Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In reality, in the early 1960s Soviet Union did test a technology demonstrator for a nuclear-powered strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-95LAL, similar to the somewhat earlier American Convair NB-36H project, but, being based on the turboprop Tu-95, it was never supersonic, it never flew under nuclear power (its main goal was to test the nuclear ...
The 7th Panzer Division was an armored formation of the German Army in World War II. It participated in the Battle of France, the invasion of the Soviet Union, the occupation of Vichy France, and on the Eastern Front until the end of the war. The 7th Panzer Division is also known by its nickname, Ghost Division. [1]
The M-17 balloon-interceptor-based model was terminated in 1987 and replaced by the M-17RN, later known as the M-55 Geophysica, NATO reporting name Mystic-B. [4] First flown on 16 Aug 1988, the M-55 airframe was revised further with a longer fuselage pod, housing two Soloviev D-30-10V un-reheated turbofan engines, shorter-span wings and ...
To keep its existence secret, the first German airborne division was named as if a Flieger ("flier") division in the series of Luftwaffe divisions that controlled air assets rather than ground troops-named 7th Flieger Division (often translated 7th Air Division - which see: 1st Parachute Division (Germany)) The division was later reorganized to ...
M50 joint service general purpose mask, United States military gas mask; M50 Super Sherman, an Israeli tank; M50 Reising submachine gun, an American submachine gun; M50 Ontos, an American tank destroyer; Madsen M-50, a Danish submachine gun; Myasishchev M-50, 'Bounder', a Soviet bomber; Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 or M 50, a French howitzer ...
M-13 - naval fighter project, 1916; M-14 - naval fighter project, 1916; PI-1 (Pushechny Istrebitel, the first one) - fighter with cannons and retractable gear, 1930..1933, developed from the I-Z; I-1 - fighter, 1924; first land-based design; I-2 - fighter developed from the I-1, 1924; first Soviet fighter to enter service in large numbers
On 15 October 1963, the squadron was re-designated VF-142. From 1953 to 1962 there had been another fighter squadron VF-142. This squadron had been established as United States Naval Reserve squadron VF-791 Fighting Falcons and was re-designated VF-142 after becoming a regular squadron on 4 February 1953. It was again re-designated VF-96 on 1 ...
The 17th Division was reestablished in 1918 as a war service (National Army) division. The 17th Division included the 33rd Infantry Brigade (September 1918 – February 1919), with the 5th and 83rd Regiments, and the 34th Brigade with the 29th and 84th Regiments. [3] It also included the 17th Field Artillery Brigade. The 5th Infantry Regiment ...