...round forces. Many variants of the M3 light tanks family were also seen in service in many other countries throughout the world during World War II, which is
...esigns. Despite their dwindling capabilities in battle, the M3 was kept in service up until the end of the war due to the large production numbers.
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...war in 1941. In 1956, the final pair of P-26 Peashooters were taken out of service and replaced by P-51 Mustangs, therefore retiring the P-26 Peashooter. This
...and dangerous landing characteristics. However, as newer fighters entered service around the world, the P-26s advantages diminished and its disadvantages bec
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...and dangerous landing characteristics. However, as newer fighters entered service around the world, the P-26s advantages diminished and its disadvantages bec
...a single squadron defending the Panama Canal Zone, which was removed from service shortly after.
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...at the Barksdale Field airbase. As soon as the new plane went into active service, a number of problems became visible, in particular the design's weak struc
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...and dangerous landing characteristics. However, as newer fighters entered service around the world, the P-26s advantages diminished and its disadvantages bec
...a single squadron defending the Panama Canal Zone, which was removed from service shortly after.
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...em as training planes to prepare fighter pilots for the Norwegian Army Air Service in so-called Little Norway at Toronto, Canada until mid-1943.
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...r 1941, the British Air Ministry decided to remove the Airacobra Mk.I from service. By this time, 164 of the fighters had been sent to Britain.
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...erior Axis counterparts such as the Bf 109F/G and M.C. 202/205. During its service in the Mediterranean, experienced pilots, applying the right tactics showed
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...from a low muzzle velocity and short range. Therefore it was only used in service on the [[P-39 (Family)|P-39]] and [[P-63 (Family)|P-63]] interceptors befor
...ce it in service. The Hispano-Suiza-based autocannons would be replaced in service by the end of the 1950s with the [[M39A1 (20 mm)|M39]] replacing the M24 in
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...o the RAF. The U.S. Army pulled 55 for themselves and they immediately saw service. Two were kept by North American Aviation for internal use.
...ictures providing battlefield reconnaissance. These aircraft saw continued service until the later part of 1944 continuing to fill the Attacker and Recon role
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...still had big design improvements over the Yak-17, and it found success in service with many Warsaw Pact nations. The landing gear of the Yak-23 was fully ret
...ulgaria, with 100 fighters until 1958 and then Poland with 100 fighters in service between 1950 and 1956.
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...large quantities of P-63 Kingcobras after the war, with P-63s remaining in service throughout the Korean War in the 1950s.
...to receive the F8F Bearcat in February 1951, and the P-63 was taken out of service soon after. The last flight of a P-63 in Indochina occurred in September 19
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...large quantities of P-63 Kingcobras after the war, with P-63s remaining in service throughout the Korean War in the 1950s.
...to receive the F8F Bearcat in February 1951, and the P-63 was taken out of service soon after. The last flight of a P-63 in Indochina occurred in September 19
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...large quantities of P-63 Kingcobras after the war, with P-63s remaining in service throughout the Korean War in the 1950's.
...to receive the F8F Bearcat in February 1951, and the P-63 was taken out of service soon after. The last flight of a P-63 in Indochina occurred in September 19
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...20, 1944, due to the fact that other proven P-47 variants were already in service; the order came before the XP-47N had even flown for the first time. The fi
=== Service ===
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=== Service ===
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Apart from the RAF and USAAF, the P-51 was in service with France, China, Australia and the Netherlands during World War II.
The P-51D remained in service with the USAAF for many years after World War II. In 1948, the USAF, newly
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...were fitted with extra fuel tanks to increase endurance. The F-80C was in service until 1958 when the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve retired them.
...ce in 1946. The P-80 became the first combat-capable jet aircraft to enter service with the USAAF.
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...nded to fight the Me-262 over the skies of Europe, arrived too late to see service in the Second World War. However, the plane would go on to serve in the Kor
====== Production and service history ======
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...eet only had a short four-year operational run before being withdrawn from service.
...he B and C variants, however, both were finally withdrawn from active duty service by the end of 1952.
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...r at low altitude, but it was inferior to the MiG in its rate of climbing, service ceiling, speed at high altitude, and armament. However, the Sabre's main ad
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...annon had lots of problems that needed to be solved before it entered into service, such as poor round dispersion of the gun and installation problems. Though
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...e to the weight imposed on the early and weak turbojet engines placed into service. From behind, the pilot is protected by an 8 mm steel plate behind the seat
...he B and C variants, however, both were finally withdrawn from active duty service by the end of 1952.
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...the polar opposite in performance to the [[F2A-1|F2A]] that replaced it in service, the F3F can pull turns with relative ease, and also has a very excellent r
...rate from 2050 to 2750 ft/min (10.4 m/s to 13.7 m/s) and also expanded its service ceiling to 33,200 feet (10,120 m). Despite already being obsolete by the ti
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...onoplane designed to replace the outdated biplanes that were previously in service with the United States Navy. It was introduced as a much-needed upgrade to
...2A began in the summer of 1938. Of the 55 F2A-1s produced, only 11 entered service in the U.S. Finland, which was less demanding than other countries with reg
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...before leaving the ground.''" This marked the end of the Buffalo in active service and all Buffalos were relegated to training.
...s, the F2A Buffalo was the first American monoplane naval fighter to enter service, beating the biplane XF4F design (which would later be redeveloped into the
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...tle of Midway in 1942. As such, the F4F-4 was the main fighter aircraft in service during the early part of the war, including the Battle of Midway.
The F4F-4 entered service in 1942, but the pilots were disappointed with the new model. It had greate
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...F was credited with the destruction of over 5,200 aircraft. It remained in service as late as 1954.
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...ayload, the plane becomes much slower compared to the previous F6F-5 in US service. This may be an indication to avoid engaging in air supremacy battles with
'''World War II Service'''
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...on the ''USS Essex'' with F4U-1Ds in December 1944. The F4U-1Ds would see service for the remainder of the war, even as improved Corsairs continued coming in
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...nther and the [[F2H-2|F2H Banshee]] jet aircraft. Some Bearcats saw combat service with the French in French Indochina in 1951, when they were used in the CAS
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...nther and the [[F2H-2|F2H Banshee]] jet aircraft. Some Bearcats saw combat service with the French in French Indochina in 1951, when they were used in the CAS
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...1946. A decent number of Phantoms were built, but they were quickly out of service when the far improved XF2D-1 Banshee was designed. It was more powerful and
...nture'' until the early 1960s when they were finally retired from military service.
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...he [[N1K (Family)|N1K-J]] series of fighters by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service before they began being phased out for the [[Type 2 (13 mm)|Type 2]] machin
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...n in Korea with the Marines. The aircraft was eventually retired from U.S. service in 1954.
...lage. It was also the first US Navy twin-engine fighter ever accepted into service, and the first US Navy fighter ever to use a tricycle landing gear configur
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...the prototypes were completed in March of 1949. The F9F-2 entered US Navy service in May of 1949. The F9F-2 is the first production variant of the Panther. I
...the prototypes were completed in March of 1949. The F9F-2 entered US Navy service in May of 1949.
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...considered obsolete at the outbreak of World War II, it still remained in service through the Battle of Midway, however in 1943 it was withdrawn into trainin
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...ble: however, new supersonic jets quickly made the Cougar obsolete and its service was cut short. Some F9Fs were to be utilized as trainer aircraft, but no Co
...h noting that the F9F-8 was redesignated, as part of the United States Tri-Service Designation System, to the F-9J in 1962.
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...cruiser Murmansk (USS Milwaukee). The last Kingfishers were withdrawn from service in Cuba in 1959.
...iser Murmansk (USS Milwaukee). Last of the Kingfishers were withdrawn from service on Cuba in 1959.
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...were flown during the early stages of the war, but quickly withdrawn from service.
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...considered obsolete at the outbreak of World War II, it still remained in service through the Battle of Midway. However, in 1943, it was withdrawn into train
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...iser Murmansk (USS Milwaukee). Last of the Kingfishers were withdrawn from service on Cuba in 1959.
...aracteristics compared with its predecessor. It had longer range, a higher service ceiling and a considerably lower takeoff weight. In spite of the fact that
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...ang. In 1942, the [[Mustang Mk IA (Great Britain)|Mustang I]] began to see service with the Royal Air Force and saw its first combat. It performed well, and N
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...mber based on the B-25C or the B-25D (since the B-25G version was never in service with naval aviation forces).
Navy PBJ-1s entered service with the USN's aviation fighting units in March 1943. The planes were used
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...the horrible turning capabilities of the aircraft. The aircraft mainly saw service in the United States Navy, United States Army Air Forces, French Air Force,
After the war, the SB2C remained in active-duty service with the US Navy until 1947, and with the Naval Reserve until 1950.
