Recent content by Admiral Beez

I was thinking HP, but you're right to point out torque as it's the more useful measure for getting a stationary tank moving. I remember the first passenger vehicle I drove with stick shift was an Opel Zafira minivan in Germany in about 2013, and the torque from its diesel was forgiving when...

Agreed. While not prop driven, their fleet of MiG-15s are impressive for museum pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFimfaUzbmM

If I was Iran or the PRC and hoping to one day smoke a USN CVN, I'd be going all in with the development of drone swarms. I sometimes wonder if Britain made a mistake on spending its limited defence budget on the Queen Elizabeth class CVs and instead should have procure three or more additional...

I can't help but wonder how the Tiger II or Panther might have improved its mobility if its Maybach HL230 (690 hp @ 3,000 rpm and 1364 lb⋅ft at 2,100 rpm) petrol engine was replaced by a diesel of greater power. Though, to be fair to Maybach and the Germans, IIRC the HL230 was the most powerful...

NATO needs to learning from this, as our future adversaries are as well. Imagine the invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq or NATO's move into former Yugoslavia if the enemy had tens of thousands of FPV suicide drones.

It's a shame NK even exists. At Yalta, instead of the US demanding that the USSR go to war against Japan, they should have told the USSR to MYOB and stay out, letting the US drive the re-establishment of an independent Korea while bolstering a defence against the PRC...

Interesting vid on North Korean airlines. I didn't think air travel was even a thing there. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLXw7SQvAk

Why was Germany designing and making diesel engines for aircraft and surface warships when the Wehrmacht could have better used diesels for its tanks, AFVs and trucks? It just seems an odd direction to focus on. There's some info here...

He's just been sacked/promoted/reassigned. The new defence head isn't from the military, but may have experience in procurement and logistics.

I would argue that a good portion of the USSR's manpower during WW2 were coerced into fighting with fear of execution by Barrier troops, rather than motivated for national survival.

True. But it helps… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13409251/Russia-captures-nine-villages-two-days-launching-surprise-cross-border-incursion-Kharkiv-thousands-flee-Ukraines-second-biggest-city.html

The Arsenal VG-40 and Dewoitine D.521 with their intended Rolls-Royce Merlin engines would have addressed such issues. Or, if produced in Vichy France, perhaps the DB 605 could be used, making a French equal to the Fiat G.55, Macchi C.205 or Reggiane Re.2005.

Some info here. https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/german-remote-controlled-turrets.43474/

Stick the R-4360 onto a Hawker Fury (or Tempest) like the post-war Reno racers did. Here's the Sea Fury named Dreadnought with its R-4360 showing...

The KuKLFT or Austro-Hungarian air force is a forgotten air power from the First World War. I for one had no idea what campaigns or actions they fought in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Aviation_Troops Its primary fighter through 1917, the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I looks...