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wheels up on tarmac is always preferable to grass. simply because the weight of the aircraft and it's speed tends to "plow" the ground. The pilot can maintain some control once contact is made, plus they are only removing some paint instead of filling the aircraft with debris. And in the case of the F111 - the arresting gear was on the runway.
Members of a Chetnik Detachment of the Yugoslav Army, also known as the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland or The Ravna Gora Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetniks
my god - Gun Jesus in uniform - Ian from Forgotten Weapons......
The F-111 was originally intended to be flown from USN carriers as well as USAF runways, hence the tail hook . Robert McNamara (Secretary of Defense in the early-mid 60's) was a huge proponent of standardization, especially when it came to combat aircraft for the USN, USMC, and USAF.
Of course, the best known (and AFAIK the only one) plane that served across all three services is the F-4 Phantom II.
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The Panhard EBR:
Low profile, good gun. Something of a commercial success.
And all eight wheels drive as required! 105 KpH top road speed!
Low profile, good gun. Something of a commercial success.
And all eight wheels drive as required! 105 KpH top road speed!
Looks pretty Frenchie to me.
The French used to have a convoy escort mission in UNIFIL in Lebanon and used their armored cars for this. Trouble was, the French were the former colonial power in Lebanon and were disliked to the point that they always drew fire. As a result other contingents declined their escorts.
The French used to have a convoy escort mission in UNIFIL in Lebanon and used their armored cars for this. Trouble was, the French were the former colonial power in Lebanon and were disliked to the point that they always drew fire. As a result other contingents declined their escorts.
I dunno, that might be preferable to flying a bomber knowing the airfield you are supposed to return to is probably glass, or sitting in a silo knowing that you will die horribly from starvation if you stay put, or radiation if you leave.
The W54 nuclear warhead was used in the man-portable M-388 Davy Crockett projectile. The unusually small size of the warhead is apparent.
A 1958 test of the XW-54 warhead yielded 6 kilotons
I think 6 ‘kilo tons’ (6000 tons!) may have been a marketing brochure claim.... nonetheless it was a pretty potent little ‘billet-doux’
that you wouldnt want to receive.
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Betcha this made a noise...
And yet, he made it back to the ship.
And yet, he made it back to the ship.
IMHO, it seems they are getting ready for a fire mission or target practice.
Note the berm behind the vehicles and no rock/chocks behind the tires, only in front.
Guns fire, vehicles recoil/move up the berm a bit then gravity moves them forward and are stopped by the rocks back into their original firing position.
Like the "Honest John" short range rocket we once deployed, with a 20 mile range?