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...rious calibres to attack ground targets (designated A-26B). After entering service in 1944, the Invader would go on to have a long and decorated career life u
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...ad for development and production of the biplane, which began to enter the service in 1939.
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...ant to carry bombs and torpedoes just like the dive and torpedo bombers in service. It had a more powerful Wright engine. The aircraft never served in WWII, b
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...oebaugherF3D" /> In all, Douglas would produce 268 F3D Skyknights for U.S. service.<ref name="BoeingF3D" />
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...lights, production of the FJ-4 commenced in 1955 with first units entering service with the Navy in 1956. Over 150 FJ-4 Fury interceptors were built.
...the Navy and USMC until the early 1960s, before being phased out of active service and moved to the Naval Air Reserve. The FJ-4 was the last modification of t
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...slightly lower muzzle velocity. As the name suggests, the Type 97 entered service in 1937 (2597 in the Imperial Japanese calendar). It was used in the cowlin
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...ayload and was much more survivable. The Devastator was forced into active service, since the Avenger was still not ready, with 41 being deployed for the Batt
...vice to being outdated only three years later and then removed from active service within five years. Though seeing limited action during WWII and recorded pe
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...total of 3,282 were built) and used seaplanes of World War II. During its service lifetime, it was found and operated in every branch of the United States Ar
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...were largely relegated to training, and most never saw active combat in US service. In fact, they were given the designation "RB-34", which states that it was
...or combat). Later on, a redesigned version, the PV-2 Harpoon, was put into service. The wingspan was increased, among other changes.
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...majority, though, were delivered to the United States Navy (USN). In USAAF service the PBY-5A was designated as the OA-10.
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...which they had already built as a prototype known as NA-62. After initial service tests, the USAAC placed an order with NAA to produce the NA-62 as the B-25.
...rine variant - 75 mm autocannon and eight nose-mounted machine guns, lower service ceiling, reduced bomb load compared to J-1, J-20 and J-30 variants, increas
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...which they had already built as a prototype known as NA-62. After initial service tests, the USAAC placed an order with NAA to produce the NA-62 as the B-25.
...rine variant - 75 mm autocannon and eight nose-mounted machine guns, lower service ceiling, reduced bomb load compared to J-1, J-20 and J-30 variants, increas
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...e from 1932 until 1945. The Type 92 was simply the designation in Japanese service of the [[Lewis (7.7 mm)]] which the Japanese imported and eventually licens
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...arrangements of the defensive turret positions. The Privateer would enter service in late 1944 and go on to serve in various roles, such as maritime and ASW
...ed as firefighters into the early 2000s; all aircraft are now retired from service, though two airframes are still fully airworthy.
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...voc to Japanese land installations and naval vessels. Liberators stayed in service until 1951, they were replaced by the Privateer.
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...B-29, with its historic performance as one of the best American bomber in service. Up to 8 x 2,000 lb could be carried in the bomb bay
...ft were evaluated by the R.A.F during the early 1950's as well. In British service, they were known as the "Washington B Mk. 1".
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...with the rapid pace of jet aircraft development, the B-57B continued on in service thanks to its flexibility and versatility of combat roles. Numerous payload
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...based monoplane of the US fleet, made to replace the outdated biplanes in service with the US Navy. It had a 950 horsepower engine and two machine guns on th
The Brewster F2A Buffalo was the first carrier-based monoplane fighter in service with the American Navy. The aircraft had an all-metal construction, with th
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...rior to those of fighters of classic conventional configuration already in service. Besides, it became quite evident by early 1944 that further fighter develo
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...propeller. This gave the P-51A a top speed of 390 mph at 22,000 feet and a service ceiling of 31,500 feet.
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...After the problem was remedied, the PV-2 Harpoon was quite popular within service and was also exported to other countries like Brazil and New Zealand.
...search radar. The first PV-1s arrived in December 1942, then entered naval service in February 1943.
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...last weeks of the war in Europe. At one point the aircraft was pulled from service and replaced with D variants until the aircraft performed reliably. The P-4
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The P-40C Warhawk, known as the Tomahawk IIB in British service, was an improvement of the P-40B. The P-40C added provisions for underbelly
...iracobra and the F4F Wildcat. It was the most numerous fighter aircraft in service with the USAAF in that theater from 1942-1943.
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The P-51D saw front-line service with the Eight Air-force immediately following D-Day. It quickly excelled a
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...mman finally developed the [[F7F-1|F7F Tigercat]], which was accepted into service, becoming the first dual engine fighter to be deployed by the US Navy.
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...surrendered. The order was cancelled, and that was the end of the BTD-1's service.
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After being accepted into service, the P-51 mainly served as a ground attack aircraft as its engine lacked a
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...ng for aircraft use, designated .50 AN/M2 Basic aircraft machine gun in US-service), Japan decided to instead clone its design and rework it for the already i
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...four enemy aircraft over Lae. For this action he earned the Distinguished Service Cross. He was promoted to Captain in August.
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...le production started in the summer of 1942. The aircraft was accepted for service with the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force as the Type 3 Hien ("Swallow") fi
...ew Japanese fighter with a liquid-cooled engine, the American intelligence service considered it a licensed replica of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109E fighte
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...untries included 37 aircraft serving in Argentinian Navy and Army Aviation Service, 9 were delivered to Chinese Nationalist Air Force in 1937, Thailand receiv
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...1939. Full-scale production began in June 1940. The plane was accepted for service with the Imperial Japanese Navy under the designation of Navy Type 0 Model
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...also found to be less survivable than the P-40 Warhawks that were also in service and were eventually replaced by early 1944.
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...d onboard aircraft such as the [[Ki-45 (Family)|Ki-45]]. It would also see service after World War II by the Korean's People Army during the Korean War.
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...large quantities of P-63 Kingcobras after the war, with P-63s remaining in service throughout the Korean War in the 1950's.
...to receive the F8F Bearcat in February 1951, and the P-63 was taken out of service soon after. The last flight of a P-63 in Indochina occurred in September 19
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...ful and potent. However, the aircraft was never ordered, and never entered service.
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The Grumman company continued to work on the F7F after it entered service. The third variant of the aircraft was a very deep modernization of the ori
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Currently in service with Germany was the older Arado Ar 65 biplane which the He 51 was slated t
...ively dive bomb with aircraft. Though only 55 aircraft survived front-line service through 1938, they continued to be of use through the first few years of Wo
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...was a single Type 11 based design to replace it. The flexible Type 89 saw service with Army Air Sevice's bomber fleet along with the Tachikawa Ki-9 trainer b
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...ively dive bomb with aircraft. Though only 55 aircraft survived front-line service through 1938, they continued to be of use through the first few years of Wo
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Currently in service with Germany was the older Arado Ar 65 biplane which the He 51 was slated t
...the He 51 were not outfitted with bombs, it wasn't later in the aircraft's service it was deemed unacceptable as a fighter and was repurposed as a close suppo
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...the He 51 were not outfitted with bombs, it wasn't later in the aircraft's service it was deemed unacceptable as a fighter and was repurposed as a close suppo
...ively dive bomb with aircraft. Though only 55 aircraft survived front-line service through 1938, they continued to be of use through the first few years of Wo
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...available in War Thunder as premium planes. Hungarian He 112s saw limited service and probably all of them were destroyed during the Allied bombing raids in
...r, but they never participated in any combat operations and were mainly in service with training units.
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...t was more than a match for the new Supermarine Spitfire that was entering service with the RAF around the same time the first Emils were rolling off the prod
Entering service in 1939, the E-1 would see combat in the early phases of WW2, quickly obtai
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The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service had the Type 89 as a designation for two aircraft machine guns, a fixed mod
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...versus particulate matter. While these modifications allowed for prolonged service life in harsh environments like North Africa, the Russian veld and Libya's
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...versus particulate matter. While these modifications allowed for prolonged service life in harsh environments like the Russian veld and Libya's desert, it als
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In 1943, the Bf 109 G-6 entered service, while its performance was less than stellar, its worth derived from the ab
...er, being outperformed by the newest types the Western Allies brought into service. However, it performed admirably in its role, and with a good pilot, was mo
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...he war because of its late introduction and the small numbers that entered service. The Allies captured several Me 262s, which they examined and tested in fli
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...t the Canadian government didn't want to have another American aircraft in service. As a compromise, Canada received a license to build their own Sabres and t
=== Service in the Luftwaffe ===
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...ance access panels could be removed, allowing the mechanics full access to service, repair and even replace critical parts on the aircraft with little difficu
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...e M.C 200, was chosen for production as well, as it would be able to enter service on short notice, the G.50 went on and served in the Spanish civil war, and
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...ources. The basic G.50 was produced from 1937 to 1940. It saw considerable service during World War II, but due to the rapid pace of aircraft technological de
...s credit for being the first modern aircraft of its class to enter Italian service. And the Freccia's design heritage would eventually make its way to the [[G
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...This armament and speed made it a match for the Mk V Spitfire that was in service then.
