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The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.
Data from Cliche and the Virtual Ultralight Museum General characteristics Crew: one Length: 17 ft (5.2 m) Wingspan: 28 ft (8.5 m) Height: 5 ft (1.5 m) Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m 2) Empty weight: 220 lb (100 kg) Gross weight: 700 lb (318 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 U.S. gallons (19 L; 4.2 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Cuyuna 430R twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 35 hp (26 kW) Performance ...
The most significant change from Challenger 2 to Challenger 3 is the replacement of the Challenger's main armament from a 120 mm L30A1 rifled main gun to the 120 mm L55A1 [18] smoothbore gun (which itself is an upgraded version of the L55 fitted to the Leopard 2A6/A7 family of main battle tanks) giving commonality with other NATO members ...
Around 1985, the designation was changed to Marder 1 (until then it was simply Marder) since a follow-up IFV was under construction. The new vehicle was supposed to be the partner of the Leopard 2, just like Marder was the companion to the Standardpanzer/Leopard 1, it was named Marder 2 and the older vehicles re-designated.
Data from Janes's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83 General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 23 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (7.042 m) Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m) Height: 9 ft 0 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (2.762 m) Wing area: 124.7 sq ft (11.59 m 2) Aspect ratio: 9.27:1 Airfoil: NASA GAW-1 Empty weight: 1,128 lb (512 kg) Max takeoff weight: 1,670 lb (757 kg) Fuel capacity: 30 US gal (25 ...
The VK 16.02 Leopard was a planned German light reconnaissance vehicle designed from mid-1941 through to January 1943, with serial production scheduled for April 1943. It was intended to be the replacement of Panzer II Ausf.
Stridsvagn 122 (also known as Leopard 2A5S [255] and Leopard 2 "Improved" A5 SE [256]) is a Swedish Army tank based on the Leopard 2 Improved. 120 units were built, 91 of which were licence-produced in Sweden. The tank features increased armour on the turret top and front hull, and improved command-, control- and fire-control systems.