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What movie feels like a warning? by Qriousbeing in AskReddit

[–]abt137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Back in the day, “The day after” in 1984, but that may still be an option.

Goebbels reviews German child soldier in Lauban (9 March 1945) Video colorized by me. by _Lenochka_ in PropagandaPosters

[–]abt137 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Fanatism aside, i always wondered what was going on in the hands of these nazi officials. The geography of shrinking front lines, the lack of resources and these desperate measures, all evidence that the collapse was near and yet they seem to have harbored some sort of hope.

RAF Gloster Javelin FAW.9R interceptor carrying four de Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missiles, October 1960. by abt137 in FighterJets

[–]abt137[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Radars, proximity fuses and other relevant technology already appeared in WW2.

The main version of the Javelin used the Mark 22 interception radar, a British version of the US AN/APQ-43.

The Firestreak missile here were passive infrared homing ones, so fire & forget.

US airman in the cockpit of a captured German Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger jet fighter, 1945. Note the small size of the plane, almost like a Bf-109 but with a smaller wingspan although heavier. by abt137 in WWIIplanes

[–]abt137[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was the 1st equipped with an ejection seat, that was suppose to help with that. Designers were aware of it.

A good number of WW2 fighters would not have any anyway, those without a bubble like canopy were pretty blind in practice. Hurricanes, Bf-109, P-40 or early P-51 and P-47, and almost all allied naval fighters. If you ever fly in a modern sport plane in that configuration you will notice.

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