...September, the entire group was refitted. Still [[Bf 109 F-4]] remained in service with them and ultimately the Messerschmitt would stick as the unit's fighte
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...a propaganda campaign: publishing photos of repainted He 100s in assorted service colors, they concocted a non-existent "He 113" fighter that managed to fool
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...introduction of the British [[Spitfire F Mk IX]]. Despite this impressive service record, Fw 190's had one flaw, which would soon usher in the need of the "D
...earch Institute (SAFRI) began testing the German piston-engine aircraft in service with the Luftwaffe at the culmination of the war. To begin with, Soviet eng
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...e Ta 152 H could reach an impressive 755 km/h (472 mph) and an exceptional service ceiling of 14,500+ metres (47,000+ feet). This was a significant improvemen
...al of only 70 or so were produced, of which very few made it to front-line service.
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...it stopped seeing service on aircraft, the Vickers K would continue to see service with the British Army and Royal Navy as the [[Vickers GO No.5 (7.7 mm)|Vick
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...rce would start receiving the upgraded MiG-15bis not long after it entered service with the USSR and proved itself there. The MiG-15bis would serve as the fro
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...ght fighters were received by the Regia Aeronautica in early 1943 to enter service with 235a Squadriglia, 60° Gruppo. The crews of these Italian night fighte
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...[[PC 1400 X (1,400 kg)|Fritz-X]] radio-controlled bomb. The Do 217 was in service even after World War II with the Swiss Air Force.
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...rmed the [[Swordfish Mk I|Swordfish]] Torpedo Bombers that would remain in service throughout the entire conflict, even outlasting two attempted replacements.
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...lving launchers were mounted on several more Me.410 planes for operational service tests, but the idea never progressed any further.
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...eak as a bomber, its purpose shifted towards converting the Me 410 B-1s in service to the Zerstörer standard. This usually resulted in more cannons being add
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...ance duties. It served for just under 10 years and was only brought out of service due to the lack of spare parts.
...e service in that role. After the beginning of World War 2, The Hs 123 saw service on the front-line airfields, where its quick turn time and ability to take
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...30 mm MK 103 cannon, but production issues delayed the cannon coming into service. Many early Me 410Bs were fitted with the Waffenbehalter (WB 151A) modifica
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...ent over the Me 210 and solved many of its issues. When the Me 410 entered service, it was first utilized as a high-speed bomber. However, Luftwaffe Bomber Co
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...l 15, 1945, just weeks before the end of World War II. Despite its limited service history, the Me 262 A1/U4 remains an interesting footnote in the developmen
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...Komaritsky for use on Soviet aircraft. It was designed in 1932 and entered service a year later.
...Soviet aircraft, across fighters, attackers, and bombers. The gun also saw service in the Spanish Civil War with the Republican Spanish forces, as well as the
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...cceeded in their design requirement, being faster than any fighter then in service, but once all the military equipment was added, it was not much faster than
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...arviero" aircraft were in service in Italy. A year later, over 300 were in service.
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...e reckoned with. By November 1942 there were 147 S.M.79 torpedo bombers in service, in nine groups.
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...nose) and various equipment modifications. In 1938, these aircraft entered service with two squadrons of the Forţele Aeriene Regale ale Romaniei (Royal Roman
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...July of 1937. By September of 1939, over 250 Condors had entered military service. The Condor spawned many sub-variants that included different armament, rad
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...rld's first ever jet bomber and the second jet-powered aircraft to go into service with the Luftwaffe. The Arado showed great potential but was produced too l
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...ns were tested out on this version of the Do 217. The final design entered service as the Do 217 E-2. With BMW 801A 14 cylinder radial air-cooled engines. Thi
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...bstituted some of the steel parts by duralumin parts, was not accepted for service due to the high rate of wear of the aluminium parts.
While the PV-1 was being phased out of service by the end of the 1930s, the German invasion of 1941 saw a great number of
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...51 were not outfitted with bombs, it wasn't until later in the aircraft's service it was deemed unacceptable as a fighter and was repurposed as a close suppo
...ively dive bomb with aircraft. Though only 55 aircraft survived front-line service through 1938, they continued to be of use through the first few years of Wo
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...112B, but it outperformed its rival in manoeuvrability, rate of climb, and service ceiling. In addition, it was easier to pilot. The He 112B's cannon armament
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...y and only a handful Ar 234 Cs were produced and even fewer were in active service.
...the over 200 Ar 234s produced and delivered, less than 25% were in active service by the time the war was over. The Ar 234, especially the C variant, arrived
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Some of the Soviet's first service aircraft saw the DA machine gun mounted in flexible mounts, such as the Jun
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...t I. Retrieved from [https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/08/19/romanian-air-service-wwii-part-i/ Weapons and Warfare]
...II. Retrieved from [https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/08/19/romanian-air-service-wwii-part-ii/ Weapons and Warfare]
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...anks to extend its operation ranges. Little is known about its operational service other than it did not survive the war.
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...ound-attack aircraft. At that time, 28 combat-capable He 112Bs remained in service with the Romanian Air Force.
The combat service of He 112Bs with the Romanian Air Force was complete by September 1942. Tho
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...ministry decided to mass-produce the plane, variants of which remained in service with the Luftwaffe until the end of the war in Europe, and with foreign ope
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...d offer better performance (in reference speed) than the Bf 110 already in service, whilst at the same time being cheaper to manufacture than newly designed m
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...1941 with 2./Versuchsverband OKL, where various captured aircraft were in service.
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...eved excellent test results - performing better than any Soviet fighter in service at the time - and its full-scale development began as the LaG-5, and the fi
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In service, the He 219 proved to be quite effective against allied bombers: the aircra
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...cially introduced in 1942 and had limited production. The Yak-7A went into service as an improved variant of the standard Yak-7, with around 300 aircraft cons
...he Yak-7B would amount to over 5,000 aircraft produced. It would later see service with Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, and Yugoslavia, which on
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...new gun, designated the '''MG 81''', entered service in 1940 and would see service until the end of World War II in 1945.
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...ts in the Yak-7 influenced the creation of the Yak-9. The aircraft entered service in October 1942 and were manufactured from 1942 to 1946.
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...ak-1 and Yak-7 models. The new machine was dubbed as the Yak-3 and entered service with the Red Army Air Force in 1944.
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...[Yak-3 (Family)|Yak-3 fighter aircraft family]]. The Yak-3P, which entered service in 1945, was the most common Yak-3 variant. The initial variant of the [[Ya
The new machine was dubbed as the Yak-3 and entered service with the Red Army Air Force in 1944. The Yak-3 was a further modification o
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...ealed that the Yak-9U had a superior top-speed compared to all fighters in service on the Eastern front at 6,000 m (19,685 ft). Unlike the [[I-185 (M-71)|I-18
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...n the Soviet Union, simplifying aircraft operation and increasing aircraft service life.
...772 planes with an all-metal construction. The Yak-9Ps were withdrawn from service with the USSR in the early 1950s.
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...15 planes had a different engine, the RD-10, manufactured in the USSR. The service life of the earliest engines was officially claimed to be 25 hours, but in
In addition to its engine's limited service life, the Yak-15 had a number of distinctive disadvantages. The most common
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...15 planes had a different engine, the RD-10, manufactured in the USSR. The service life of the earliest engines was officially claimed to be 25 hours, but in
In addition to its engine's limited service life, the Yak-15 had a number of distinctive disadvantages. The most common
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...the Yak did not have its first flight until the MiG had already completed service trials. The Yak-30 answered to the Soviet requirement of a new light fighte
...of Mach 0.935 in a dive, 40 km/h more than the Yak-25 and 1,000 m more in service ceiling.
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...modern and capable monoplanes, the Chaika was gradually phased out of the service and relegated to light attack aircraft.
...ks could also carry up to 441 lb of bombs. The I-153 entered Red Air Force service in October 1938 and was soon thrust into combat in the Far East, where the
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...formance requirements. Just a few months later, the {{Specs|name}} entered service with the Soviet Air Force. Early models utilized the M-25 engine from the p
The I-15bis was in service with the USSR and China from the beginning of 1938 and with Spain from Janu
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By mid 1936 the I-16 Type 5 had just begun to be put into service with several units of the VVS when the Spanish Civil War broke out. After r
...ervice until the end of the Spanish Civil War and would remain operational service by the Spanish Air Force up to 1953.
