T___A

I assume you are the resident expert on that topic?

Alright, this one is for LC:
 

Some pictures I was able to find.

It looks like here has "show all" set as default. Of course, no way of knowing for sure until february
 
 
On TN, at the top of each board there's a bar with buttons for "recently updated", "start date", etc - different ways to filter the threads. right hand side of the row of buttons is called "custom", you can set the desired cutoff date in that

For having good graphics I am dismayed at how poorly designed the game play is. The worst is the lack of ground friction (whatever the technicall term is) of tank driving. It feels like I'm driving a skateboard in an 8-bit Nintendo game.

The biggest killer of WT for me is the amount of time I need to dedicate to a battle. In WoT, I can crank out a fight every 5-7 minutes, even if I die and have to use another tank. In WT, it takes what, half an hour to find and play a Realistic battle? Pass.

I will write an article about it tomorrow but anyway here is drawing of the IS-2U.

Apparently the original armor scheme suggested would've required replacing the torsion bars with something smaller.

These troops are supposedly using AS-44s but I'm not sure if they are.
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I will be making a list of useful aerospace related documents in this thread. I'll be adding my own collection at first, feel free to add you own.
 
Launch Vehicles
 
Advanced Cryogenic Expendible SSTO
Advanced Rocket Engines
Air Augmented Rocket Propulsion Concepts
Improved Saturn V Variants
History of Soviet Liquid Fueled Engines
Silbervogel
The Space Shuttle as an Element in the National Space Program (published 1970)
Space Shuttle Range Safety Command Destruct System
Why Does the Space Shuttle Have Wings?: A Look at the Social Construction of Technology in Air and Space
Human Rated Delta IV
Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
Soviet Space Program Handbook (1988)
Launch Loop
Atlas V Users Guide
Current Evaluation of Tripropellant Concept
Star Raker
Assessments of Proposed Upgraded (STS, 1999)
Liquid Flyback Booster Configurations
Liquid Flyback Booster Study Assessment
Dual Liquid Flyback Booster for Space Shuttle
Apollo Lunar Module Propulsion Systems Overview
Lifting Manned Hypervelocity Reentry Vehicles
Saturn V Improvement Study
 
Nuclear Propulsion
 
Missions to Mars and the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn Utilizing Nuclear Thermal Rockets with Indigenous Propellants
Nuclear Thermal Rockets Using Indigenous Martian Propellants
Nuclear Thermal Rocket/VehicIe Design Options for Future NASA Missions to the Moon and Mars
Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
Solid Core Nuclear Propulsion Concept
Development of Nuclear Rocket Engines in the USSR
NSWR
Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Program
Rover Nuclear Engine Program Tests
Design of Antimatter Annihilation Rocket
Antiproton Powered Propulsion with Magnetically Confined Plasma Engines
Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study
SOAR: Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor
Metal DUMBO Rocket Reactor
Fission Fragment Rocket Engine
The Political Feasibility of Nuclear Power in Space
Liquid Annular Reactor System (LARS)
On the Use of a Pulsed Nuclear Thermal Rocket for Interstellar Travel
Fission Fragment Rockets (1988)
 
