THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MILITARY WEAPONRY
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[fl][b][i]With these assets Italy entered a conflict which would force its soldiers to fight in the African deserts, in the Greek mountains and in the Russian steppes, besides the countryside of their homeland.[/i][/b][/fl][p] [b]ARMY[/b][p] The 10th Ju...
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[fl][b][i]With these weapons, the greatest European powers were about to take part in the greatest conflict ever recorded in History.[/i][/b][/fl][p] [b]GERMANY - ARMY[/b][p] The limitations imposed by the Versailles Treaty obliged the German Government...
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[fl][i]Mines are weapons which the Soviet Union favored due to their low price, simplicity and possibility of massive production. The Soviet Union probably possessed the largest amount of mines in the world. The transfer of technology from which that coun...
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[fl][i]The main difficulty when assessing the quality of the Soviet armament was the small part of it which could be seen in action in the sea. Among the Soviet naval missiles only the SS-N-2 "Styx" had been exported - and used - in significant quanti...
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[fl][i]In every aspect of naval warfare the Soviet Union found itself in a situation of great disadvantage due to its geographical position. The only way of having substantially altered this situation would have been that the Soviet Union had changed ...
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[i]Source: Sopena Universal Encyclopedia, year 1978. Includes modifications and contributions by Sakhalia Net.[/i][p] Among the historical events of the evolution of submarines there is, as in many other matters, a nebulous period of fantasy and legends,...
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[fl][i]Besides the Soviet Union, France and United Kingdom were the only European countries which possessed nuclear armament and, parallely, the only ones which had submarines of nuclear propulsion in service. France became notorious as a medium-sized...
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[fl][i]Despite the hesitations of the United States Congress regarding the construction of aircraft carriers of nuclear propulsion, due to the doubts regarding the usefulness of this kind of units as well as to the extraordinary cost of this propulsion sy...
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[fl][i]In the interwar period France built a formidable submarine force which was classified into three groups: long-range submarines for high-sea patrols, short-range submarines for defense patrols and minelayer submarines. Regarding Great Britain, the f...
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[fl][i]Albeit experiments with contraptions capable of remaining underwater had been carried out since ancient times, it was not until the first years of the 20th century that submarines were generalized as boats enabled for navigation either in surface o...
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Until the 1960s the Spanish military aviation had in production a piston-engine fighter aircraft built by Hispano Aviation; that one was the last descendant of one of the best fighter aircraft used during the Second World War: the Messerschmitt Bf 109...
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[i][fl]In the summer of 1944 there was no doubt that the Germans were far ahead the Allies in the production of turbojet fighter aircraft. The 25th July 1944 a British Mosquito aircraft from the 544th Squadron, while flying in a reconnaissance mission at ...
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In the summer of 1940 Germany continued the war in the sky of its great enemy; it was the "[i]Adlertag[/i]", the operation which should have ensured three days of aerial superiority to the [i]Luftwaffe[/i]. This was the indispensable condition for the...
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Even when in the first prototype of the PzKpfw III the defects were being corrected and the initial project of the PzKpfw IV was being finished, the inspector of the German Army for the Mechanized Forces was already making plans about a new larger tan...
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[fl][i]In the interwar period France built a formidable submarine force which was classified into three groups: long-range submarines for high-sea patrols, short-range submarines for defense patrols and minelayer submarines. Regarding Great Britain, the f...
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Thematic Specials
Weapons of World War Two
Weapons of World War Two shows a selection of representative weapons of the three arms through very realistic artworks and succinct texts explaining key aspects of their history, the circumstances on which they were developed or employed and their technical features. The list is ordered by name, type, country or year, displayed as thumbnails or arranged as a chronology. It is available as well a chart describing the characteristics of the diverse anti-tank guns installed on tanks during World War Two.
Armed Forces of World War Two
Armed Forces of World War Two shows a rather comprehensive list of the different weapons (ordered by branch, specialty and class) used by the main countries (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Soviet Union, United States) involved in the conflict.
Aces of Aviation
Aces of Aviation shows a selection of prominent aircraft through very realistic artworks and succinct texts telling facts about them and the exceptional pilots who sat at their controls. The list is ordered by aircraft, aviator, country or year, or displayed as thumbnails.
Data Tables/Charts
Data Tables/Charts shows a selection of responsive tables and charts showing various data and statistics. The list is displayed as thumbnails.
Comparison Charts
Rating Lists
These are algorithm-generated lists that compare different characteristics of many land vehicles, aircraft and ships.
Aircraft Firepower Comparator (Fighter WW2)
Entity Size Comparator
This program allows to visually compare the size of many historical military entities of the following categories: aircraft, artillery, craft, helicopter, missile, portable, ship, submarine, tank and vehicle.
Panzer General III Memorabilia
Infographics made out of graphics from the classic strategy game Panzer General III, featuring over 300 units from four prime warring nations, chronologically arranged.
World War Two Weapons Infographic (1)
World War Two Weapons Infographic (2)
Ship Pictures PHP Pages
You can see other interesting infographics on the PHP Pages section of Ship Pictures website.
Videos
World of Warships - IJN and USN warship showcase
Overview of the battleship Yamato
Overview of the battleship HMS Nelson
Overview of the battleship Bismarck
Brief history of the Messerschmitt Me 262 turbojet fighter aircraft
Overview of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)
Artillery systems of the Kirov class battlecruisers
Overview of the PzKpfw VIII Maus super-heavy tank
Overview of the battlecruiser HMS Hood
World War Two Battleship Comparison
Picture of the Day
Loire 46 C1 and Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Foreign aircraft used during the Spanish Civil War by Republicans and Nationalists.