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...hrough the winter, by March 1938 it was already being put into operational service. The main changes when compared to its predecessor are an increase in machi
...f the Bf 109 E in 1939. After the war, several dozens of I-16s passed into service with the Spanish Air Force until 1953.
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...ns. 2017. "The MG-15: A Flexible Aircraft Machine Gun Pushed into Infantry Service". YouTube video. 14:32. October 29, 2017. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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...e aircraft's speed at altitude and sea-level along with an increase in its service range.
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...e aircraft's speed at altitude and sea-level along with an increase in its service range.
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...e aircraft's speed at altitude and sea-level along with an increase in its service range.
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...pe for a series of fighters. Nonetheless, the plane did not go into active service or series production.
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Only one I-185/M-71 Series Standard was built. The airplane was not put into service.
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...走155mmりゅう弾砲) is currently one of the 155 mm howitzers in JGSDF service as the direct replacement of the obsolete, shorter-barreled [[Type 75 SPH|T
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During the Spanish Civil War, the I-16 Type 27 saw extensive service with the Republican forces. Soviet pilots and aircraft mechanics arrived in
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...was no longer the front runner jet in the Soviet air force, it remained in service and was subjected to further tests.
In 1946, the I-300 began full-scale production and was accepted for service with the Air Force under the designation of MiG-9 (Product FS). Before prod
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Shortly after the first generation Soviet jet fighters were entering service, the plans for far more improved "second generation" fighters were already
Entering service between 1949-50, the MiG-15 saw combat during the last stages of the Chines
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...was no longer the front runner jet in the Soviet air force, it remained in service and was subjected to further tests.
In 1946, the I-300 began full-scale production and was accepted for service with the Air Force under the designation of MiG-9 (Product FS). Before prod
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Almost immediately after the MiG-15 entered service, the developement of a successor was already underway. Initially called the
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...ks, improvements were made throughout production. The La-5 type 37 entered service in 1942 and a total of 1,021 were produced until the end of the year. Furth
...produced in July 1942 at the No. 21 aviation plant in Gorky and went into service in August–September. Production continued until the end of 1942. In total
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...engine cooling. Its performance was better than any Soviet fighter then in service. Other issues revealed in testing consisted of excessive control forces, oi
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...e M2 leading to the [[M3 Browning (12.7 mm)|M3 Browning]] which still sees service on some helicopters to this day. The M2 also sees use in the ground role wi
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...3mm cannons. A total of 1,882 La-9 planes were produced until 1949 and saw service with the Soviet Air Force, People's Liberation Army Air Force of China, and
...orce began to receive the new fighters in 1947. The La-9 did not remain in service for long, since the Air Force quickly switched to jet technology. The early
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...ally in 1949 and 235 of the type would be produced, before production (and service) was cut short when it was retired quickly in 1953 due the advent of more a
...MiG-15 and Yak-30, that would see limited production numbers and remain in service through the 1950s in secondary roles. The NATO name for it was "Fantail."
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...1940. By the beginning of World War II on June 22, 1941, 213 Su-2s were in service.
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...1940. By the beginning of World War II on June 22, 1941, 213 Su-2s were in service.
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...system which resulted in the crash of one of the prototypes. Pressed into service, the Yak-2 saw early action as Germany made their rush into the Soviet Unio
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...0 litres each. This aircraft was to be versatile which could be adopted in service in one of three versions: a fighter, high-speed bomber and a close-support
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The new Pe-3bis aircraft began entering service in early 1942, serving alongside previous Pe-3 aircraft in reconnaissance,
Pe-3/Pe-3bis fighters were in service only with the Air Force of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and naval av
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...ong and eventful life with the many countries it flew with, and remains in service even today with North Korea operating 80 of the airframe type as of 2023.
...in H-5 and in Czechoslovakia as the Avia B-228. It is known to still be in service today in the Korean People's Air Force (KPAF). Although few in number, they
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In addition to the USSR, SB bombers were in service with Spain, China, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia, and Finland
The SB aircraft were withdrawn from service with the USSR in 1946.
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...the naming rules of aircraft. Instead of naming aircraft according to the service category, it changed to the abbreviation of the designer's surname. After t
...ervice with the Red Army Air Force in the spring of 1940. The plane was in service from the beginning of the war until late 1944, with the units of the Red Ar
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...ouble wheeled one. The Yak-4 first flew on February 20, 1940, was put into service in 1941, and had its production terminated that same year. A majority of th
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...r. It was developed in the 1930s by the Ilyushin Design Bureau and entered service in 1941. It was operated by both the Soviet Air Force, which mostly utilize
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...upolev [[Tu-2]] bombers from 1942 onward and were definitely phased out of service after the arrival of the Ilyushin [[IL-28]] jet bomber in 1950. It was also
...designed. The modified tips increased the Pe-2's maximum flight speeds and service ceiling and simultaneously improved its landing behavior.
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...pilots to go after. By 1944, all remaining {{PAGENAME}}s were removed from service but were retrofitted for other jobs such as VIP transport and operations up
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...launched into full-scale production due to the engines being too "raw" for service.
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Yer-2 bombers built at the factory in Irkutsk entered service beginning in February 1944. Although these aircraft reached the front line
Yer-2 bombers were withdrawn from service in 1946.
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...ded equipment increased the aircraft's weight. Consequently, its speed and service ceiling decreased.
After the war, the Tu-2s were accepted for service with the Air Forces of Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, China, and North Korea. T
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...r force, replacing the Tu-2T torpedo bomber. The Tu-14 stayed in frontline service until 1961, and was subsequently relegated to secondary duties. It continue
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...a Soviet multi-purpose (including reconnaissance) flying boat. It entered service in the Soviet Navy in 1935 and 1,365 were built, in 6 versions. Some were u
It saw extensive service during the Soviet-Finnish winter war between 1939 and 1940, and against Ger
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The new machine was dubbed as the Yak-3 and entered service with the Red Army Air Force in 1944. The Yak-3 was a further modification o
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The new machine was dubbed as the Yak-3 and entered service with the Red Army Air Force in 1944. The Yak-3 was a further modification o
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...r of Be-6s for their naval air force. The Be-6 remained in active military service with the Soviet Union until the late 1960's, and up to the 1990's with the
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...short lived, as more advanced aircraft with supersonic capability entered service and quickly replaced it, such as the new [[MiG-19 (Family)|MiG-19]] and [[M
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...s and rescue aircraft, until they were finally fully retired from military service between 1954 and 1957.
Catalinas of various versions were in service with the USA and countries of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, including the USSR
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The I-301 was not put into service and did not participate in combat operations. The first prototype was badly
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The ANT-6 was recommended for series production and accepted into service with German BMW-VI engines. At the end of the 1920s, the USSR obtained a li
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...ere received by the Naval Aviation force. The aircraft were withdrawn from service in 1946.
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...of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1942). Before putting the Hurricane into service, the Soviets replaced the 7.7 mm Brownings with their indigenous 2 x 12.7 m
...ters. Firepower was often the decisive factor, and the Hurricane in Soviet service had no equal in this respect. The Soviet Hurricane, with its two 20 mm ShVA
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...of replacements and suitable spare parts forced them to withdraw them from service and return back to their original IL-4/DB-3 series bombers.
...viet 45-36AN counterpart. Unlike its British cousin, the Hampden in Soviet service had its defensive armament strengthened, as the dorsal twin 7.7 mm Vickers
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...back being given to Bell. Officially, the P-63 saw little combat in Soviet service. They were supposed to be stationed in the Far East for combat with Japan.
The Kingcobra remained in Soviet service for several years after WWII. Besides being a solid aircraft, the tricycle
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...ere produced, including all modifications. After the war, they remained in service with the Soviet Air Force until 1952-1953. In the U.S., all of the planes w
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...back being given to Bell. Officially, the P-63 saw little combat in Soviet service. They were supposed to be stationed in the Far East for combat with Japan.
The Kingcobra remained in Soviet service for several years after WWII. Besides being a solid aircraft, the tricycle
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...the [[Nimrod Mk I]] (a naval version of the Fury). The {{PAGENAME}} was in service with Yugoslavia, Iran, South Africa, as well as participated in the Spanish
...into the '''Hawker Fury''', the biplane made its maiden flight and entered service with the RAF in May of the same year. The Fury would serve in not only the
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...ersian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Spanish Furies. The Fury Mark II entered service in 1936, remaining with RAF fighter command until January 1939, replaced by
...l flight. The Mark II was even faster and both types of Furies remained in service with various air forces right up to the start of WWII.