Exploration
 
Lunex
Soviet Manned Lunar Program
Solar Rocket System Concept Analysis
Manned Mars Missions Using Electric Propulsion
Galactic and Solar Cosmic Ray Shielding
Issues in Radiation Protection: Galactic Cosmic Rays
Titan Submersible Proposal
Discovery of 1992 QB1 (first KBO)
Color Diversity Among Centaurs and KBOs
Manned Venus Flyby Proposal (1967)
Manned Eros Flyby (would have used Apollo derivative possibly)
Bussard Ramjet (simple)
Bussard Ramjet (more stuff)
Comparison of Phobos and Deimos as Exploration Targets
Scenarios for the Orbits of 2000 CR105 and 2003 VB12
A couple of spaceflight books
JIMO Materials Challenges
Aerocapture Analysis for a Neptune Mission
Aerogravity Assist at Triton
Neptune Orbiters Using Solar and Radioisotope Electric Propulsion
Magnetic Field of Mercury
Human Exploration of Mercury and Saturn
Project Mercury Report (1959)
Abort Options for Mars Missions
Manned Phobos Mission (Project APEX)
Manned Venus Orbiting Mission
High Altitude Venus Operations Concept
Crewed Mission to Callisto
Titan and Europa Mission Summary
Design of a Common Lunar Lander (1991)
Manned Lunar Habitats
Meteroid/Debris Shielding
Interstellar radio links enhanced by exploiting the Sun as a Gravitational Lens.
Origin and Orbital Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Scattered Disc
X-Ray Fluorescence from Inner Disc in Cygnus X-1
Evidence for a Distant Planet in the Outer Solar System
Evidence for Nemesis (from 1985)
THE USES OF ASTRONOMY AN ORATION
Rapid Mars Transits with Exhaust-Modulated Plasma Propulsion
VASIMIR
Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report
CO2/Metal Propellants for Mars Sample Return Missions
ISS EVA Radiation Protection Studies
The Mars Project (Von Braun, 1953)
That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi’s paradox
Nanotechnology and Space System Architecture
Apollo Guidance Computer Code List
 
Missiles
 
Defense Against Ballistic Missiles
ICBM Basing Options
Soviet Theater Nuclear Forces: Implications for NATO Defense (1981)
The Evolution of the Cruise Missile
A series of presentations on guided missile technology from the National University of Singapore.
Seize the High Ground: The Army in Space and Missile Defense
Soviet Concepts of Ballistic Missile Defense
ABM R&D at Bell Labs
Production and Deployment of Nike-X
Professional Development Short Course on Tactical Missile Design
Tactical Missile Design
The Pluto Program
Ballistic Missile Defense Report
IADS / GCI systems of the Cold War
Air defense at the XXI. century
Ault Report (Report on Performance of US Navy AAMs in 1968)
Nike family and BOMARC
HAWK
Patriot
S-25
S-75 family
S-200 family
S-300 family
2K11 Krug
2K12 Kub
9K33 Osa
9K331 Tor
9K37M1 Buk
9K81 / 9K81M aka S-300V / VM
9K35 Strela-10
2K22M Tunguska
ZU-23-4 Shilka
MANPADS
Tactical Missile Design by Fleeman.
Johns Hopkins APL Lectures on Missile Design. 
 
