Category: Military
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Henschel Hs 126 Royal Hellenic Air Force
Henschel Hs 126 in Royal Hellenic Air Force Service The German-built Henschel Hs 126 served with distinction in the Royal Hellenic Air Force during the early stages of the Second World War. Greece acquired 16 of these two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft before the German invasion of 1941. Designed as a short-range army cooperation aircraft,… Read more
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Hawker Sea Hawk in Dutch Service
Hawker Sea Hawk in Dutch Service In the early 1950s, the Royal Netherlands Navy sought to modernize its fleet air arm. Having acquired the aircraft carrier HNLMS Karel Doorman (the former British HMS Venerable), 22 Sea Hawk Mk.50 aircraft, were purchased for her air wing. The Sea Hawk Mk.50 was essentially equivalent to the British… Read more
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Stridsvagn m/42
Stridsvagn m/42 Swedish Medium Tank The Stridsvagn m/42 (abbreviated Strv m/42) was the principal medium tank of Sweden during the later years of the Second World War and into the early Cold War. Development and Design The Strv m/42 was developed by the Swedish company AB Landsverk as a response to the limitations of earlier… Read more