Military Tech, 11 Badgers Walk (2024)

11/09/2023

The Zvezda Kh-35 is a Soviet turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The missile can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defense batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which case it is known as Uran or Bal. It is designed to attack vessels up to 5,000 tonnes.

The Kh-35 can be employed in fair and adverse weather conditions at sea states up to 5–6, by day and night, under enemy fire and electronic countermeasures. Its aerodynamic configuration is optimized for high subsonic-speed sea-skimming flight to ensure stealthy characteristics of the missile. With a maximum speed of Mach 0.85

09/09/2023

The Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket, or simply Zuni, is a 5.0 in unguided rocket developed by the Hunter-Douglas Division of Bridgeport Brass Company and deployed by the United States armed forces, and the French Air Force.

The rocket was developed for both air-to-air and air-to-ground operations. It can be used to carry various types of warheads, including chaff for countermeasures. It is usually fired from the LAU-10 rocket pod holding four rockets.

It can achive a maximum speed of Mach 2.1 , and a range of about 5 miles.

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08/09/2023

The Continental O-470 engine is a family of carbureted and fuel-injected six-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled aircraft engines that was developed especially for use in light aircraft by Continental Motors. The O-470 family of engines covers a range from 213 hp (159 kW) to 260 hp (194 kW).

08/09/2023

The Daimler-Benz DB 603 was a German aircraft engine used during World War II. It was a liquid-cooled 12-cylinder inverted V12 enlargement of the 33.9 Liter DB 601, which was in itself a development of the DB 600. The DB 603 powered several aircraft, including the Do 217 N&M, Do 335, He 219, Me 410, BV 155 and Ta 152C.

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07/09/2023

The Klimov VK-1 engine was a unlicensed Soviet copy of the Rolls Royce Nene turbojet engine developed in 1947 by Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov, it was used mostly to power the MiG-15 and MiG-17 jet fighters. In 1958 Rolls Royce found out about this copy and tried to claim several license fees without success.

Fun fact: the VK-1 engines is still used today in Russia in limited numbers as a snow blower and ice melters mounted on trucks and rail cars.

Image Owner: J JMesserly

07/09/2023

The Jumo 210 was Junkers Motoren's first production inverted V12 gasoline aircraft engine, first produced in the early 1930s. Depending on the version it produced between 610 and 730 PS and can be considered a counterpart of the Rolls-Royce Kestrel in many ways. Although originally intended to be used in almost all pre-war designs, rapid progress in aircraft design quickly relegated it to the small end of the power scale by the late 1930s.

06/09/2023

The Rolls-Royce Kestrel is a 21.25 liter (1,295 in³) V-12 aircraft engine from Rolls-Royce. It was their first cast-block engine, and used as the pattern for most of their future piston-engine designs. The Kestrel engine was also sold to international air force customers, in this role it used to power prototypes of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive-bomber, as the Junkers Jumo 210 engines were not ready to be fitted.

06/09/2023

The Argus As 410 was a German air-cooled inverted V-12 light aircraft engine that was first produced by Argus Motoren in 1938. The engine marked a departure from earlier Argus engines in that it had new construction techniques which gave the engine greater operating speeds and power. The more powerful and refined Argus As 411 was developed from it.

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05/09/2023

The DEFA cannon was a widely-used aircraft 30m revolver cannon. The weapon was developed in the late 1940s, after the Second World War, and was based in the experimental German MK 213C revolver cannon. The DEFA was widely-use in the french air industry since its introduction in 1954 with the Dassault Mystère IV, and its still being use today.

In the image below we can see the gun bay of a Mirage III with a pair of DEFA cannons

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05/09/2023

The General Electric F404 and F412 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500–19,000 lbf class. The series is produced by GE Aerospace.

The major applications of this engine are Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk, HAL Tejas Mk 1/1A, KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, Northrop F-20 Tigershark.

31/08/2023

The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system.

The AGM-88 can detect, attack and destroy a radar antenna or transmitter with minimal aircrew input. A smokeless, solid-propellant, booster-sustainer rocket motor propels the missile at speeds over Mach 2.0. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) put the HARM onto the F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft, and later on specialized F-16s equipped with the HARM Targeting System.

The missile has three operational modes: Pre-Briefed, Target Of Opportunity and Self-Protect.

30/08/2023

The Argus 411 was a twelve-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted-V12 aircraft engine developed by Argus Motoren in Germany during World War II. Most 411 production was undertaken by Renault in occupied Paris, these engines were used to power the Siebel Si 204. It developed 600 PS (592 hp, 441 kW) at 3,300 rpm

30/08/2023

The Ho-103 was a Japanese aircraft mounted 12.7mm heavy machine gun, it was largely based on the M2 Browning .50 cal machine gun, while its ammunition was based on the Breda-SAFAT 12.7mm round.

