Japanese fighter Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ‘Oscar’. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ‘Oscar’. Type: WWII Japanese fighters and fighter-bombers, plane of many aces. History: Hayabusa is the Japanese word for ‘peregrine falcon’, a name suited… learn more
Italian medium tanks Carro Armato M14/41 and M13/40. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Carro Armato M14/41, M13/40 Type: Italian medium tanks. History: The Carro Armato M13/40 had been the successor of the M11/39 (just 100 produced)… learn more
Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa. Operation Torch On the morning of November 8, 1942, a force of over 70,000 American and British soldiers went ashore on the coast of Vichy-French North-West Africa during Operation Torch, and a… learn more
British fighter plane Supermarine Spitfire V. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Supermarine Spitfire Mk V Type: British fighter plane. History: With the exception of the first two variants of the Supermarine Spitfire (the Mk I and 2),… learn more
Operations of the 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich 1943-45 (Part II). Here to Part I: Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision (later Reich) from 1939 to 1942. Russia 1943 After its reorganization into the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich, which actually corresponded to… learn more
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘Dora’ and Ta 152 interceptor aircraft of the Luftwaffe. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D . Type: German Luftwaffe interceptor aircraft. History: The Fw 190 A models should have been exchanged… learn more
Russian attack bomber, heavy fighter and ground attack Petlyakov Pe-2 and Pe-3. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Petlyakov Pe-2, Pe-3. Type: Attack bomber, dive bomber, heavy fighter, ground attack, reconnaissance aircraft. History: In a long operational career… learn more
Heavy US tank. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. M26 Pershing Type: heavy tank. History: In summer 1944 the T261 had been redesignated Heavy Tank T26E1. Wide-ranging trial offers were completed with 10 T26E1 pilot designs by… learn more
German close-support attack aircrafts and fighter-bombers Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F, G. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F and G-series. Type: German Luftwaffe close support attack aircraft and fighter-bomber. History: The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F… learn more
American medium tank M3 Lee and Grant of World War II. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. M3 Grant, Lee Type: American medium tank. History: How quickly the M3 Lee and Grant was created, constructed, and placed… learn more
Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision (later Reich) from 1939 to 1942 (Part I). Designations Panzerverband Ostpreussen (September 10, 1939) SS-Verfügungs-Division (mot.) (October 10, 1939) SS-Division Deutschland (April 1, 1940) SS-Division (mot.) Reich (December 1, 1940) SS-Division (mot.) Das Reich… learn more
U-Boat Type 7 class (VII), most numerous German submarines of World War II with 705 boats. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Type 7C, 7A, 7B, 7D (total of 705 U-boats Type VII) Type: submarine. History: Under… learn more
British heavy strategic night bomber Avro Manchester. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Avro Manchester Type: RAF heavy strategic night bomber. History: Rolls-Royce’s decision in 1935 to produce a very powerful engine by fitting two sets of Peregrine… learn more
US destroyers of Fletcher class. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Fletcher class (119 ships plus 62 ‘Later Fletchers’). Type: US destroyers, built 1940-45. History: Within the conditions of the disarmament agreements, the US Navy had been limited… learn more
Destroyer Silny class of the Soviet Red Navy in World War II. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Gordy and Silny class (29 and 19 ships). Type: Russian destroyer class, built 1936-1943. History: The realization that the Italian… learn more
Battleship Tirpitz. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model of the German warship. Battleship Tirpitz of Bismarck class. Type: Battleship. History: Similar in nearly all ways to her sister-ship battleship Bismarck, the service of battleship Tirpitz was, to every… learn more
German self-propelled gun SdKfz 124 leFH18 on Panzer II ‘Wespe’ (‘Wasp’). Wespe (SdKfz 124, leFH18 on Panzer II) Type: Self-propelled light field howitzer on tracked carriage. History: The Wespe (Wasp) was designed by Alkett early in 1942, and was chosen… learn more
US sub-machine gun M3 Grease Gun. US M3 Grease Gun Type: Sub-machine gun. History: The American M3 ‘Crease Gun’ was the equivalent of the British Sten, German MP40 and Russian PPSh, for it was designed for mass production. It was… learn more
Military ranks and designations in the Second World War in international comparison. Promotions in the German Army Promotions in the German Army before the First World War took place after the years of service and were extremely slow compared to… learn more
German assault gun StuG 40 G (SdKfz 142/1) History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. StuG 40 Ausf G Type: Assault gun. History: The StuG 40 Ausf G was the last production series of the Sturmgeschutz III. Rolling… learn more
