Amiot 354
A streamlined French twin-engine medium bomber introduced in small numbers during the 1940 campaign.
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Blackburn B.54 / B.88 family
A series of carrier anti-submarine prototypes developed in competition with the Fairey Gannet.
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito
A twin-engine wooden night-fighter program intended as a German counterpart to the Mosquito but never fielded in effective numbers.
Ilyushin Il-54
A swept-wing supersonic bomber prototype representing Ilyushin’s final major jet-bomber development of the period.
T-54 / T-55
T-54 / T-55 — Soviet Union. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose
A pusher-engine interceptor prototype with a distinctive movable nose gun installation developed under an advanced fighter competition.
Arthur O. Beyer
The January sky over eastern Belgium is the color of steel, low clouds pressing down on snow-covered fields. An American armored task force eases forward along a narrow road when the world ahead of it suddenly erupts. Antitank rounds smash into the frozen earth, machine guns rake the ditches, and rifle fire lashes out from a ridgeline roughly two hundred yards in front of the column. Inside one of the lead tank destr
Battle of San Jacinto
In the Texas Revolution, a short, violent clash on the Gulf Coast plains decided the fate of a breakaway republic and, eventually, much of the American Southwest. On April 21st, 1836, General Sam Houston’s Texian army surprised the larger Mexican force of General Antonio López de Santa Anna near the San Jacinto River. Many of the Texian fighters were recent immigrants from the United States, bringing frontier militia
Castle Bravo nuclear test
In the early Cold War, the United States sought more powerful nuclear weapons to stay ahead in the arms race. On March 1st, 1954, at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, the United States conducted the Castle Bravo test, the first dry-fuel thermonuclear device in its series. The blast was far more powerful than designers anticipated, yielding many megatons of explosive force and producing a massive fireball and mushroom clou
Shuri Line abandoned on Okinawa
As the Pacific war neared its climax, the Battle of Okinawa became one of the bloodiest and most complex operations ever undertaken by American forces. By late May of 1945, United States Army and Marine units had fought their way against layered Japanese defenses centered on the Shuri Line, a fortified belt anchored by Shuri Castle. On May 29th, 1945, Japanese commanders began abandoning this vital position under rel
Agusta A129 Mangusta
A purpose-built European attack helicopter designed for anti-armor, armed reconnaissance, and battlefield support.
Boeing Vertol ACH-47A gunship
A heavily armed Chinook conversion used experimentally and operationally as a large helicopter gunship in Vietnam.
Canadair CL-41 Tutor / Tebuan family
A jet trainer family whose armed Tebuan variant was acquired for operational light-attack and counterinsurgency service.
Carro Armato M15/42
Carro Armato M15/42 — Italy. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster armed reconnaissance family
A military Skymaster family used for forward air control, psychological operations, and limited armed reconnaissance in Vietnam.
Douglas AC-47 Spooky
A C-47 transport conversion armed with side-firing miniguns that established the modern fixed-wing gunship concept in Vietnam.
Fairchild AC-119 gunship family
C-119 transports converted into Shadow and Stinger gunships for night interdiction and close-support missions in Southeast Asia.
Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker
An armed STOL utility conversion fielded for light attack, escort, and counterinsurgency missions.