Its ammunition allowed it to have a higher rate of fire than the M2 at the cost of muzzle velocity, and it was also able to use HEI ammunition, something uncommon of a gun of its caliber.

It was used in several aircraft like the Ki-43, Ki-44, Ki-84 and the Ki-61 in the image below.

Image Owner: Mikesh, Robert C. 2004. "Japanese Aircraft Equipment 1940-1945".

30/08/2023

The Raduga KS-1 Komet was a soviet short range air-to-surface missile used from 1953 to 1969. It was designed to be used in anti-ship missions and could be carried by the Tu-4 and Tu-16 strategic bombers, however it could also be launched from a stationary platform

30/08/2023

The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers very powerful rounds at a high rate of fire.

The GAU-8 itself weighs 620 pounds, but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 pounds with a maximum ammunition load. It measures 19 ft 5 1⁄2 in from the muzzle to the rearmost point of the ammunition system, and the ammunition drum alone is 34.5 inches in diameter and 71.5 inches long.

The GAU-8/A is extremely accurate and can fire up to 3,900 rounds per minute without complications. The 30-mm shell has twice the range, half the time to target, and three times the mass of projectiles fired by guns mounted in comparable close air support aircraft.

30/08/2023

The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force, and the first in the world to enter operational service.

Development began in 1946; the weapon was first tested in 1949. The missile entered service with the USAF in 1956. It armed the Northrop F-89 Scorpion, McDonnell F-101B Voodoo and Convair F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart interceptors.

It can achive a maximum speed of Mach 2, and a range of about 5 miles.

30/08/2023

The Douglas AIR-2 Genie was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was deployed by the United States Air Force from 1957 to 1985 and Canada during the Cold War.

While in service with the U.S. Air Force, the Genie was carried operationally on the F-89 Scorpion, F-101B Voodoo, and the F-106 Delta Dart. While in Canada, only used by the CF-101 Voodoos.

It can achive a maximum speed of Mach 3.3 , and a range of about 6 miles.

29/08/2023

The Berezin UB was a soviet aircraft 12.7mm machine gun widely used during the Second World War. It was used in a variety of aircraft, for example, the Yak-9, Yak-3 and LaGG-3 fighters.

In the image bellow we can see it mounted on the nose of a Yakovlev Yak-9.

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29/08/2023

The Turbomeca Marboré is a small turbojet engine that was produced by Turbomeca from the 1950s into the 1970s. The most popular uses of this engine were in the Fouga CM.170 Magister and the Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris.

The first major production version was the Marboré II, which had a maximum thrust of 3.9 kN at 22,500 rpm.

29/08/2023

The SNECMA ATAR 101 is a French axial-flow turbojet engine built by SNECMA. It was derived from engines and design work carried out at BMW in Germany during World War II, and extensively developed though a progression of more powerful models.

The main applications are SNCASE S.E.161 Languedoc, SNCASO S.O.30P Bretagne, SNCASE S.E.2060 Armagnac, Gloster Meteor F.4 and the SNCASO S.O.4050 Vautour.

29/08/2023

The RP-3 was a British air to ground rocket projectile introduced during the Second World War. The "3 inch" designation referred to the nominal diameter of the rocket motor tube.

Though primarily an air-to-ground weapon, it saw limited use in other roles. They were generally used by British fighter-bomber aircraft against targets such as tanks, trains, motor transport and buildings, as well as by Coastal Command and Royal Navy aircraft against U-boats and ships.

29/08/2023

The Rheinmetall-Borsig MG 131 was a german aircraft 13mm caliber heavy machine gun used by Luftwaffe aircraft from 1940 to 1945. The weapon was the smallest large caliber machine gun of the war, it had a weight of only 16.6kg, which is 60% the weight of a M2 Browning ot Breda-SAFAT.

Its size and weight allowed the MG 131 to be installed in the nose of several aircraft like the Fw 190 A-8 and Bf 109 G-6, G-10 and G-14 like the ones in the image bellow.

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29/08/2023

The Saturn AL-31 is a family of axial flow turbofan engines, developed by the Lyulka design bureau in the Soviet Union, now NPO Saturn in Russia, originally as a 12.5-tonne powerplant for the Sukhoi Su-27 long range air superiority fighter.

The AL-31 currently powers the Su-27 family of combat aircraft and some variants of the Chengdu J-10 multirole jet fighter. Assembly of the engine is also performed under license in India, for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI. Improved variants power the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 and Chengdu J-20.

Image: Vitaly Kuzmin

29/08/2023

The Werfer-Granate 21 rocket launcher, also known as the BR 21 in official Luftwaffe manuals, was a weapon used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and was the first on-board rocket placed into service by the Luftwaffe, first introduced in mid 1943. Based on the 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 infantry barrage rocket system's hardware.

Image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-674-7772-13A / Grosse / CC-BY-SA 3.0

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