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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 - Groupe de Chasse II/5 'La Fayette' When the first Spitfire prototype took to the air in March 1936 it made the majority of contemporary interceptor fighters obsolete overnight and its performance and potential represented such a leap forward that rival nations would need to invest huge sums to design and develop similar aircraft. Even France, with its large and diverse aircraft industry, realised that their fighter aircraft were not as advanced as this new benchmark so it came as no surprise that the French Air Ministry wanted to purchase Spitfires. However, by November 1938 there were no less than thirteen countries on the Supermarine order book for Spitfires and whilst the Foreign Office had placed France at the top of the priority list the initial French order for just three aircraft was so pathetically small that Supermarine publicly made it a lower priority to the Belgian request for 15 aircraft and a licence to build at least a further 30 aircraft. Baron Amaury de La Grange, the vice-president of the French Air Commission, was a personal friend of US President Roosevelt and La Grange managed to convey to Roosevelt the urgency of France's position and asked for military help. With war clouds brewing in Europe, Roosevelt was forthcoming and instructed the US War Department to sell the most modern American airplanes to France and also persuaded Neville Chamberlain (the UK Prime Minister) to place France back at the top of the priority list - a request to which Chamberlain agreed but only providing that the French order was increased to 50 aircraft. Initial deliveries were made to the Armée de l'Air in June 1939 with Groupe de Chasse II/5 'La Fayette' based at Toul-Croix-de-Metz becoming the first operational French Spitfire squadron later in the following month. The aircraft of this famous squadron were painted with the same 'Chief Sitting Bull' insignia used by the American volunteers of the 'Lafayette Escadrille' during the First World War before the entry of their country into the conflict. Only sixteen aircraft had been delivered at the outbreak of war in September 1939 and whilst deliveries continued for a short while no other Armée de l'Air squadrons were formed and the UK Government requisitioned the final nineteen aircraft before they were delivered. Just some new decals on Cliff7600's Spitfire 1a over Gepard's Battle of Britain terrain. Good work boys!!

Lets have a ride around the ramp......

Tactical numbers and insignias for stock tanks. Here: the Israelis. M60 Magach 6, M48 Magach 3, Centurion Shot Release: X-Mas

Tactical numbers and insignias for stock tanks. Here: Leopard 1 Planed release: X-mas.

Snowing yesterday at Torino AB, Italy.

1944, and the air battle over Germany rages on...

Soviet Spitfire Vb

For the Motherland!

When Thunder Rolled and Winds of Change - September 2021 It is with great excitement today we announce some updates and increasing momentum of the When Thunder Rolled Project. Perhaps the most significant news is a Leadership change. All founding members have approved the nomination and acceptance of a new Project Leader that has demonstrated the proficiency, commitment and quality demanded in this critical role. Leveraging his solid understanding of the Thirdwire sims, and recent leadership roles with other initiative including Operation Desert Storm, will set us up for greater success. With this change, we are expecting a surge in activity and progress which has us energized and excited. On a tactical level, our top focus/priority now continues to be on finalizing terrain work - creating incredibly accurate depictions of the Vietnam topography, cities/towns, airbases, enhanced terrain tiles (e.g., honoring requests for more rice paddies), etc. This terrain of course will serve as the foundation for everything else. We continue to excel in enhancing immersion and realism – leveraging outsourced professionals to help with creating dense jungle environments, realistic sky environments and more. These efforts are a cycle of ongoing experiments balancing how much we can push this old game engine and still maintain acceptable frame rates. We have also been making progress in many other areas such as creating realistically detailed target areas. For example, when you strike an enemy military storage area in WTR, we promise it won’t be a generic “Warehouse1” – see proof below! Next up on the target area list is creating a cluttered rail yard supporting Ed’s June 20, 1966 attack on the Railyard NorthEast of Kep Airfield. New models will include a marshalling yard with new train cars, rail yard support buildings, service equipment and more. Also noteworthy perhaps: while not formally adopted on the development roadmap but under consideration – we have received requests over the past few years regarding Yankee Air Pirate (YAP) compatibility. A majority of former YAP team members have already been involved with the WTR Project so this continues to be assessed and a greater possibility. Please enjoy the screenshots below; note these are lower res/compressed versions and representative of unedited actual gameplay. As always, we welcome and encourage community support. If you are interested in contributing, please send me a Private Message (PM). Finally, very special thanks to Erik for all his support and hosting our exclusive forum. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments in this forum, thank you. An F-105 drops its payload over North Vietnam amidst heavy cloudy skies. Our brand new scratch F-100F; its dazzling bare metal skin catching the morning sun on an enemy air defense suppression (Wild Weasel) mission. Vivid Morning Skies over a small Vietnam Village lose their tranquility as enemy AAA chase after the contrails of an F-105 strike package (top right). Another brand new scratch model, this time showcasing the Mig-17 featuring an insane level of detail and perfect for you rivet counters. Rough inner coastal waters demonstrated by new water effects roll in to disrupt a peaceful beach. An NVA solider driving the SA-2 missile transporter takes a quick break along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Yet another new scratch model, the AH-1 Skyraider! Employing a low bomb pass this skillful pilot scores a direct hit on an enemy truck convoy just clearing a ridge along the Ho Chi Minh trail. The sheer beauty of Vietnam, rolling hills, lush jungles and colorful fields serve as a momentary distraction from the war. May 3, 1966. Ed Rasimus’ first recorded combat mission successfully strikes a Dong Hoi military storage area in Route Pack 1. Bonus Screenie: re-creation of YAP “JumpMyers” downed pilot rescue mission integrated with the WTR Project leveraging brand new Jolly Green helo model, rescue pilot, special effects, etc from:

Hopefully he is just busy with real life work. Hope to hear from him soon.