 
Military Aviation
 
US
 
THE SEARCH FOR AN ADVANCED FIGHTER A HISTORY FROM THE XF-108 TO THE ADVANCED TACTICAL FIGHTER
F-106 Data Sheet
Encyclopedia of US Air Force Air Craft and Missile Systems, Vol. 1 (1945-1973)
Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems, Vol. 2 (1945-1973)
Designations of US Aircraft
Accuracy of Azon Guided Bomb
AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A 0.12-SCALE MODEL OF THE A-9A AIRCRAFT AT MACH NUMBERS FROM 0.30 TO 0.80 A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CASE STUDY FLIGHT EVALUATION (SYSTEMS) OF THE A-1OA PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT - APPENDIX V - WEAPON DELIVERY FLIGHT EVALUATION (SYSTEMS OF THE A-10A PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT RAND Study on F-20 Project FICON STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVEN LENTICULAR MODELS AT MACH NUMBER 5
FORCE TESTS ON TEN LENTICULAR MODEL CONFIGURATIONS AT MACH NUMBERS 3 AND 5 AND ANGLES OF ATTACK FROM 0 TO 90 DEG
LANDING CHARACTERISTICS OF A LENTICULAR-SHAPED RE-ENTRY VEHICLE
PYE WACKET. LENTICULAR ROCKET FEASIBILITY STUDY
LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF A LENTICULAR MODEL AT MACH NUMBER 8
STATIC LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS AT MACH NUMBERS OF 2.86 AND 6.02 AND ANGLES OF ATTACK UP TO 95 DEGREES
Congress and SDIO
AIM-4F Falcon Characteristics Summary September 1963 AIM-4D Falcon Standard Missile Characteristics September 1963 APPROVED NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-7M/P SPARROW MISSILE SYSTEM N88-NTSP-A-50-8008C/A NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-9M SIDEWINDER MISSILE SYSTEM(FOR MODELS THROUGH AIM-9M-10) N78-NTSP-A-50-8105C/A NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-9X SIDEWINDER MISSILE SYSTEM N88-NTSP-A-50-9601A/A APPROVED NAVY TRAINING PLAN FOR THE AIM-9M SIDEWINDER MISSILE SYSTEM (FOR MODELS THROUGH AIM-9M-8) A-50-8105B/A DRAFT NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-54 PHOENIX MISSILE N88-NTSP-A-50-8007C/D APPROVED NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-120 ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE N88-NTSP-A-50-8111C/A A-10/GAU-8 Low Angle Test Firings Versus Simulated Soviet Tank Company NPS-50-80-008 A4D-2 Standard Aircraft Characteristics Naval Air Training And Operating Procedures Standardization Manual A-4A/B/C F-16A-B MLU Pilot Guide Part 1 F-16A-B MLU Pilot Guide Part 2 Pilot Operational Procedures of F-16 USAF Test Pilot School F-4 Phantom II Guide USAF T. O. 1F-4C-1-2 Flight Operating Difference Supplemental Data USAF Series F-4E Aircraft Thunderbird Configuration NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model RF-4B Aircraft NAVWEPS 01-235FDC-1 NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model F-4J Aircraft NAVAIR 01-245FDD-1 NAVAIR 01-F14AAP-1B NATOPS POCKET CHECKLIST F-14B AIRCRAFT NATOPS FLIGHT MANUAL NAVY MODEL F−14D AIRCRAFT XB-35 Pilots Handbook YB-49 Pilots Handbook YRB-49A Pilots Handbook YF-12 Utility Flight Manual Aparent AN/APG–68(V5) Operations Guide, Used on F-16C Aircraft NAVEDTRA 14014A Ch. 9 Aircraft Ordnance Weapons File 2003-2004 TECHNICAL MANUAL, ENGINEERING HANDBOOK SERIES FOR AIRCRAFT REPAIR, GENERAL MANUAL FOR STRUCTURAL REPAIR T.O. NAVAIR 01-1A-1 - 1 APRIL 2015
NAVAIR 01-245DB-2-1.2 (6-1 to 6-49) part 1
NAVAIR 01-245DB-2-1.2 (6-50 to 6-86P) part 2 NAVAIR 01-245DB-2-1.2 (6-87 to 6-108) part 3 Pilots Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model B-17 F and G, British Model Fortress II P-40N Erection and Maintance P-40N Flight Operating Instructions F-86A Flight Handbook AN 01-60JLA-1 30 July 1952 F-86A Flight Handbook T.O. 1F-86-A-1 - 30 August 1957 U-2 Flight Utility Manual 1 March 1959 Supercharging the Allison V-1710
The Impact of Allied Air Attacks on German Divisions and Other Army Forces in Zones of Combat
The Effect of the Allied Air Attacks on the Ground Echelon of the Luftwaffe in Western Europe in 1944
1959 SAC Target List
A-26 Pilot Training Manual
P-40 Pilot Training Manual
P-51 Pilot Training Manual
P-47N Pilot Training Manual
P-38H Pilot Training Manual
F-14D manual
B-25 Pilot Training Manual
USAF Designations Sheet (?)
Air Force Performance in Desert Storm
YF-109/F3L
XBT2D-1 Destroyer Characteristics Sheet
AD-5 Skyraider Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
A4D-1 Skyhawk Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
A2F-1 Intruder Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
XF5U-1 Flapjack Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F7U-3P Cutlass Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F3D-2 Skyknight Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F4D-1 Skyray Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F2H-3 Banshee Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F3H-2N Demon Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F4H-1 Phantom Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
AF1-E Fury Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
AF-9J Cougar Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F-11A Tiger Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F-14A Tomcat Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
R3Y-1 Tradewind Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P2B-1 Superfortress Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P4M-1Q Mercator Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P5M-2S Marlin Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P3V-1 Orion Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
D-188A Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
HO4S-2 Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
HSS-1F Seabat Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
HSL-1 Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
K-225 Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
KD2G-2 Firefly Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
D-188 Scale Model Flight Tests
An Experimental Investigation of VTOL Flying Qualities Required for Shipboard Landings
X-22A Report
Air Combat Tactics Evaluation F-100 F-104 F-105 F-4C vs. MiG 15/17 Type Aircraft (F-86H)
History of the NF-104A
USAF Serial Numbers 1922-2018
JATO Rocket Flight Test
An in-depth examination of the F-20 tigershark program
Lockheed P-80A Manual
North American X-15 Manual
Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Manual
CIA Oxcart Archives
Performance and Surge Limits of a TF30-P-3 Turbofan Engine/Axisymmetric Mixed-Compression Inlet Propulsion System at Mach 2.5
Wind Tunnel Tests of 1/17th Scale XBDR-1 Model
US Navy Interest in U-2
Project Hazel (Mach 3 Recon)
Speed Agile Concept
Lockheed's Archangel whitepaper
NASA Comparison of Me-262, P-80, and Meteor
P-38 Design Analysis, by Hal Hibbard
Evolution of the F-16
R-2800 Maintenance Manual
General Dynamics Aircraft
X-Planes at Edwards
ATF Contenders
Grumman F-11
Northrop YF-23
Lockheed AH-56
Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Douglas A2D Skyshark
F-22 Raptor
McDonnell Model Numbers
  US Navy PBY Operations 1941-1945
Coalition Air Warfare in the Korean War
The US Navy's Transition to Jets
U.S. Air Force Investments in Hypersonic Test Technologies & Infrastructure
P-40 Variants
XB-19 Technical Report
A Compendium of Encounter Reports from P-47 Pilots
Advanced Technology Tactical Transport
A Case Study in US Air Force Air-to-Air Armament Post–World War II through Operation Rolling Thunder
747 Deployed Microfighters
Next Generation Attack Fighter Study
NAVAIR Air-to-Air Intercept Procedures Workbook.
XB-70 Aircraft Study
Tailsitter Stability and Control
P-38L Maintenance Instructions
Assault Gliders: A Reexamination
Gliders of World War 2
Convair MX-1964 Proposed Supersonic Bomber (B-58 Initial Studies)
 
