian Army started to equip the newly ordered 32 vehicles with the FRC Herstal built 47 mm Model 1931 anti-tank gun. Since this was a fairly heavy piece of equipment, and because of the general lay-out of the Vickers artillery tractor, the decision was taken to simply ...
Vickers' approach seems to have been influenced by their World War I experience with the Gunbus family. Like them, the Type 161 [2] was a single-engined pusher biplane. The wings were of unequal span and parallel chord, mounted with heavy stagger and a large gap braced in two-bay fashion by streamlined I form, outward leaning interplane struts ...