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...o the introduction of the British Spitfire Mk. IX. Despite this impressive service record, Fw 190s had one flaw, which would soon usher in the need of the "Do
...earch Institute (SAFRI) began testing the German piston-engine aircraft in service with the Luftwaffe at the culmination of the war. To begin with, Soviet eng
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...power plant, derived from the Fury's Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine. Entering service in December 1937 with No.111 Squadron the Hurricane soon spread to many fro
...lane fighter, the Hawker Hurricane was revolutionary when it first entered service in December 1937. The Hurricane was the result of Hawker Aircraft Ltd's eff
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...ved and supercharged twelve-cylinder Merlin XX engine, the Mark II entered service at the end of the summer of 1940 -at the height of the Battle of Britain. I
...d become the Mark IIC. A tropical version of the Mark II was developed for service in the North African theatre of operations alongside naval versions designa
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The early service life of the Typhoon was less than impressive. With a relatively poor rate o
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...Some 1700 Tempests were manufactured until the aircraft was phased out of service with the RAF in 1949.
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...awker Typhoon was a single engine, single seat fighter which first entered service with the RAF in 1941. Typhoon fighters of the first production series were
...provements had been implemented on the majority of the Typhoons already in service.
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...iginally intended for use against the Japanese in the Far East but entered service just too late for the operations in the Second World War.
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...and production began in May 1944, although the first units would not enter service until 1946. The '''Vampire FB.5''' was introduced in 1948, featuring armour
...de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a single engine jet fighter which entered service with the RAF in 1946. Designed to Air Ministry specification F.6/41, the de
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The Gloster Gladiator was a single engine, single seat fighter which entered service in 1937 as the Royal Air Force's last biplane fighter. Often overshadowed b
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...took its first flight in September 1949, and the type entered operational service in 1952. The FB.4 variant was the last operated by the RAF, modified from t
The de Havilland DH112 Venom was a single engine jet fighter which entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1952. Initially developed as a private venture
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...ported to over 20 countries. The final Hunters were finally withdrawn from service with the Lebanese Air Force in 2014.
...-production F.1s entered service in 1953. The first was WT556 that entered service with A&AEE on the 16th of July 1953 and a further 15 delivered the same ye
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...cceptable. A desert camouflage was also applied to match its new arenas of service.
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...[[Hurricane Mk I/L|Hurricanes]] en route to North Africa were pressed into service. Amazingly, against 40 - 50 bombers in the initial raids, the resistance wa
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...was ordered into mass production for the RAF. The first Spitfires entered service with No.19 Squadron at RAF Duxford in August 1938.
...ted collimator sight, the GM2 Mk II, began to be used; machines already in service were retrofitted with the new sights.
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...IIs were rapidly manufactured and delivered, replacing all Mk Is in active service by April 1941.
920 Spitfire Mk IIs entered service; 750 Mk IIA and 170 MK IIB, although fighters used in the air-sea rescue ro
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...IIs were rapidly manufactured and delivered, replacing all Mk Is in active service by April 1941.
920 Spitfire Mk IIs entered service; 750 Mk IIA and 170 MK IIB, although fighters used in the air-sea rescue ro
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...gine Mk.IX at medium and high altitudes. Thus, the Spitfire Mk.XIV entered service as an interim fix. Fitted with a Rolls Royce Griffon 65 with two-stage supe
The Spitfire Mk.XIV entered service with Nos. 91, 322 and 610 Squadrons in southeast England where it saw notab
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...aft. Further modifications were incorporated into the Mk IX throughout its service life, such as a gyroscopic gunsight, bubble canopy and modified engine inte
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...aft. Further modifications were incorporated into the Mk IX throughout its service life, such as a gyroscopic gunsight, bubble canopy and modified engine inte
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....XIV had seen notable modifications and transitions throughout its wartime service; the Spitfire Mk.XVIII built on this experience.
The Spitfire Mk.XVIII entered service with No.60 Squadron at Singapore in January 1947. The Mk.XVIII was used off
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...improved horizontal manoeuvrability but reduced the rate of climb and the service ceiling. Type G.41F became the designation for the long-wing aircraft, and
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...er the designation of Gloster Meteor F.Mk.I (Type G.41A). The type entered service with No 616 Squadron who, after conversion to the Meteor from their Spitfir
The Gloster Meteor F.Mk.III fighter that entered service in August 1944 became the first full-scale production version of the aircra
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...th the Fleet Air Arm's Seafire Mk.46 and Mk.47. The Spitfire Mk.24 entered service in 1946 with No.80 Squadron in Gutersloh, Germany; the squadron later moved
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...er the designation of Gloster Meteor F.Mk.I (Type G.41A). The type entered service with No 616 Squadron who, after conversion to the Meteor from their Spitfir
The Gloster Meteor F.Mk.III fighter that entered service in August 1944 became the first full-scale production version of the aircra
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The Hawker Nimrod was a carrier-borne, biplane fighter which entered service with Britain's Fleet Air Arm in 1931. By 1934, full-scale production of Nim
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...improved horizontal manoeuvrability but reduced the rate of climb and the service ceiling. Type G.41F became the designation for the long-wing aircraft, and
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...t still under the control of the Royal Air Force. The Nimrod first entered service with 408 Flight onboard HMS Glorious in November 1931, followed by 402, 404
...orward slightly to improve visibility, although the first Nimrods to enter service were not equipped with an arrestor hook. Float-type landing gear could also
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...offering enhanced performance and reliability. This variant saw extensive service with the Royal Air Force and other allied forces, playing crucial roles fro
...etter aerodynamic features, aligning with the era's strategic demands. Its service history is marked by adaptation to diverse combat roles, evidencing the ver
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...the existing [[Gladiator Mk II]]. Differences from the Gladiator Mk IIs in service with the RAF included the planes being fitted with catapult attachment poin
...four 7.7 mm (.303) Browning machine guns. 54 Sea Gladiators were still in service with the Fleet Air Arm by the time Britain declared war on Germany in Septe
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...ustralian Navy to name only a few. The Firefly would ultimately bow out of service well into the age of jets to be replaced with this new breed of naval aircr
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...es & Ward (1971), ''"Hawker Hurricane Mk.I/IV in Royal Air Force & Foreign Service"'', P. 11/12, Osprey Publishing, SBN 85045 029 2.</ref> 50 aircraft were su
...k IB, equipped with an arrestor hook, had been produced and entered combat service in July 1941. The Sea Hurricane Mk IC followed in January 1942. Although th
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...ing improvements led to the Griffon 74 powered Firefly Mk.IV which entered service in 1947. The Mk.IV replaced the earlier three bladed propeller with a four
...nds, Ethiopia, Thailand, Sweden and India. The venerable aircraft left the service of the Fleet Air Arm in 1956, after 13 years of operations.
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...coming to a close. After years of development limbo, the Firebrand entered service on 1 September 1945 - the very same day World War II officially came to an
...finally entered service it was no longer relevant - and too late to enter service in World War II.
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...e life of the legendary Spitfire series, the Seafire F Mk.47 which entered service in 1948 was so different from the Spitfire Mk.I that it was barely recogniz
The F Mk.47 first entered service with 804 Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Ford in January 1948. 90 Seafire F Mk.4
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Whilst the Sea Fury was too late to see service within the Second World War, it made its impact on the opening stages of th
...being the best example of the two-seat variant. Even after its operational service ended, the Sea Fury is still a popular racing aircraft among pilots, partic
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The Attacker was part of the first generation of jet aircraft to enter service with the Royal Navy and had the distinction of being the first operational
...; however it had an extremely short career - being taken out of front-line service by 1954. This was primarily due to the aircraft's limitations being a "tail
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...lland Sea Vixen]] in 1959, with the final units withdrawn from second-line service in 1970.
During their service life, Sea Venoms saw significant combat. Their activity peaked with their i
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...them were used as training aircraft. The last aircraft was withdrawn from service in Great Britain in 1944. A total of 49 {{PAGENAME}} were produced.
...was an export variant of the American SBU Vindicator dive bomber that saw service with the Royal Navy.
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...in a number of design modifications, and the first aircraft did not enter service until January 1940.
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Throughout its service, the "Tsetse" performed very well; the effectiveness of the new weapon was
The de Havilland Mosquito was a twin-engine fighter-bomber which entered service with the RAF in 1941. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and constru
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...RAF Bomber Command had a meeting to see where the DH.98 could fit into RAF service. the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command refused the desi
A twin engine monoplane which entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1941, the de Havilland Mosquito was originally
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...ble to cope with the constant dive-bombing, led to it being withdrawn from service in Malaya by 1952, and from Aden by 1954.