USSR
 
SOVIET ASSESSMENTS OF U. S. CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
Soviet Naval Aviation (1986)
Guide on using E-24 in MiG-23ML Part 1
Guide on using E-24 in MiG-23ML Part 2
Supposed digital transcription of Mi-24V(P) Pilots notes
MiG-21Bis Performance Analysis Tumanskiy R-25-300 SU-27SK Flight Manual Part 1 SU-27SK Flight Manual Part 2 ICAS2002 Congress - Generations of Su-27 Fighter - Mickhail A. Pogossyan, Mickhail P. Simonov, German I. Zagainov, Alexy Z. Tarasov - Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau, Russia Aviation Week September 24 1990- Su-27 British Pilot Report (1 of 2) Aviation Week September 24 1990- Su-27 British Pilot Report (2 of 2) Russian performance charts for many planes Polkarpov Po-2 technical manual Tu-16 Badger Sukhoi T-50 Evaulation of Soviet Automatic Aircraft Guns 37mm NS and 37mm N Soviet Air Force P-39 Manual
Soviet Assessments of North American Air Defense
Tupolev Tu-22M
Soviet Secret Projects: Fighters Since 1945
Su-25
Mi-24
MiG-29
MiG-31
Yakovlev V/STOL Fighters
Su-27 Walkaround
OKB MiG: A History
Soviet Secret Bomber Projects
 
