Non BOP MISC.VIDEOS and Links..

[Soviet Ace]

Scene from the movie Catch-22 with B-25s

Nice B-25s

[Davedog74]

[QUOTE=dkwookie;156821]From the film Men Of Yamato. The big battleship gets a pummelling. Notice when the main turret fires at the incoming aircraft. The Yamato had anti aircraft shells for its main guns. They were designed to explode in mid air with large shrapnel. This is the only ship I have heard of using this kind of round. In reality it was not very effective but you can see it being used here and in the film it takes out a couple of incoming planes:

my grandads ship had 15 inch guns firing shells weighing a ton,i think the yamato had 18 inch guns.end of an era for battleships but they dont half look impressive

[dkwookie]

[QUOTE=Davedog74;156826]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

From the film Men Of Yamato. The big battleship gets a pummelling. Notice when the main turret fires at the incoming aircraft. The Yamato had anti aircraft shells for its main guns. They were designed to explode in mid air with large shrapnel. This is the only ship I have heard of using this kind of round. In reality it was not very effective but you can see it being used here and in the film it takes out a couple of incoming planes:

my grandads ship had 15 inch guns firing shells weighing a ton,i think the yamato had 18 inch guns.end of an era for battleships but they dont half look impressive

Yeah 18 inch guns on Yamato, biggest guns ever mounted on a ship. The main guns
were so powerful that the anti aircraft turrets adjacent had to be cleared during firing otherwise the shock waves would kill the crew.

[bobbysocks]

not WW2 but love this flick...Dr. Strangelove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-oWUZqErnk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtkg6lr746M

[bobbysocks]

something for you heavies fans.....a lancaster on start up and....

http://www.youtube.com/user/BBMFPRO

http://www.youtube.com/user/BBMFPRO#p/a/u/1/63IfjNvPKeM

and for the sleek fighter loves....an MK356

http://www.youtube.com/user/BBMFPRO#p/a/u/2/xN1K4TRoetg

[bobbysocks]

with the loss of petro the germans experimented with alternate forms of fuel...and devised a jet engine that ran off of coal. check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvtxjSrImHw

[bobbysocks]

interesting site with proposed ac...some are pretty wacked.

http://www.luft46.com/

[bobbysocks]

found this following a string of links...actually pretty interesting to see the wrecks from both allied and axis planes....McQ you might find this interesting if you havent seen it alreadys...

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/

and this site is dutch with a ton of unusual pics and facts of ac.

http://www.luchtoorlog.be/

[bobbysocks]

The following is a chapter from a book published in 1943...

that is what this link has...read what the russians say about mixing it up with the LW.

http://luthier.stormloader.com/SFTacticsI.htm

[McQ59]

Nice bud! Surprised me after a quick look that so many german planes crashed or accidently just fell of the sky due to enginetrouble or other kinds of fouls during testflying. They must have been short of both skilled pilots and spareparts...