Military Aviation History

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BArch, RL 36 65, Kommando der Erprobungsstellen der Luftwaffe, Panzerbekämpfung aus der Luft, Rechlin, 23.3.1943

BArch, RL 36 242, GL/C-E-6 III, Beschußversuche auf russische Pz.-Kpfw. Mit 3 cm H-Pzgr.Patr.o.Zerl. bei Zloczow, 10. August 1942

BArch, ZA 3 282, Panzerjagd – und Jaboflugzeuge, GL-Besprechung 6 Oktober 1942

Handbuch der Flugzeugbordwaffenmunition, 1936-1945

George M. Chinn, The Machine Gun Part V, Chapter 13, Department of the Navy: 1951,

Martin Pegg, Hs 129 Panzerjäger!, Casslic Publications: Burgess Hill: 1997

L.Dv. 4000/10, Munitionsvorschriften für Fliegerbordwaffen Teil 10 – Handbuch der Munition für Fliegerschußwaffen, Juni 1944

- Timecodes -
00:00 - Disclaimer
00:28 - Intro
01:09 - Introducing the firing test
01:33 - MK 101
03:25 - Ammunition 3cm H-Pzgr. L'spur o. Zerl.
06:28 - Firing test
07:55 - War Thunder Sponsor
08:05 - Sources in description
08:13 - Penetration results
12:35 - Test Conclusions
14:52 - Early lessons
16:17 - Scary self-promotion
16:37 - Tank 'busting' in 1942
19:00 - Why 'kill claims' are a bad metric
23:23 - Luftwaffe exploring tank hunting
24:35 - War Thunder: Sponsored Segment
25:32 - Outro

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Germany has been debating whether to get armed drones for nearly a decade. Constant political shifts with a never ending debate have resulted in a drawn out process that was recently torpedoed once more. I sit down with Dr. Ulrike Franke, Drone Expert and Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council of Foreign Relations to discuss what is going on in Germany.

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- Expert -
Dr. Ulrike Franke, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council of Foreign Relations:
Profile & Publications: https://ecfr.eu/profile/ulrike_esther_franke/
Schicherheitshalber [Podcast]: https://sicherheitspod.de/

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- Reading recommendations -
Dr. Ulrike Franke, Drone Warfare, Oxford Bibliographies: 2017
https://www.academia.edu/38170568/Drone_Warfare_Oxford_Bibliographies

Bradley Jay Strawser & Jeff McMahan, Killing by Remote Control, Oxford University Press: 2013
US: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Remote-Control-Unmanned-Military/dp/0199926123
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killing-Remote-Control-Unmanned-Military/dp/0199926123

Chris Woods, Sudden Justice, Oxford University Press: 2015
US: https://www.amazon.com/Sudden-Justice-Americas-Secret-Terrorism/dp/0190202599
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sudden-Justice-Americas-Secret-Terrorism/dp/0190202599

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- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Expert: Dr. Ulrike Franke
01:30 - What is happening in Germany?
03:41 - Rent-a-drone: Germany and IAI Heron TP
05:22 - Roadmap: Weaponized drones when?
07:56 - Why is this such a big deal?
08:26 - Reason 1: USA Drone use
09:40 - Reason 2: 'Killer robots'
10:21 - Reason 3: Big Questions No Answers
11:07 - Nato drone: AGS
11:48 - Politics, Elections and Politics
15:04 - Politics cont. Social Democrats (SPD) Edition
17:01 - Trust in the Army, Trust in Politicians
18:42 - What are we missing in the debate
21:40 - Defence against Drones: What is Germany doing?
23:31 - Recommendations for you (viewer)
25:23 - Outro

- Footage -
NATO, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence Azerbaijan

#MilitaryAviationHistory #Drones #Germany

Surely it is impossible that both types of weapons were equally effective given their contextual use within World War 2! That's not possible, is it?! Go away with your nuance and context, this is the internet and we don't deal with your types.

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RAF Museum https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/
Flugwerft Schleissheim https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/information/
MHM Berlin-Gatow https://www.mhm-gatow.de/de

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IL2 footage courtesy of Sheriff's Sim Shack: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOoU9PxkXEmsFdzrbvx37A

Department of Defence

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- Sources -
AFATL-TR-84-03 Historical Development Summary of Automatic Cannon Caliber Ammunition.: 20-30 Millimeter

Antony G. Williams Dr. Emmanuel Gustin, Flying Guns World War II, Crowood Press: 2003
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Guns-World-War-II/dp/1840372273
Website: http://users.telenet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/

AP15651, Pilot Notes Spitfire

B.R. 932, Handbook on Ammunition

D. (Luft) T.2109 F-1 bis F-4, T7, Heft 1

D.(Luft) T 6108, MK 108, Oktober 1943,

Dr Carlo Kopp, Early fighter cannon armament

Exploding Fuel Tanks - Saga of Technology That Changed the Course of the Pacific Air War,

https://www.amazon.com/Exploding-Fuel-Tanks-Technology-Changed/dp/1450773052

Fighting in the Air - The Official Combat Technique Instructions for British Fighter Pilots 1916-1945, RAF Museum Series Volume 7: 1978