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...underland served until 1959 in the Royal Air Force, and finally was out of service in 1967 by the RNZAF. Today, only a handful survive (with only one airworth
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...ed and manoeuvrability, the Hampden was declared obsolete and retired from service in 1942.
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...s, plus a float plane modification, the Swordfish would finally bow out of service in 1945 after VE day after showing just how successful the outdated design
...raft was placed in April 1935 and in July 1936 the first Swordfish entered service with 825 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm.
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...is easily capable of taking on single engine fighters. It entered Squadron service in mid-1946. However, it was rarely used as World War Two was drawing to a
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...ed and manoeuvrability, the Hampden was declared obsolete and retired from service in 1942.
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...Production of the Mk Ic proceeded into Autumn 1942, with an entrance into service in April 1940 as a night time bomber as daylight bombing had been ceased at
...gasus engines, the Wellington was first test flown in May 1936 and entered service with RAF Bomber Command in 1938. Full-scale production of the Mk Ic (Type 4
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...Production of the Mk Ic proceeded into Autumn 1942, with an entrance into service in April 1940 as a night time bomber as daylight bombing had been ceased at
...gasus engines, the Wellington was first test flown in May 1936 and entered service with RAF Bomber Command in 1938. Full-scale production of the Mk Ic (Type 4
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...ion of the last of 11,461 Wellingtons, and the aircraft was withdrawn from service in March 1953 after finishing its RAF career as a pilot and navigator train
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...known for its huge, lumbering profile and punishing bomb load. During its service with Britain, it flew 82,773 operations and dropped 224,207 tons of bombs.
...r the French, Egyptian, and Pakistani Air Forces. It remained in Pakistani service until 1961.
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...hroughout the war to hammer back Axis powers. By the end of the Stirling's service, the aircraft had flown a total of 14,500 sorties and dropped 27,000 lbs of
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...hroughout the war to hammer back Axis powers. By the end of the Stirling's service, the aircraft had flown a total of 14,500 sorties and dropped 27,000 lbs of
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...a. The first production run, designated '''Canberra B Mk 2''', entered RAF service in 1951, replacing the Mosquito and [[Lincoln B Mk II|Lincoln]] in frontlin
* High service ceiling(max. altitude)
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...was designed by Roy Chadwick and first flew on 9th January 1941; entering service in 1942. It was produced by Avro, Armstrong Whitworth, Austin Motors, Metro
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...on for a toss bombing system allowing the use of nuclear weapons. Entering service in 1955, the Canberra B (I) Mk 6 was soon withdrawn from Bomber Command ope
.... Trials proved to be successful and the resulting Canberra B Mk.6 entered service with the RAF in 1954.
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The Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter was the best and the last biplane in service with the British RAF.
In 1935, Tuck entered service with the British RAF, and by 1942 he had 29 enemy aircraft destroyed and 2
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...nitially developed for the United States Army Air Corps, but first entered service as an export model.
...F service, the Boston was adopted by the United States Army Air Corps, the service it was originally designed and intended for.
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...military aircraft. The NA-16, with some modifications, would go on to see service in the US Army Air Corps as the BC-1 before being re-designated the T-6 Tex
...ays. Throughout the first months of the war, the Wirraway was pressed into service as a light bomber and as an "emergency fighter". It performed well enough i
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...nsiderably slower than its contemporaries. The aircraft saw limited active service during the Second World War in both frontline and secondary duties.
...ototype configuration first flew in May of 1942 and was later ordered into service as the Boomerang Mark I (contract number CA-12) - a total of 105 Boomerang
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...d Boston at the time): as a result, the French DB-7s were the first to see service, fighting German units during the Battle of France. The DB-7 would later se
...inst the Germans, but most of the French DB-7s would see no further combat service.
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...awker Typhoon Mk.IB was a single engine, single seat fighter which entered service with the RAF in 1941. The Mk.IB differed mainly from the Mk.IA in its armam
...our under each wing. Rocket rails and bomb racks were introduced across in service Typhoons throughout 1943.
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...nsiderably slower than its contemporaries. The aircraft saw limited active service during the Second World War in both frontline and secondary duties.
...prototype configuration first flew in May 1942 and was later ordered into service as the [[Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain)|Boomerang Mark I]] (contract number
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...gine Mk.IX at medium and high altitudes. Thus, the Spitfire Mk.XIV entered service as an interim fix. Fitted with a Rolls Royce Griffon 65 with two-stage supe
The Spitfire Mk.XIV entered service with Nos. 91, 322 and 610 Squadrons in southeast England where it saw notab
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...e new Rolls Royce Griffon engine. By the time the Griffon Spitfire entered service with the RAF in February 1943, subsequent modifications had redesignated th
Thus, the Spitfire Mk.XIV entered service as an interim fix. Fitted with a Rolls Royce Griffon 65 with two-stage supe
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...ship the remainder of France's order to Britain. The DB7 initially entered service with the RAF as the Boston Mk I and was used as a multi-engine conversion t
Some 140 DB7s originally intended for French service were acquired by RAF Bomber Command for use as Havocs, with a further 40 of
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...ectra, a civilian airliner. The aircraft was very successful under British service, in total 2,150 Hudsons were used by the British Commonwealth through direc
...of hostilities at the end of WWII, many Hudsons were returned to civilian service, as transport aircraft, trainers and airliners. A total of 2,941 Hudsons we
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...was a French single-seat, all-metal, monoplane fighter which first entered service in 1940. In 1936 the French Armée de l'Air stated a requirement for a cann
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...s a single engine naval torpedo bomber/strike aircraft which first entered service with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in 1943. Designed as a replacement for
...by General Motors, termed the TBF-1 and TBM-1 respectively; in Royal Naval service these were known as the Avenger Mk.I and Avenger Mk.II.
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...as the introduction two 1,000 hp Twin Wasp engines. The Catalina I entered service with Nos.209 and 240 Squadrons of RAF Coastal Command in 1941. A popular an
...g out the furthest nonstop distance flight of 3,443 miles. The PBY entered service with the US Navy in October 1936.
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...F 4'' initially before renamed into the '''{{PAGENAME}}'''. Seeing limited service in the Fleet Air Arm as a carrier aircraft, it was eventually withdrawn in
...3670 horsepower, and was the first and only variant of the Wyvern to enter service with the British Royal Navy.
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...American aviation company to design a fighter to augment those already in service with RAF Fighter Command. The prototype first flew on October 26th 1940 and
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...ad to the clearing of the Corsair for carrier-based operations. In British service, the F4U-1A was known as the Corsair Mk II. They were modified slightly fro
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...ity and robust construction. This early workhorse of the Imperial Navy Air Service was highly favoured by its aircrews and fared well in battle. By 1938, the
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...s armed with two 7.7 mm machine guns and two 20 mm cannons. It saw limited service in Southeast Asia, Okinawa and Lake Biwa, where it faced superior Allied fi
...omparing this specification to the [[A6M2 mod. 11]] that was just put into service in China. The speed exceeded by {{Annotation|30 knots|56 km/h; 34 mph}}, cr
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Mitsubishi wanted to make the best of it and get out the J2Ms into combat service before it was officially adopted in the Navy. Engine problems and performan
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...21 became the standard engine for the [[A6M]] series. The Model 22 entered service in late 1942 and participated in the Solomon Islands campaign and the New G
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...Only nine A7M2s were built before the end of the war, and none saw active service.
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...ped very shortly after the [[N1K1-Ja|N1K1-J ''Shiden'']] was accepted into service, addressing most of the flaws of the previous model. The wings were moved t
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Mitsubishi wanted to make the best of it and get out the J2Ms into combat service before it was officially adopted in the Navy. Engine problems and performan
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...5 kt) IAS (this is Vne speed - the absolute maximum speed). In a dive from service ceiling, a speed of mach 0.9 has been recorded and is sustained until IAS s
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...rprisingly long career: the last of these RF-86Fs were only withdrawn from service in 1979.
