Miles M.39B Libellula
An experimental aircraft designed for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, or the Ministry of Defense as it is known today, was the Miles M.39B. With its dual main wings the M39 …
Aquila
The Aquila, Italian for eagle was a converted aircraft carrier which was originally built as the passenger liner SS Roma. Like the Seydlitz, Axis forces aimed for military superiority with …
Soviet Amphibious Assault Submarines
After the World War II, the Soviet Union experimented with various submarine technologies. Many of these experimental submarines aimed to bridge the gap between a submarine and a landing craft, …
Seydlitz
This ship seemed to have suffered from an identity crisis as its purpose and design evolved over the war. Nazi Germany had started construction of this ship before WWII as …
Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank
This heavy assault tank developed for the British Army specifically for World War II by Nuffield Mechanizations. Weighing in at 78 tons, this mammoth was not easily transported, but this …
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate
This aircraft was to be the US Navy’s next great torpedo bombers in World War Two. As new aircraft carriers grew in size, this allowed for larger and more improved …
XV-4 Hummingbird
This surveillance aircraft was the US Army’s attempt at creating a successful aircraft with vertical take of and landing capabilities (VTOL). Designated by Lockheed as the VZ-120, and classified by …
Myasishchev M-4 Molot
This aircraft could be said to have it all. Slender beauty, amazing cargo capabilities and, tandem landing gear which consisted of two sets of wheels installed directly in line with …
Object 279
This formidable tank, built by the Soviet Union weighing in at a colossal 60 tons and was intended for cross-country terrain where normal tanks would have been ineffective. Built to …
Flettner Fl 282
A helicopter, the FI 282 was a short lived German production helicopter. Named the FI 282 Kolibri, this helicopter was named after. a species of hummingbirds, found In Central and …