George M. Chinn, The Machine Gun: 1951

G.F.Wallace, The Guns of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945: 1972

Handbuch der Flugzeugbordwaffenmunition, 1936-1945

Robert S. Johnson, Thunderbolt!
https://www.amazon.com/Thunderbolt-Robert-S-Johnson/dp/0345312112

Labbett & Mead TAG Series, Series 2 Pamphlet 6, S2 P11, S3 P5

L.Dv. 4000/10, Munitionsvorschriften für Fliegerbordwaffen Teil 10 – Handbuch der Munition für Fliegerschußwaffen

War Metallurgy Division, Metallurgical Examination of Armor Plate from Japanese Aircraft ‘Frank’, May 1945

- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - .50cal as a aerial weapon
01:30 - German cannon/MG armament
02:32 - Of Apples and Oranges
03:40 - Introduction of some sources
04:32 - US aircraft weapons
06:32 - Weapon, aircraft and protection development
16:10 - Protection on/ of Bombers
21:09 - Conclusions on Pre-WW2 period
21:30 - Answering a Question with a Question
22:50 - .303s during Battle of Britain
28:47 - Never give a German a cannon
34:24 - Survivorship bias
36:00 - German & RAF thinking
39:04 - US .50cal + MK 108: A mortar pretending to be a cannon
42:44 - Gun stats comparison
44:31 - Thoughts about .50cal
46:55 - CONTEXT
52:00 - Conclusions

The Dassault Mirage III is a French Cold War era jet. Exported to a variety of countries, one of the countries that bought France's return to the big league was Switzerland. Whom, in trademark behavior, not only kept it in service for a long time but also modified the heck out of it!

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- Museum -
Visit Clin d'Ailes in Payerne http://www.clindailes.ch/

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- Sources -
Dominique Breffort & André Jouineau, Mirage III From 1955-2000

Robert Pied & Nicolas Deboeck, Dassault Mirage III

Salvador D. Huertas, Dassault: Breguet Mirage III

Swiss Air Force Regl. 56.158.d Flugzeug Mirage III S - Handbuch für Piloten (1967, amended until 1999)

- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
01:38 - Thank you to supporters
01:55 - Museum & Mirage III
02:30 - Development
09:40 - Swiss Mirage III
11:33 - Exterior details
16:09 - Cockpit
24:02 - Special Thank you

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Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

Why did the Messerschmitt Me 262 have bombs? The answer might surprise you!

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Messerschmitt Me 262, Bf 109 and Heinkel He 111 (Casa) footage filmed at: Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/information/

Junkers Ju 87 filmed at: RAF Museum London https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/

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- Sources -
BArch, RL-2-II 74, Luftwaffenführungsstab, Ia op Nr. 8889/43 g.Kdos.Chefs., Vortragsnotiz Flugzeug mit „Strahl-und R-Triebwerken“, 18.11.1943

BArch RL-3 51, Notizen zur Besprechung am 25.5., 28.5.1944

BArch, ZA 3 647, Einsatz von Jagdflugzeugen als Jabos –Auszug aus einer Besprechung am 25.1.1943 beim Reichsmarschall.

Georg Hentschel, Die Geheimen Konferenzen des Generalluftzeugmeisters, Bernard & Graefe Verlag: 1989

Horst Boog, Die deutsche Luftwaffenführung 1935 – 1945: Führungsprobleme, Spitzengliederung, Generalstabsausbildung, DVA: Stuttgart, 1982

Mano Ziegler, Hitler’s Jet Plane – The Me 262 Story, Frontlinebooks: 2012

Willy Radinger, Walter Schick, Me 262 -Entwicklung, Erprobung und Fertigung des ersten einsatzfähigen Düsenjägers der Welt, Aviatic Verlag, 3. Auflage, 1995

- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
01:56 - I break down the video chapters
02:59 - I talk about a poll you took part in
03:33 - Chapter 1: Hitler meets the Me 262
10:07 - Chapter 2: Why everyone already planned for bombs
22:26 - Chatper 3: We want bombers VS. we want fighters
36:53 - Conclusion
38:23 - Bonus for supporters

- Audio -
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

#militaryaviationhistory #luftwaffe #me262

In February 1942, Task Force 11 United States Navy aims to raid Rabaul, a recent conquest by Japan. Less than a day before the Americans can launch their strike, the Japanese send out their own aircraft, aiming to sink the USS Lexington. In the Action off Bougainville, luck, skill and luck decide the day.

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- Sources -
Claringbould, Michael & Ingman, Peter, South Pacific Air War Volume 1 - The fall of Rabaul December 1941 - March 1942, Kent Town: Avonmore Books, 2017

Lundstrom, John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2005.