 
China
 
Chinese AA Systems
 
 
UK
 
Vulcan B MK. 2 Aircrew Manual
Hunter F.1 Pilots Notes Sea Hawk F.2, F.B.3&5 and F.G.A.4&6 Pilots Notes Sea Hornet F.20 Pilots Notes Venom FB.4 Pilots Notes SPITFIRE IX, XI & XVI PILOTS NOTES THIRD EDITION Seafire Mk.I, II, III Merlin 32, 45, 46, 55 or 55M Engine Pilots Notes Seafire Mk.XV&XVII Griffon VI Engine Pilots Notes Seafire mk.45 Griffon 61 Engine Mk.46 Griffon 87 Engine Seafire FR.47 Griffon 87 or 88 Engine Naval Air Fighting Development Unit Test Report on Seafire FR.47
WT Thread with Pilot Notes on British/Commonwealth Planes
Royal Air Force Buffalo Mk. I Manual [url= https://www.dropbox.com/s/d00qe9vl3sdkdxj/TempestV PilotNotes.pdf?dl=0 ]Tempest V Pilot's Notes[/url] British Secret Projects (Fighters)
 
Sweden
 
Swedish Military Aircraft Reference Sheet
Swedish Air Force Squadron Composition
Saab SK35C Draken Flight Manual SFI FPL SK35C 29 October 1994 Australian Government Evaluation of J35B A Bunch of Swedish Gas Turbine Patents from the 1930s
Swedish Air Force Jet Engines
AJ and AJS 37 Viggen flight manuals (untranslated)
1965 Swedish Fighter Tactics Manual
From Jaktfalken to Viggen
Where the Air Force was After 1945
Critical Years: Formative Moments for the Swedish Aircraft Industry 1944-1951 (untranslated)
J21 A-3 Manual (partial) (untranslated)
 
Italy
 
G.91 Flight Testing
Italian F-104 UCAV Proposal
Macchi 200 C Aircraft Manual
CR.32 Manual
February 1941 Italian Aviation Magazine
 
Germany
 
A Ram-Jet Engine For Fighters (NACA, 1947, Translation of German Paper)
1950 report on the Horten designs
Luftwaffenmaterialkommando GAF T.O. 1F-MIG29-1 Flight Manual MiG-29 (English) Ta-152H Teil 1 Ta-152H Manual Translated Ta 152 C, Baubeschreibung Nr.290, 5.Januar 1945, 12 Seiten Ta 152 H-0, H-1, Vorläufiges Handbuch, Elektrisches Bordnetz, Januar 1945, 42 Seiten Ta 152, Ersatzteil-Liste Ta 152, Januar 1945, 299 Seiten Ta 152 C,H, Werkzeichnungen , 1943-1945, Band 1, 104 Seiten Do-335 A1 Teil 0 Flight Handbook Do-335 Patentschrift Document Do-335 A1 Geraeteliste Do 335 A-6 Nachtjaeger Baubeschreibung Do 335 B-0 Zerstoerer Daimler Benz Handbuch DB 601 A-B Daimler Benz DB 603 A Handbuch Daimler Benz DB 603 E-G Handbuch East German MiG-29 The Development of German Antiaircraft Weapons and Equipment of All Types Up to 1945
Flight evaluation of a captured ME-262
MK 112 Autocannon
MK 101
MK 103
MK 108
American Analysis of Me-110
Bf-109 F-1 Handbook
Me-109 K-4 Handbook
Me-163 Handbook
Me-262 A-1 Handbook
R4M Rocket
Jumo 004 Improvements
Jumo 004 Pictures
Fritz-X
Rheinmetall RZ-65
Hecht Glide-bomb
Wasserfall
Hs 117 Schmetterling
Rheintochter
Rheinbote Rh Z 61/9
Luftwaffe Suicide Projects
He-176
Soviet Bf-109 G-2 trials
Bf-109 F-1/F-2 with DB601N Performance Trials
US Navy Report on Messerschmitt Aircraft Development
Ta-152 Working Drawings
Ta-400
Focke Wulf PTL 021
German Secret Weapons
Secret Wonder Weapons of Germany
Rotorcraft of the Third Reich
Luftwaffe Secret Projects (Ground Attack)
Luftwaffe Secret Projects (Fighters)
Luftwaffe Secret Projects (Bombers)
 
 
 
