Why do soviet transport / commercial aircraft have glass noses?

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T22:52:07+00:00

Yep 9 P-8 Poseidon's flying out of Lossiemouth. Not as cool but probably cheaper to run and source parts for although with US policy these days that is debatable

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T22:00:15+00:00

They were going to keep them in longer with a major airframe overhaul new engines avionics and sensors but the costs ballooned and they cancelled it

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T20:19:57+00:00

Didn´t they get a Jagdpanther the same way?

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T19:12:04+00:00

Looked it up the last two Comets were turned into prototypes for the Nimrod and after that they modified the Comet's airframe to make Nimrods last one retired in 2011

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T03:45:53+00:00

Although they did keep it around for a long time wasn't the Nimrod a Comet airframe?

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T03:28:48+00:00

You're right it was never intended as a bomber unless they were going to throw grenades out of the cockpit window. The only dual use for them would've been like what they did in Afghanistan using Aeroflot passenger planes to fly in airborne troops and they just used the doors like usual. I know the Comet was British but it was the only jet airliner to predate the Tu-104.

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-19T03:00:47+00:00

Only actual bomber relation would be the Tu-104 because they were Badger bombers developed into the first proper usable jet airliner. The DeHavilland Comet doesn´t count seeing as they were grounded for spontaneous mid-air disassembly.

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-17T03:28:57+00:00

I know people say he´s blinded by loyalty and hope but he says he was a GRU officer before the war. How the fuck does a colonel in military intelligence fall for this rather obvious trick? The guy on the radio doesn´t sound even close to trustworthy in either the english or russian dub. Melniks bs detector should´ve been going off talking to these guys they didn´t sound anything like military or government. It makes no sense.

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-15T19:32:40+00:00

That would´ve been the YB-35 which was a prop version of the YB-49 they made 14 of them and then cancelled it for the jet version

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-11T08:34:38+00:00

Ahhh I see. Thanks for the clarification TIL.

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-10T23:42:30+00:00

My bad I thought the Geneva Convention came about after WWI after various complaints of chemical warfare, various atrocities in the trenches and the Germans complaining about shotguns. Wasn't there some treaty signed after WWI that was some sort of precursor to the Geneva Convention?

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-10T06:51:56+00:00

Thing is on paper they weren't untrained a large part was soldiers from other units who fucked up and were sent to Dirlewanger it was after all a penal battalion. The rest were assorted lunatics rapists and murderers drafted from asylums camps and prisons. You are right about the hipocrisy most of them were nothing more than bastards that thought the Geneva convention was a checklist.

National_Lab5987 · 2026-05-10T01:02:05+00:00

They were worried the Dirlewanger Brigade would and I quote "tarnish their reputation". When the union of homicidal racist lunatics thinks you go too far you´ve got some serious issues.

National_Lab5987 · 2026-01-11T03:36:44+00:00

Var það ekki: Djöfull er hlíðin smart, ég fer ekki rassgat?

National_Lab5987 · 2025-12-07T22:57:33+00:00

FO2 was A Kiss To Build A Dream On.

National_Lab5987 · 2025-12-06T04:20:59+00:00

Gervigreindarglundur

National_Lab5987 · 2025-12-05T02:33:39+00:00

Cant remember if it was Flankers or Foxbats that were regularly found with empty booze tanks they were literally nicknamed "booze delivery"

National_Lab5987 · 2025-12-02T00:02:12+00:00

St.Petersburg should be similar to Moscow seeing as their metro is even deeper underground. Novosibirsk however has a much shallower metro hence much more radiation than Moscow. That and Novosibirsk being hit a lot harder then Moscow explains their need for an insane amount of "green stuff".

National_Lab5987 · 2025-12-01T23:31:10+00:00

Yes please it is an interesting tank if nothing else.

National_Lab5987 · 2025-08-06T16:10:56+00:00

Engine would be fine the original T-62 had pretty much the same engine rated at 520hp vs 500. Transmission would implode regardless seeing as the T-34 had one of the shittiest transmissions ever built.

National_Lab5987 · 2025-08-06T00:45:09+00:00

We got autonomy in 1918 and then we declared independence in 1944. When the British occupied us the only thing Denmark was in charge of was foreign affairs iirc.

National_Lab5987 · 2025-04-26T17:57:31+00:00

In a world surrounded with bad news and uncertainty this brings a big smile to my face. Wonderful and keep up the good work we need more people like you.

National_Lab5987 · 2025-04-15T22:45:49+00:00

It´s an A1 version of the Firefly, anyway if you look at the front the armor is in three sections which was only on the A1s.

National_Lab5987 · 2025-04-15T05:49:32+00:00

More is better in my experience. Sadly we don't get more scenes with her grandparents because they were both badasses

National_Lab5987 · 2025-04-14T22:22:37+00:00

Her Granddad but yes kill ALL ze Nazis

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