World War II Vehicles, Tanks, Airplanes, and Ships

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18 February 2019, Great Britain's "A" and "A" Leader class destroyers

The "A" class destroyers were supposed to allow for better crew accommodations for longer patrols but cost cutting prevented many of them from being included in the ships.

17 February 2019, Great Britain's Prototype destroyers

The first destroyers built after World War I were call the Prototype destroyers as they were supposed to be the designs of the future.

16 February 2019, Multi Man Publishing Red Factories

Here's the counters that come in Red Factories.

16 February 2019, Great Britain's Scott class , Admiralty Leader class, Campbell class destroyers

The Scott class destroyers were from the late World War I era and were used for escort duties.

15 February 2019, Le Franc Tireur #14

Here's the counters that come in Le Franc Tireur #14 and Le Franc Tireur - Kampfgruppe Scherer.

15 February 2019, Great Britain's Shakespeare class destroyers

Going to step away from aircraft and go back to ships.

The Shakespeare class destroyers were World War I era craft that were mostly used around the United Kingdom on escort duties.

10 February 2019, Italy's Umbra MB.902 Heavy fighter

A unique design, with two engines located in the fuselage and the propellers in the wings, the Umbra MB.902 had only a prototype built before the surrender of Italy in September 1943.

10 February 2019, Italy's Aeronautica Umbra AUT 18 Trojani fighter, Umbra T.18 Trojani fighter

The Umbra T.18 fighter was only built as a prototype as it proved to be a very poor design during its flight trials.

9 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 transport

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 started out to be a transatlantic passenger aircraft but the few that were built during the war were converted to military transports.

 

9 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 ground attack

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 was to be a ground attack aircraft but was developed too late in the war.

9 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 escort fighter

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 was a two boom design following the SM.91. There was only one prototype built and it was tested by the Luftwaffe who decided not to enter it into production.

8 February 2019, Critical Hit Annual Issue 4

Here's the counter listings for Critical Hit Annual Issue 4.

3 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 escort fighter

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 had some similarities to the Lockheed P-38 Lightning but never got past the prototype stage.

3 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 ground attack

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 was still being evaluated when Italy surrendered.

2 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 float plane transport

A few of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 float plane transports were built before World War II. They were based on the SM.75 transport.

 

2 February 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 ground attack

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 was aerodynamically better than the SM.85 but only one prototype was built.

26 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 ground attack

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 was to be a ground attack aircraft but it performed so poorly it was withdrawn from service.

25 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 transport, Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 bomber

There were two Savoia-Marchetti SM.84s, one a transport that never went into production, and the bomber which wasn't well liked by its crews.

21 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 transport

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 was originally built for civilian use but was used as a military transport starting in 1940.

19 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 reconnaissance flying boat

Few of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 reconnaissance flying boats were built but they were used in the 1930s by the Regia Marina.

18 January 2019, YouTube Videos no more

Google has taken away my ability (not theirs of course) to make a few dollars from ads placed over my videos so I've decided to close my YouTube channel permanently and have removed links to those videos.

18 January 2019, Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale (marsupial) transport

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 was the first Marchetti design to have retractable landing gear.

 

13 January 2019, Broken Ground Design - Optional and Heretical, Offboard Artillery Counters

Here's the listing of counters that come with Optional and Heretical and Off Board Artillery.

12 January 2019, Broken Ground Design - Partisan Advanced Squad Leader Counters

Here's the listing of counters that come with Partisan by Broken Ground Design.

11 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.74 transport

Three of the large four engine Savoia-Marchetti SM.74 transports were used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica.

6 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.73 transport

Originally used as civilian transports the Savoia-Marchetti SM.73s were taken over by the Italian military and used as transports.

5 January 2019, Italy's Savoia-Marchetti SM.55X flying boat

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.55 series of flying boats showed that Italy could design excellent aircraft in the 1930s. None were used in combat in World War II.

5 January 2019, Corregidor: the Rock

Here are the counters that come with Corregidor: the Rock.

4 January 2019, Italy's S.A.I.M.A.N. 202 liaison

Originally designed to be a civilian touring aircraft the S.A.I.M.A.N. 202 was used by the Italian military as a liaison aircraft.

1 January 2019, Italy's Reggiane Re.2005 fighter Sagittario (archer)

The Reggiane Re.2005 was a high performance fighter that did very well against Allied aircraft, but it was only produced in small numbers before the surrender of Italy.

1 January 2019, Italy's Reggiane Re.2003 reconnaissance bomber

The Reggiane Re.2003 was to be a two seat reconnaissance bomber but only two prototypes were constructed.

Links

• Free Military Manuals
  Free Military Manuals have manuals in pdf format, The main aim of this web site is to bring WWII German Military Manuals no longer in print into the public domain for free.
• World War II Wiki
  Historical database for just about everything World War II.
• Panzers of the Wehrmacht
  Informative site dedicated to the men and vehicles of the German Armed Forces of the Second World War. Contains an excellent image gallery.

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