Japan
 
A7M Wind Tunnel Test Results (Untranslated)
A6M3 Operations Manual (Untranslated)
Ki-10 Manual (Untranslated)
Ki-44 Manual (Untranslated)
Nakajima Type 99 Ha25 Manual
Nakajima Aircraft Engine List (Line Type)
Nakajima Aircraft Engine List (Single Row Radial)
Nakajima Aircraft Engine List (Double Row Radial)
F6F-5 vs. J2M3
Japanese Secret Projects (WW2)
Various Japanese Aircraft Links
J2M2 Performance Chart
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Report I Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Airframes and Engines)
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Report XIX Army Air Arsenal and Navy Air Depots (Airframes and Engines)
 
 
Canada
 
Canadian Neptune (P2V)
Project 1794 (Avrocar) Final Report
 
Australia
 
Wirraway Operating Instructions
Boomerang Operating Instructions
 
Israel
 
6 Day War Air Power
 
France
 
Mirage 2000C Manual
L'Arsenal de l'aeronautique (Untranslated)
Hawk 75 Pilot's Manual
Hawk 75 Maneuvers
Mirage F1 in South Africa
 
Vietnam
 
North Vietnam Air Defences
 
Finland
 
Winter War and Continuation War Aircraft Types
 
 
 
 
Other/Uncategorized
 
Leaked Swiss Evaluation of Gripen vs Eurofighter vs Rafale
The Strategic Aspect of Supercruising Flight
Standard Aircraft Characteristics Archive
Close Coupled Canard
Design for Air Combat
Aerodynamic highlights of a fourth generation delta canard fighter aircraft
Air Intakes for High Speed Vehicles
Ballistic Missile Defense
Penetration and Deceleration of 25,000 lb Bombs in Concrete Targets
The Use of Prototypes in Weapon System Development Radar Cross Section Measurements
Breuget Range Equation
External Burning Ramjets
Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
Engineering Design Handbook: Design for Air Transport and Airdrop of Materiel
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design
A Study of Hypersonic Aircraft (1964)
A Linear Accelerator in Space
Astronomical Engineering: A Strategy for Modifying Planetary Orbits
A comparison of sleeve valve and poppet valve engines.
Combat Aircraft Prototypes Since 1945
The Perception of the P-16 in the US
Energy Efficiency of Sea and Air Vehicles
Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?
Ducted Pulsejet
Development of Radar Homing Missiles
 
 
 
Aviation (Civilian)
 
Generalized Performance Comparison of Large Conventional, Tail Boom, and Tailless Aircraft (NACA, 1947)
The Supersonic Transport as an Instrument of National Power
Silent Supersonic Demonstrator (Japan)
Sonic Boom Reduction
United 232: Coping with Loss of All Flight Controls
Wing-in-Ground Effect Craft
Supersonic Aerodynamics
747-400 Flight Crew Operations Manual Boeing 747-400 Operations Manual 767-300 Flight Crew Operations Manual For Norwind Airlines - Document Number D632T001-36NRW - Revision Number: 9- Revision Date: August 16, 2013
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Four Duct Tandem VTOL Aircraft Configurations
Engine Proposal for Phase III of the Supersonic Transport Program
Supersonic Transport Engines
GE4 vs. JTF17
Sonic Cruiser Concept Analysis
Span-Distributed Loading Cargo Aircraft
Boeing - Planemaker to the World
High Velocity Jet Noise Reduction
Kalman Filtering (GPS Technology)
Flight Investigation of Supersonic Propellor
Study of 14 Nuclear Powered Airplanes
Performance of External Bump Compression Inlet at Mach Numbers of 1.5 and 2.0
Free Flight Tunnel Test Log
 
 
Biographies/Personal Accounts
 
Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire, by Alexander Zuyev
MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko
Boris Chertok Memoir Link to English Translation
Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer: Flight Tests at Ames Research Center: 1940-1970
The Problem of Space Travel 1928 by Slovenian Engineer Herman Potočnik
General Kenney Reports, a personal History of the Pacific War By George C Kenney: 
Darker Shades of Blue
Rockets and People, by Boris Chertok
Pierre Sprey gets dunked on

Loading mechanisms for the IS-3 and T-10.