He hasn't been around since late August, hope he's doing fine, some months have passed.

Could try repainting a Frogfoot?

Didn't you mean, "good luck with DAT" ? (Ok, ok, I'm out...)

BATS

Screenshots with "Work In Progress" skins - Albatros D.V, Albatros D.Va, Fokker D.II, Pfalz D.XII and re-edited SPAD VII.

Nicely done! Thank you BB for all the time, effort and hard work on this. On my average machine the fog and mist clouds look super with very little fps hit. Cheers!

View File Nieuport 21 The Nieuport 21 was designed to be a long range escort fighter. It used a Nieuport 17 airframe with the smaller Nieuport 11 engine to reduce fuel consumption and extend its range. The lighter weight gave the plane a good climb rate, but the lower power engine reduced its speed. The Nieuport 21 served along with the Nieuport 17 on the Western Front. It was also licensed to the Dux factory in Russia and large numbers were used on the Eastern Front. My version of the Nieuport 21 is armed with a single Lewis gun mounted on the upper wing and has a loadout for eight Le Prieur Rockets for Balloon Busting missions. This package features two skins - one French, one Russian - a set of decals, and a fully functional cockpit. My skinning templates are included with the download. This plane uses the Le Prieur Rockets created by P10ppy and a sound file created by Nixou (included with his Realistic Engine Sounds package). Both of these files are available in the Combat Ace Download section. Both of these files are used by other aircraft, so you may already have them. I have included Nixou's sound file with this package in case you don't already have it. Credits: My thanks to Ojcar for making the data file for the Nieuport 21. My thanks to Nixou for making the sound file for the Le Rhone 80hp engine. Installation instructions: This aircraft uses P10ppy's Le Prieur rockets available in the CombatAce downloads section. You may already have it. If you don't, you'll have to download it and install it into your Weapons folder. For FE1: Unzip the file and move the folder named "Nieuport21" into your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. If you don't already have it, copy the file named "LeRhone9c80hp1m4" from my Sounds folder into yours. For FE2: Unzip the file and move the folder named "Nieuport21" into your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Then in your FirstEagles/Objects/Decals folder, create a new folder named "Nieuport21". Move the folder named "D" from the Airplanes/Nieuport21 folder into the Decals/Nieuport21 folder you just made. If you don't already have it, copy the file named "LeRhone9c80hp1m4" from my Sounds folder into yours. Submitter Stephen1918 Submitted 12/05/2021 Category Nieuport  

Actually is Oscar´s barrel!!! i love you more poem

you know if you ever considered coming back, its been stable for over 8 years now

This is a very cool looking vehicle, thanks for finding this. Since it fires to the rear, it couldn't be used as a tank in First Eagles, but it might be used as a truck or as a static prop. Or maybe for AA...

Something about trebuchets on a cathedral and stained glass...

Bell A-28B Mamba - 432nd Attack Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, 1946 Following the failure of the Allied invasion at Calais in April 1944 and the success of the German counter-offensive in the East there was a change of focus with the US throwing more effort into the Pacific theatre whilst continuing to support the UK in 'holding' the European theatre. Following lessons learned from the failed Calais invasion the USAAC drafted a specification for a new heavily-armed attack aircraft described by General Spaatz as a "requirement for an airborne artillery piece" capable of carrying a 75mm automatic cannon. During the Summer of 1944 the introduction of the jet powered Gloster Meteor and the first appearance of the Luftwaffe's jet (and rocket) powered aircraft led to the USAAC to crank in a demand for the new attack aircraft to be jet powered. Bell's experience with the P-59 Airacomet gave them an early advantage and with General Electric forecasting a thrust of 4,500lbs from their new I-45 centrifugal jet engine they proposed a design using an airframe loosely based on the P-59 Airacomet but much larger and incorporating two of the new I-45 engines. Even using the new engines Bell knew that the installed thrust would be marginal so, early in 1945, Bell asked USAAC officials for permission to switch to the lighter British Molins 57mm automatic cannon which had just been evaluated by the US and which had a much higher rate of fire than the 75mm (which was, in any case, proving difficult to convert from manual loading to automatic). Once USAAC officials gave permission for this sensible substitution the Bell team forged ahead and got the pre-production prototype YA-28 into the air on February 2nd, 1946 and were rewarded with a production contract for 400 A-28B's barely one week later. Initial deliveries of the A-28B, now christened Mamba, commenced during July 1946 with the 432nd Attack Squadron being the first unit to re-equip.

If you are looking for an idea about a widely used vehicle during russian-polish-war how about the "tatshanka". It was used by the soviets and the polish. The polish used it till 1939. And there is the modern version of an old russian war song about this charriot.