"The Incredible Flying Tanks of WWII" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Aug 2025 4:38 p.m. PST |
"Given how devastatingly effective both newly-invented tank and airplane technologies proved during World War I, it was only a matter of time before enterprising military designers on both sides of the Atlantic thought to combine them into a flying Reece's Peanut Butter Cup of armored mayhem. And they almost succeeded. Well, at least the Soviets did. In the 1930s, both the Americans and the Soviets realized the tactical advantages of being able to drop an armored division behind enemy lines where it could wreak havok on the enemy's soft spots like supply lines and command posts…" Main page
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| SBminisguy | 15 Aug 2025 8:22 a.m. PST |
The incredible falling brick! I think the Soviets had maybe 1 or 2 successful airdrops of it's "Flying" glider tank after all fuel and munitions and machine guns had been unloaded from it… |
| Tango01 | 15 Aug 2025 4:48 p.m. PST |
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| Cuprum2 | 15 Aug 2025 8:56 p.m. PST |
The British brought the idea to fruition – their airborne "Tetrarchs" were the first to take part in real combat.
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 John the OFM | 16 Aug 2025 1:28 p.m. PST |
🎶 Those magnificent men in their flying tanks! 🎶 |
| Tango01 | 16 Aug 2025 9:59 p.m. PST |
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| wardog | 17 Aug 2025 12:04 p.m. PST |
that russian tank
what was the takeoff speed and ground run to lift off?
i assume the driver had the stick and rudder controls?
what was the towing aircraft used ? |
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first saw these figures, he was dreading painting them...