Loading mechanisms for the IS-3 and T-10.

This shall be the general thread for all things soviet tanks. I shall start by posting an article I just wrote for my blog. I would recommend Archive Awarness which is an excellent blog about Soviet tanks and their experiences with other nation's tanks.

In case anyone wants to download PDFs of Ogorkiewicz old AFV profile magazines on Swedish armor, here are some links.
 
AFV Profile 28 S-Tank
 
AFV Provile 42 Modern Swedish Light Armor

Now, we are all in agreement that the best tank the Germans built was the StuG III.
 

 
But did you know that the Germans had other vehicles? It's true! You should talk about them here.
 
Links you should click:
Our Problem Child: Rossmum on the Panther tank
Germany's White Elephant, a look at the Tiger tank in theory and practice
Tiger II: A Royal Pain
An overview of Germany's armour quality

During the 1960s, there were many competiting designs for the rocket that would be used in the Soviet Lunar Program. Ultimately, the N1 was chosen, and proceeded to detonate and/or deflagrate vigorously on all four of its launches. One of the hypothetical competitors to the N1 was the UR-700.
 

 
A development of Chelomei's 'Universal Rocket System' (which also included the UR-100, UR-200, and UR-500 (Proton)), there were several important differences between the UR-700 and N1. For one, while the N1 was to have used kerosene/LOX fuels, the UR-700 would have used hypergolics, namely UDMH/N2O4. This fuel combination has reduced specific impulse compared to cryogenic fuels. However, considering that Chelomei's other rockets in the series were developed as ICBMs fueled by hypergolics, it is easy to see why they would have been chosen for the UR-700. Additionally, while the N1 had no less than 30 first stage engines, the UR-700 first stage was to have been powered by only nine RD-270 engines. To be fair, the RD-270 was much larger than the NK-15 used on the N1.
 
The UR-700 was planned to put 130-170 tons into LEO, which the Soviets judged to be the required amount for a direct ascent lunar mission. The choice of direct ascent, as compared to the lunar orbit rendezvous approach used by the Apollo missions (as well as Korolev's N1 based mission profile) results in a less efficient architecture. Most likely, Chelomei chose a direct ascent approach due to fears over the Soviet's lack of docking. Since the Americans had worked these issues out during the Gemini program, by the late 1960s, they were confident in the decision to use LOR.
 

 
Given the numerous issues in the Soviet Lunar Program, it is unlikely that choosing the UR-700 over the N1 would have got a cosmonaut on the moon before Armstrong. However, it's an interesting what-if? Could the UR-700 have been modified for use in an LOR mission? I believe it could have, given the UR-series' modular nature. Of course, it is likely that the UR-700 would have run into many other unforeseen issues, which could have resulted in failure. I'm curious to see y'all's opinions on it.
 

So, basic introduction, to start off, we'll go with the latest backbone of the PLA Ground forces' Armored divisions, the ZTZ-96 G/A
 
Basic specs.
 
Crew: 3
 
Weight: 42-45 tonnes depending on equipment and addon armor/era.
 
Power plant: 1,000 hp liquid cooled Diesel engine
 
Speed: 65 km/h on roads 45 km/h off road
 
Range: 400km without external tanks
 
Armament: 125mm L/48 main gun with autoloader similar to the Soviet 2A46 (8 rounds per minute rof), ATGM capable, based on Russian Refleks-M missile, also has HEI-FRAG, HEAT, and APFSDS ammunition choices, W-85 12.7mm cupola machine gun (not pictured in this photo), 7.62mm coaxial machine gun.
 

 
Wow, such sharp looking, very armor.
 
Capability wise, this tank was recently pitted against some modern T-72B variants in a Russian tank Biathalon, and while it was deemed better in Armor, Armament, and Electronics, it lost out in mobility due to the underpowered engine, this killed all 730 and 780 hp engines in other ZTZ-96 G/As for the 1,000 hp engine.
 