These aircraft were (randomly) renumbered in JASDF service as 52-7401/7409 and 62-7410/7430. Aircraft later converted to RF-86F standa
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...liquid-cooled V-12 engine, and two 7.7 mm machine guns. The Ki-10 entered service in 1937 and saw combat in Manchukuo, North China, and Southeast Asia during
...d similar high manoeuvrability from newer aircraft. Over the course of its service, the fighter would be refined several times with the ultimate version, the
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Of these 280 aircraft, 150 were slated for delivery to Japan. In Japanese service, this first block of aircraft was assigned the serial numbers 62-7431 to -7
...e MDAP program, they were assigned USAF serials 55-5048 to -5117; in JASDF service, they were renumbered as 62-7701 to -7704; and 72-7705 to -7770. The first
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...d similar high manoeuvrability from newer aircraft. Over the course of its service, the fighter would be refined several times with the ultimate version, the
The Ki-10 saw service against Chinese air forces in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese
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...d similar high manoeuvrability from newer aircraft. Over the course of its service, the fighter would be refined several times with the ultimate version, the
The Ki-10 saw service against Chinese air forces in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese
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...production ceased in 1942, when it was replaced by the Ki-43 in frontline service and relegated to training and reserves.
...ghter", and approved the Ki-27 with minor modifications. The Ki-27 entered service as the Army Type 97 Fighter.
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...reactions to high speed manoeuvres. It gained more respect later on in its service life due to its extreme potency as an interceptor.
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The Ki-61 was first put into service in with a special training unit, the 23rd Chutai, and entered combat for fi
...t year the first production models were manufactured and the Ki-61 entered service.
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The Ki-61 was first put into service in with a special training unit, the 23rd Chutai, and entered combat for th
...year the first production models were manufactured and the Ki-61-I entered service. The Ki-61-I-Ko was equipped with two wing-mounted 7.7 mm machine guns and
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...ordered into production and given the Ki-100 designation. It began combat service on March 9, and was used mainly for its intended purpose until the Japanese
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The Ki-61 was first put into service in with a special training unit, the 23rd Chutai, and entered combat for fi
...t year the first production models were manufactured and the Ki-61 entered service.
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...an improved aircraft to replace the Ki-43 Hayabusa that was just entering service, with the requirement asking for a fast, nimble, simple but universal aircr
...ive and 623 km/h (387 mph) at tree-top level, and was quickly approved for service under the designation "Ki-84 Hayate". However, the increasing deterioration
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...to shoot down bombers with, which this night-fighter variant being put in service as the '''{{Annotation|Gekkō|月光 - 'Moonlight'}} (J1N1-S)'''. The J1N a
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...anese Army Air Service}} and {{Annotation|IJNAS|Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service}}, the Army wanted to redesign the fuselage while the Navy wanted to keep t
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...d similar high manoeuvrability from newer aircraft. Over the course of its service, the fighter would be refined several times with the ultimate version, the
The Ki-10 saw service against Chinese air forces in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese
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...was a Japanese twin-engine, two-seat, ground-attack aircraft that entered service in 1944. It was the main variant of the Ki-102, which was itself derived fr
...ense of the mainland in case of an Allied invasion. But very few would see service against bombing raids as additional firepower, others were painted jet-blac
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...ess against ships, this also marking the end of the aircraft's operational service.
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...their production was discontinued in March 1944. The aircraft remained in service until the end of the war.
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...on ceased in 1940 with 854 built. The Ki-32 were withdrawn from front-line service in December 1941.
...wasaki's old Type 88/KDA-2 light bombers, and were the main bombers of the service through the war.
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...943, a specification was sent out by the IJAAS (Imperial Japanese Army Air Service) for a long-range heavy fighter. Tomio Kubo, the designer of the successful
...he time the aircraft was developed, meaning that it would never see combat service.
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...ntil 1945, supplementing the B6Ns in secondary roles. While it saw initial service in the Second Sino-Japanese war, it played a major role in the opening phas
...Nakajima B5N Torpedo bombers were made for the Japanese Navy. It would see service in World war 2 and was the Japanese Navy's primary torpedo bomber for the e
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...6N (Family)|B6N Tenzan]] and the [[D4Y (Family)|D4Y Suisei]] in the Navy's service. It had a mid-wing configuration with an inverted gull wing, a four-bladed
...B7A2 was then forced to operate in home defence operations, seeing limited service.
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...development continued, with the last prototypes being rushed to be used in service production due to the lengthy development time and deterioration of the war
...E 1702. The USAAF based FE 1702 at Olmstead Field a Military Air Transport Service Command depot in Middletown, Pennsylvania. At Olmstead, guest pilots evalua
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In 1936, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service issued a requirement for a new heavy bomber to replace two previous models.
...better overall performance. In later rounds of testing, after the Army Air Service ordered modifications to be made to both prototypes, the Ki-21 came out on
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...d a parasol wing with floats. It made its first flight in 1936 and entered service with the Japanese navy in 1938. It had an excellent range and could patrol
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...solo bombing and patrol missions. The resulting H8K flying boats, entering service in February 1942, performed well until the end of the war, and were respect
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The Ki-49 first saw service in China. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, it flew in New Guinea Aust
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...upgrades, they were unable to completely replace the older models still in service. These bombers were used mainly in New Guinea, and China, and, in October o
The Ki-49-II bombers were unable to completely replace the older models in service. They were used mainly in New Guinea and China, and, in October of 1944, th
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...upgrades, they were unable to completely replace the older models still in service. These bombers were used mainly in New Guinea, and China, and, in October o
The Ki-49-II bombers were unable to completely replace the older models in service. They were used mainly in New Guinea and China, and, in October of 1944, th
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...s also highly manoeuvrable and capable of dive-bombing attacks. It entered service in October 1944 and was used in various roles, including conventional bombi
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...upgrades, they were unable to completely replace the older models still in service. These bombers were used mainly in New Guinea, and China, and, in October o
The Ki-49-II bombers were unable to completely replace the older models in service. They were used mainly in New Guinea and China, and, in October of 1944, th
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...acity of 4,000 kg of bombs or torpedoes. However, the bomber never entered service due to its poor performance, unreliable and underpowered engines.
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...s also highly manoeuvrable and capable of dive-bombing attacks. It entered service in October 1944 and was used in various roles, including conventional bombi
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...ordered into production and given the Ki-100 designation. It began combat service on March 9, and was used mainly for its intended purpose until the Japanese
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...t was intended to replace the "Toryu's" for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, but the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation Bureau insisted that it be convert
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...-altitude prototype variant of the Raiden series developed to increase the service ceiling and effectiveness at high altitude. It was equipped with a Mitsubis
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...112 B-0]] to strengthen the {{Annotation|IJNAS|Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service}} in China. The He 112 was a surplus model that Germany had discarded in fa
As the [[He 112 (Family)|He 112]] was being phased out of German service in favour of the [[Bf 109 (Family)|Bf 109]], the Germans started considerin
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...i-60 and Ki-61. The DB 601 license that came with the Bf 109s was put into service as the Kawasaki Ha-40 engine and primarily used on the [[Ki-61 (Family)|Ki-
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...nce and design for their own {{Annotation|IJAAS|Imperial Japanese Army Air Service}}. The diving speed impressed them, but its agility disappointed, and Army
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...often on the defensive. In 1943, new types of high-speed fighters entered service with the USAAF and the USNAF, and they outperformed the Zeros in many respe
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...was found to be a fatal drawback and thus it was not accepted into Italian service, however, the Re.2000 was sold to both Hungary and Sweden to complement the
...aded versions based on the Héja I. Sweden bought 60, where they stayed in service until 1946. Britain had put in an order for 300, as well, before the onset
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The Re.2000's service in Italian hands was limited. Only a small number were procured by the Ital
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...s came from Hungary (50), Belgium (34), and Sweden (72). It entered combat service with the Italian 53rd Gruppe in May 1939. At the start of the war, it was t
..., until the arrival of British Hurricanes and Spitfires. 113 were still in service when Italy surrendered in September 1943.
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...ources. The basic G.50 was produced from 1937 to 1940. It saw considerable service during World War II, but due to the rapid pace of aircraft technological de
...s credit for being the first modern aircraft of its class to enter Italian service. And the Freccia's design heritage would eventually make its way to the [[G
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...light tests in Spain in 1939 followed, and the first planes entered combat service in late 1939. Finland bought 35 G.50s, using them in their air force until
...side C.R. 42s, performing poorly against British fighters. It continued in service in Greece, the Mediterranean and Africa, but by 1940 was largely used as a
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...er competitor, in the summer of 1939. At the start of the war, 144 were in service.
....C. 200 to attack, escort and homeland interceptor roles. 52 were still in service when Italy surrendered.
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...aircraft would fly for the first time on April 19, 1942, then be put into service in February 1943, after which it would participate in several battles, for
...mer, 1944. Others continued on in Allied use and after the war remained in service as combat fighters until 1947.
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...ird-generation Italian wartime fighters with the DB 605 engine, 30 were in service at the time of the 1943 Armistice, and Fascist forces continued to use the
...esumed, with Argentina and Syria buying the model. It continued in Italian service for several years.
