WW2 Tanks & Planes

WORLD WAR II TECHNOLOGY & WEAPONS

UNITED STATES: M4-SHERMAN ,[object Object],Over 49,000 were produced during the war, for use by the armies of Britain, the United States, France and Poland.

UNITED STATES: M4-SHERMAN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],It was rather fast and maneuverable, reliable, and easy to produce and service.

FRENCH: AMR 33/35 ,[object Object],In the Battle of France the materiel fared very badly because it was poorly armed and armored.

FRENCH: AMR 33/35 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Although the AMR 33/35 was faster than the German Panzer it could not outrun its anti-tank artillery. Only 1 tank is still around today, at a French museum.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],GERMAN: PANZER

SOVIET: T-34 ,[object Object],When first built, it was the tank with the best balance of firepower, mobility, and protection, and its design influenced the development of Main Battle Tanks in the mid 20th century. Between 1940 and 1944 over 35,000 T-34/76 tanks were produced. The T-34 is often called the best tank of World War 2, in the all around sense.

North American P-51 Mustang ,[object Object],Generally considered the best fighter of WWII ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

US FIGHTER: F4F Wildcat US Navy carrier plane used in the Pacific in the battles of Midway, Coral Sea, and the Eastern Solomon Islands ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GERMAN: BF109 / JAPAN: ZERO Messerschmit

German – Bf109 – Messerschmitt

USA – B-17 – Flying Fortress

US BOMBER: B-17 Flying Fortress The first 4 engine fighter and bomber airplane used first by the Army and then the Air Force. -12,700 planes produced -entered service 1939 -top speed 320 MPH -Ceiling: 37,000 feet -17,600 lb. bomb load -twelve .50 caliber machine guns With 4 double machine guns, and 5 single machine guns this plane could protect itself, as well as deliver a “pounding” with its massive bombs.

US BOMBER: B-24/25 Liberator More B-24's were built than any other American airplane. It edged out the B-17 on most performance criteria (speed, range). It's crewmen claimed 2,600 enemy aircraft shot down. With it's great range, it performed anti-sub work in the Atlantic and heavy bomber support in the Pacific. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

US BOMBER: B-29 Super Fortress The B-29 had one purpose: to fly long range missions into Japan, bombing their cities and then to drop the atomic bomb. The project cost $3 billion, a heck-of-a-lot money for a heck-of-a of victory! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

US BOMBER: B-29 ENOLA GAY The Enola Gay, named after pilot COL Tibbets’ mother, dropped a uranium bomb, "Little Boy,” on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 70,000+ and destroying 50,000 buildings.

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