One interesting note: the boxes on the side actually contain equipment that interferes with the targetting systems of SACLOS missiles, aswell as laser designators, rangefinders and guidance systems, these can be seen when the tank is viewed from above.
 
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The heavier, far stronger pride of the ground forces.
 
ZTZ-99 (A2 variant pictured.)
 
Crew: 3
 
Weight: 54-60 tonnes depending on variant
 
Powerplant: 1,500 hp turbo charged liquid cooled diesel engine
 
Speed: 80 km/h on roads, 60 km/h off road
 
Range: 600km without external tanks.
 
Armament: ZPT98 125mm L/52 autloaded gun with 8 rounds/minute rate of fire (some sources quote later variants at 11 rounds per minute), higher pressure tolerances, redesigned autoloader and other improvements, this allows it to fire improved ammunition such as far more deadly APFSDS then other 125mm autoloaded gun platforms in the PLA's inventory, it can still fire all other types of rounds aswell, W-85 12.7mm cupola machine gun, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun.
 
Armor: While the exact thickness and composition isn't known, It's known from cutaway photos and some are pubically released information to have a hard spall liner as many other tanks these days, the actual armor composition itself are plates of high strength/toughness maraging steel sandwiching materials such as high hardness Aluminum oxides, aswell as layers of Graphene and unknown materials from there (likely something very dense), the boxes on the side of the turret and on the pike nose on the front are likely addon ceramic armor as opposed to ERA as originally believed and may be hollow to act as spaced armed, aside from the physical armor package, the tank also features ERA, NERA, and active defense systems that jam or alter the trajectory of various types of guided projectiles.
 

 
So, this is the actual "elite" tank of the PLA to supplement the cheaper 96's, Originally it started out with a modest $2,500.000 production cost, however, as time grew on and they kept advancing it to the lastest standards of a top tier MBT, that sort of spiraled out of control a bit, coupled with the fact that the PLA ground forces don't get the same funding as the PLAAF and the PLAN, and the result was that, while the 99A2 has turned out to be a beast in it's own right, it simply isn't feasible price wise to give every tank crew a Type 99A2, however this is probably one of the most underrated 3rd generation MBTs as it's rarely talked about and theres a fuck ton of misinformation about it (mainly that it's a clone of the T-72/T-80 which is completely wrong) and well, it's goddamn pretty, and that counts for alot.
 
Be sure to check my other topics covering other branches of the PLA
 
http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/80-the-plan-present-and-future-or-the-rapid-modernization-of-the-chinese-navy-and-marines/- Regarding the Navy, Marines, and Weapons used by them and also land based anti ship defense systems.
 
http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/71-the-future-of-pla-bullit-spitting-devices-powerful-chinese-weapons-and-units-thread/ - Regarding Infantry, small arms, and infantry support weapons.
 
http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/87-the-plaaf-and-airborne-a-look-at-the-past-present-and-the-future/- Regarding the PLAAF Aircraft and weapon systems, helicopters, and the Airborne.
 
A special thank you.
I'd like to personally honor a few posters who have aided me and provided very solid data and posting in this thread, without them this thread and the other PLA related threads would be far less interesting. These should be the first people in here to ask about something.
In no particular order.
JimZhangZhang, Lightning, Akula_941, and U-47.
And of course LoooSeR for keeping content in this thread when I wasn't able to.

It's interesting to note what the Soviets and what the Swedish thought were viable designs. The Soviets desgined a tank similar to the Strv 103 but it was rejected due to their concerns on aiming the gun of a turretless tank.

I have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with Swedish armored fighting vehicles (although my disease is not quite as bad as T___A's attraction to communist frying pans and the like). By far the most well known Swedish AFV is the Strv 103, one of the more unusual MBT designs from the Cold War.
 

 
However, there are also numerous other Swedish armored vehicle designs that I find interesting. Such as the Kranvagn, and the Strv 74.
 

 
If you are interested in learning more about Swedish AFVs, I would highly recommend consulting this excellent site. Be warned, most of the documents therein are in Swedish, so at least have google translate open in another tab.