IBG Models The World At War WAW012

Royal Marines Close Support tanks. Compass scales for 2 complete models. RMASG Shermans in Normandy. Sherman Mk V.

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Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No.23 aâé-¢ 50 pages, 52 photos - thereof 7 in colour, 2 colour profiles, 1 coloured emblem, 3 coloured maps, Readerforum aâé-¢ Scenery: Hit in the Cockpit! (JG26) aâé-¢ Colour Photos of a Seldom-Seen Kampfgeschwader (I./KG 28) aâé-¢ Aircraft in Focus: An Extraordinary Aircraft from the Defense of the Reich The Fw-190 of Major Philipp, Geschwaderkommodore of JG1 aâé-¢ Unknown Emblems: 7.(H)/12's "Jaunty Dachshund" aâé-¢ Photos with a Story: Target: Kramators- kaya Tank Works (KG 55 1941) aâé-¢ Unusual: The Camouflaged Tarpaulin aâé-¢ Fate: Shot Down Over the Murmansk Railway The Fate of a KG 30 Crew in the Summer of 1942 aâé-¢ Documents: II./NJG1's 100th Night Victory aâé-¢ Close-Support Aircraft: Ground Attack Pilot in the Closing Months of the War Night Close-Support Missions by 2./EJG2 in April-May 1945 aâé-¢ Fighters: Me-262 A-1a of JG7, April 1945 aâé-¢ Bombers: Ar-234 of III/KG 76 aâé-¢ As well as photos Fotos of Ju 290, DFS DFS-230 of St.G. 2, Ju-87 with an impressive snorting rhinoceros-Emblem, colourphotos of the emblem of IV./KG 54 and photos to more topics

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MDFSD9 Scaled Down #9 Fairchild A-10A Warthog/Thunderbolt II. The A-10 'Warthog' owed its birth to two influences - the inadequacies of the Close Air Support aircraft used in Vietnam, and the need to counter Soviet armoured might in Europe. During the Vietnam War the Air Force regarded CAS as their domain but was hard pressed to find an aircraft with both the range and loiter capacity to fulfil this need. They did obtain quantities of the old but excellent piston-powered Douglas A-1 Skyraider originally developed for the Navy, which soon earned the appreciation of the ground-pounders by its ability to carry a huge warload, dish out and take punishment, and remain on station for an extended period of time. Late in the war the USAF shifted the CAS mission to the jet-powered A-7 Corsair II, which had been developed for a US Navy requirement for a carrier-based strike fighter to replace the A-4 Skyhawk. The Corsair was an excellent aircraft, but it was designed for the strike-interdiction role, not for the battlefield CAS mission. The USAF therefore began to put together an AX - 'Attack Experimental' program to develop a dedicated CAS aircraft that could do the job far better than the Corsair, match the Skyraider in warload and endurance, but be substantially faster while being extremely maneuverable. The aircraft would also need to be highly survivable through the use of armour and redundant systems, include twin engines and be armed with a fast-firing Gatling-type gun.

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