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Researcher [at] Large, CV2 Air groups, avialable at: http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/Airgroups/CV-2.html (last accessed: 11/02/2021)

Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 15 vols. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2010. (Specifically Vol. 3 - The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931 - April 1942)

National Institute for Defense Studies. Japanese Army Operations in the South Pacific Area: New Britain and Papua campaigns, 1942-43. Edited and Translated by Steven Bullard. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 2007.

Office of Naval Intelligence. “Early Raids in the Pacific Ocean.” In HyperWar: A Hypertext history of the Second World War. Accessed 4 Feb 2021. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Raids/USN-CN-Raids-2.html.

Stern, Robert C. Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019.

Tagaya, Osamu. Mitsubishi Type 1 Rikko “Betty” Units of World War 2. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001.

Ugaki, Matome. Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945. Edited by Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Translated by Masataka Chihaya. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008.

Willmott, H.P. The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies, February to June 1942. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008.

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- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Expert introduction
01:25 - Sources
02:35 - US Navy Strategy & Plans
05:16 - Imperial Japanese Navy Strategy & Plans
07:35 - Preliminary moves
10:41 - The Action: Opening Phase
16:59 - The Action: 2nd Chutai attacks
19:46 - The Action: 1st Chutai attacks
22:09 - The Action: Butch O'Hare - Ace in a Flight
26:13 - Ito's ramming attempt
26:45 - Aftermath
36:48 - Q&A
44:03 - Outro

During WW2, Germany used two substances to boost the performance of their aircraft engines: GM-1 and MW50. But what were these substances and what did they do? Calum Douglas, engineer and author, will explain just that - and more - in this video.

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- Reading Recommendation
Calum E. Douglas, The Secret Horsepower Race - Western Front Fighter Engine Development, Tempest Books: 2020

Available at:
Mortons Books - http://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/15057
Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Horsepower-Race-Western-Development/dp/1911658506
Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Horsepower-Race-Western-Development/dp/1911658506

- Sources
Calum E. Douglas

- Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
02:19 - Calum Douglas
03:06 - GM-1
20:11 - MW-50
23:45 - Both systems
26:38 - Outro

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The Hawker Hurricane is one of the most famous planes from World War 2, reason enough to have a closer look!

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- Museum
Visit the RAF Museum: https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/
RAF Museum on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RAFMuseum

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- Sources
A.P 1564A, Hurricane Mk.I Merlin II, March 1939

Haynes, Hawker Hurricane 1935 - Owners' Workshop Manual

Marek Rys, Hawker Hurricane, MPPBooks

-Audio
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

Extra firepower is good but on the Bf 109 it came at a price. Let us talk about gun pods, the experiments with a failed design and the price you pay for firepower.

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- Sources
BArch, RL 36 55, Luftflottenkommando 3, Erfahrungsbericht über Fw 190 und B 109 G 4, 27.1.1943

Kurfurst.org, Flugleistungen Me 109G-Baureihen, http://kurfurst.org/

- Acknowledgements
Thanks go to BohicaIce from BoTimeGaming for his picture of the War Thunder Me 163 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBnSIolzKHchMtU-_o-hntQ

- Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Source
01:28 - Centerline gun pod
03:06 - Performance
04:57 - Flight Characteristics
07:20 - Production & Development
11:35 - Performance differential between pods
12:50 - Context & Conclusion
14:10 - Outro

#militaryaviationhistory #bf109 #primarysources

In this video Justin Pyke and I chat about the South Pacific Air War, a battle that raged for over two years and one that Japan ultimately lost in two massive events! But how did it come to this? Listen in and find out!

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- Video on Lae-Salamaua Raid 1942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEMk8RinguA

- Sources / Reading recommendations
Hiroyuki Shindo, Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the Second World War, Journal of the Australian War Memorial: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/journal/j34/shindo

Eric Bergerud, Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific, Westview Press: https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sky-Air-South-Pacific/dp/0813338697

Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman, South Pacific Air War Volume 1-3, Avonmore Books: https://avonmorebooks.com.au/?page=3&id=92

Michael Claringbould & Luca Ruffato, Eagles of the Southern Sky, Avonmore Books: https://www.amazon.com/Eagles-Southern-Sky-Japanese-Illustrated/dp/0473217635

John Lundstrom, First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, Naval Institute Press:
https://www.usni.org/press/books/first-team-and-guadalcanal-campaign

Bruce Gamble, Target Rabaul, Zenith Press:
https://www.amazon.com/Target-Rabaul-Allied-Infamous-Stronghold/dp/0760344078

- Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Source
01:36 - Key Phases
03:00 - Why Rabaul
04:55 - 1st Phase: Japan Strikes
09:55 - 2nd Phase: Stalemate?
15:07 - 3rd Phase: Here comes the Army
19:29 - 4th Phase: Unglamorous Defensive Campaign
21:43 - Conclusion
25:48 - Reading Recommendations

#militaryaviationhistory #japan #ww2