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Asymmetric. Development of the BV 141. BV 238: Propeller: Patrol: 1944: Prototype: Largest WWII aircraft flown. BV 238-land variant was redesignated the BV 250. BV 246 Hagelkorn: Munition: Glide bomb: 1943: Production: Never used operationally. BV 250: Propeller: Multi-role: 1942: Project: Land version of the BV 238 for transport, bombing and ...
The Blohm & Voss BV 40 was a prototype armoured German glider initially designed in mid-1943 by Blohm & Voss to attack Allied bomber formations during World War II.The BV 40 would be towed to high altitude by single-engined fighters and then ram the bombers while in a dive, but this concept was rejected before its first flight in May 1944 in favour of using its guns.
40 Pounder mounted on an armed train, for naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882. Following the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War, an armed train was employed. One 40 Pounder RBL was mounted onto the train and manned by men of the Royal Navy. It saw some action at the battle of Kassasin on 1 September ...
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The fuselage had an internal bomb bay, or could carry a BV 246 glide bomb externally. Provision was also made for two nose-mounted guns firing through the propeller and two more wing-mounted guns. Provision was also made for two nose-mounted guns firing through the propeller and two more wing-mounted guns.
The Blohm & Voss BV 155 is a German high-altitude interceptor aircraft intended to be used by the Luftwaffe against raids by USAAF Boeing B-29 Superfortresses.Work started on the design as the Messerschmitt Me 155 in 1942, but the project went through a protracted development period and change of ownership, and prototypes were still under test and development when World War II ended.
The 20 ItK 40 VKT or 20 mm dual anti-aircraft cannon model 1940 manufactured by VKT was a Finnish light anti-aircraft gun designed by the Finnish gunsmith Aimo Lahti. As the only multi-barrel 20 mm anti-aircraft gun, the 20 ItK 40 VKT was the most effective 20 mm air defence weapon used by the Finnish Army during World War II .
The BV 144 was an all-metal cantilever monoplane of broadly conventional layout with a high-mounted wing and twin tail fins. It was to have been typically operated by a crew of three; the pilot and copilot were located within a stepped cockpit while the radio operator was in a separate compartment just aft. [2]