Military Tech in Action

Sledgehammer427 · 08-15-10, 02:19 AM

question is, did it work?

can you imagine what kind of carnage would have been caused if one of those planes failed to release? or if one of the wings didn't release but the rest of the plane did?

Oberon · 08-15-10, 10:12 AM

Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did

Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air...

Lionclaw · 08-15-10, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did

Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air...

Perhaps one of the planes flew really fast and pulled the airbrake making the hose snap forward and attach to the other plane?

TLAM Strike · 08-15-10, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

question is, did it work?

Indeed they did:

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After the Nazi invasion of the USSR on 22 June 1941, the Z-SPBs actually saw significant combat use, being sent to the Black Sea region for operations. The first Z-SPB raid was conducted on an oil depot in Constanta, Rumania on 26 July 1941. Two I-16SPBs were released on the raid, which was highly successful, the Rumanian defenders having no warning. In fact, the I-16SPBs conducted a casual circle over the town before diving in, with no one on the ground paying them real attention until the bombs went off. Further Z-SPB attacks were conducted, with a particular focus on bridges, which the I-16SPBs proved effective in bringing down; the average ratio of bomb hits to misses in Z-SPB missions easily exceeded 50%. Vakhmistrov provided engineering assistance to further Z-SPB operations, developing an external fuel tank to help stretch the range of the I-16SPB and beefing up the armor and defensive weapons of the vulnerable TB-3s.
Records of what the Rumanians and Germans thought of the Z-SPB attacks are sketchy, but it appears they were baffled as to where the little Polikarpov fighters were coming from. German advances in the south finally forced the withdrawal of the Z-SPBs, the last combat operation taking place on 22 October 1941. They did not see action again, since both the I-16 and the TB-3 were effectively obsolete. A total of 29 sorties of the Z-SPB took place, expending a total of 116 bombs, with losses of three I-16SPBs but no TB-3s.

from: http://www.vectorsite.net/avparsit.html

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did

Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air...

Not that complicated really the plane in front trails a hose much like in the Probe and Drogue system. The bomber behind it catches the hose with a special hookup on its wingtip.

krashkart · 08-15-10, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air...

First they sent a guy out on the wing...

Gerald · 08-15-10, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

First they sent a guy out on the wing...

Weiss Pinguin · 08-15-10, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

question is, did it work?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zveno_project

Oberon · 08-15-10, 10:49 AM

D'oh! It looks more complicated than that in the pic, probably because they're flying next to each other rather than one behind the other.
Gotta love the old Badgers though

They always remind me of the old NES game MiG-29 Soviet Fighter:
(2:10)
My first exposure to Russian aircraft, and air to air refueling come to think of it. A real swine to do on the later levels...if you can get that far

TLAM Strike · 08-15-10, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Gotta love the old Badgers though

They always remind me of the old NES game MiG-29 Soviet Fighter:
(2:10)
My first exposure to Russian aircraft, and air to air refueling come to think of it. A real swine to do on the later levels...if you can get that far

I had that game way back when! My first exposure to Russian gear as well.

I loved the ultra-close combat in the second stage where you have to get in behind and get a lock on to the enemy boss.

Oberon · 08-15-10, 12:48 PM

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I had that game way back when! My first exposure to Russian gear as well.

I loved the ultra-close combat in the second stage where you have to get in behind and get a lock on to the enemy boss.

Oh dear god, the Terror Vulture! Yeah, getting him in lock was easy if you moved fast in the early moments of the level...but then when it sped up in 'Get Home' I always wound up flying into a building!

I'm glad someone else has played this game, I still love to listen to the music from it, and it's because of this game I'm rather a big fan of the MiG-29

TLAM Strike · 08-15-10, 01:00 PM

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Oh dear god, the Terror Vulture! Yeah, getting him in lock was easy if you moved fast in the early moments of the level...but then when it sped up in 'Get Home' I always wound up flying into a building!

First time I got to that stage I had one life left when I beat him and you guessed it, right in to a building... Game Over...

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I'm glad someone else has played this game, I still love to listen to the music from it, and it's because of this game I'm rather a big fan of the MiG-29

Oh fantastic soundtrack!

Fantastic jet too

Jimbuna · 08-15-10, 01:36 PM

The simplest way to carry out mid-air refuelling.

Platapus · 08-15-10, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Gotta love the old Badgers though

Badgers? We don't need no stinkn Badgers!

TLAM Strike · 08-15-10, 07:41 PM

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Badgers? We don't need no stinkn Badgers!

Its the Badgers or the Bears, take your pick!

That post kinda Backfired on you Platapus...

Oberon · 08-15-10, 08:22 PM

Still....could be worse....could be an An-22...

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air...

08-15-10, 10:49 AM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	D'oh! It looks more complicated than that in the pic, probably because they're flying next to each other rather than one behind the other. Gotta love the old Badgers though They always remind me of the old NES game MiG-29 Soviet Fighter: (2:10) My first exposure to Russian aircraft, and air to air refueling come to think of it. A real swine to do on the later levels...if you can get that far

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Still....could be worse....could be an An-22...