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In 1943, the Bf 109 G-6 entered service. While its performance was less then stellar, its worth derived from the ab
...er, being outperformed by the newest types the Western Allies brought into service. However, it performed admirably in its role, and with a good pilot, was mo
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...d to replace the [[F-86A-5|F-86A Sabre]] in German, Portuguese and Italian service and it shows. With an empty weight of only 3,100 kg (6,800 lbs) and a take-
...anufacturing under license, but these claims seem unwarranted. Operational service evaluations with the Italian air force's 103 Squadron ran from February to
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...d to replace the [[F-86A-5|F-86A Sabre]] in German, Portuguese and Italian service and it shows. With an empty weight of only 3,100 kg (6,800 lbs) and a takeo
...ction aircraft was finished in 1959, and the R/1 entered Italian Air Force service with 14th Gruppe in March 1961. In total 48 of this model would be built, a
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...burst. This aircraft lacks in manoeuvrability leading to an overall short service life both in real life and game. Though the radial engines are rather resil
...ction but it would be retired in 1941 with only 149 made, after only brief service in Libya in the summer of 1940. The plane was found to perform much more po
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The Piaggio P.108 heavy bomber series were the only strategic bombers to see service with the Italian military during World War II. The P.108 was developed prio
...ish fighters. After the Italian armistice, the remaining P.108s saw little service. The transport versions served to the end of the war.
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...e to the weight imposed on the early and weak turbojet engines placed into service. From behind, the pilot is protected by an 8 mm steel plate behind the seat
...he B and C variants, however, both were finally withdrawn from active duty service by the end of 1952.
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...wn as the '''SM.81''' "Pipistrello" ("Bat"). The aircraft was accepted for service in the same year with mass-production slated, with different engines used t
...e service in 1936, the SM.81's roles was supplemented. The SM.81 still saw service in secondary roles and so deliveries still continued. It was used in the Af
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...service when Italy surrendered. About 30 continued on after, now in Allied service, in the Balkans.
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Known as ''the'' premier bomber in Italian service, the wooden "Alcione" offers superior speed performance to its tech tree pr
...service when Italy surrendered. About 30 continued on after, now in Allied service, in the Balkans. Unlike the later serie 5 with the twin tails (Italian: ''b
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...ria with great success, proving to be deadlier than other biplanes also in service like the I-15, and even the I-16. They also served during World War II wher
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...ted as the G.55S, was converted back to the Serie 1 standard and continued service in the Aeronautica Militare Italiana, the post-war Italian air force.
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...of Ploesti against U.S. bombing raids in 1944. I.A.R. 80s continued their service with the Romanian air force after the end of WW2 and even into the early 19
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...n only six aircraft being delivered to Finland, and they didn't see active service as the Finnish personnel deemed the aircraft too dangerous to operate in wi
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...raining fighters were transferred in 1942 to Brazil where they remained in service until 1954.<ref name="JoeB" />
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...raining fighters were transferred in 1942 to Brazil where they remained in service until 1954.<ref name="JoeB" />
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...ft in 12 units at the start of the war, having been taken into operational service in December 1938. During the war, the M.S. 406 proved a fair match for the
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As the M.S.406 began entering squadron service in 1939, engineers at Morane-Saulnier continued working on the design, aimi
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...ul 1,590 hp engine; however, only one prototype was built and it never saw service.
...to the designation of M.B.157. Unfortunately, this aircraft never entered service with only one prototype M.B.157 built.
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...to the capitulation of France in 1940. The aircraft was meant for post-war service with 200 aircraft ordered in 1946, however this was reduced to only 50 a fe
...ine system producing a higher top speed and competitive rates of climb and service range during a test flight in July 1945.<ref name="Green" />
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...affe fighter schools as trainers, this shows the desperation faced by that service late in the war. Accident rates among students were very high.
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...until the swept-wing Mystere arrived in 1955, and continued in operational service in France until the mid-1960s, after 1961 as training aircraft.
...her 40 of the French Ouragans after they left active service. In operation service it was used as a fighter-bomber as well as in straight fighter roles.
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...was the replacement for the NiD-62 fighters that were still in operational service with France in the early 1930s. The French Air Ministry issued a new order
...ion, C1, for a new fighter to replace the obsolete NiD-62 fighters then in service with the French Air force. Several companies rushed to develop an aircraft
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...in a controlled dive.<ref name=":0" /> Later on, the aircraft would enter service with the French Air force, and serve until 1957, when it was relegated to t
...kN of thrust.<ref name=":1" /> The M.D.452 IIC would later go on to enter service, serving between 1954 and 1963.
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...; however, at the outbreak of the war, the carrier was deemed too slow for service, and both squadrons of V-156-F aircraft were transferred to land-based duty
...rn. The aircraft underwent a series of major modifications before entering service with the French - the airbrakes were changed to include outerwing split bra
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...total of 160 D.501s were produced by the time of WWII, with a very limited service in the front line.
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...iants in the series by June 1940. This elegant aircraft remained in active service during the German occupation, and approximately 250 additional planes built
...and on August 2nd 1938, the first Potez 631 was accepted by the French Air Service. The aircraft was immediately used to re-equip units using the obsolete Les
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...ircraft, the Potez 630 was relegated to second line duties while frontline service remained for better aircraft such as the Bf 110.
...s subsequently relegated to second-line duties and failed to see frontline service for the rest of the war.
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The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver entered service with the US Navy in 1942, replacing the SBD Dauntless. It was a much larger
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a dive-bomber that entered service with the US Navy in 1942, replacing the earlier [[SBD-3|SBD Dauntless]]. A
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...vice life due to its relative obsolescence, most units were withdrawn from service with the introduction of the Bearcat, but the aircraft remained as a solid
...the aircraft made its service life short - most units were withdrawn from service after the Indochina war, and almost all aircraft had been scrapped by 1960.
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...ad, the plane becomes much slower compared to the previous F6F-5 in French service. This may be an indication to avoid engaging in air supremacy battles with
Once in service during the First Indochina War, they were liked by the French pilots on bot
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...ith the arrival of surplus F6F, F8Fs, and F4Us, the P-63C was retired from service in Indochina.
...ns had converted to the Kingcobra while many more planes weren't ready for service. The first squadron to convert to the P-63 was the II/9 "Auvergne", based i
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...e new Corsairs in 1953 and retired them 11 years later in 1964. During its service, the F4U-7 saw combat in many places like Algeria and Vietnam. Much like in
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=== Service ===
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...tors.net/avmyst.html Archive])</ref> Later on, the M.D.452 IIC would enter service with the French Air force, and serve until 1957, when it was relegated to t
...e of producing 25 kN of thrust. The M.D.452 IIC would later go on to enter service, serving between 1954 and 1963.
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.... A total of twenty-four aircraft of this version where produced and began service in Armee de l'Air in 1937 and was tasked with performing night bombings rai
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...e to the weight imposed on the early and weak turbojet engines placed into service. From behind, the pilot is protected by an 8 mm steel plate behind the seat
...he B and C variants, however, both were finally withdrawn from active duty service by the end of 1952.
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...1960, and two more squadrons would receive them. French Skyraiders were in service for just over ten years until they were considered obsolete and retired.
...t attack plane which was converted to a single-seated attacker in American Service before being sold to France, though France did also come into possession of
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...aircraft also served with Vichy France, although relegated to second line service.
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.... A total of twenty-four aircraft of this version where produced and began service in Armee de l'Air in 1937 and was tasked with performing night bombings rai
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...s twin-engine aircraft was able to outrun the best German fighters then in service and only 4 MB.174 were lost to the enemy during the Battle of France.
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...ft underwent a series of revisions; the most important one that entered in service before the capitulation of France added additional defensive armament for t
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...nisia, as well as the 1956 Suez Crisis. As the newer P2Vs came into French service, these remaining aircraft were scrapped in 1961.<ref>http://www.aviation-hi
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...aft was never used, since it was captured by Germany before it could enter service.
...was derived from the original civilian airliner Bloch M.B. 160 already in service and was built as mail plane by the Société des Avions Marcel Bloch. '''So
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...nd the II-N an all-weather interceptor. The first two variants saw greater service with the Israelis, whereas the interceptor was used by the French. All vari
...e two-seater bomber model) that had been produced were taken out of French service and sold to Israel.
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The new machine was dubbed as the Yak-3 and entered service with the Red Army Air Force in 1944. The Yak-3 was a further modification o
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...w 190 due to fighting them earlier in the war. It was quickly removed from service, and many were scrapped.
...on November 1st 1946. The circa 70 NC.900s built flew barely 100 hours in service between February 1st and November 1st 1946.
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...U.S. military's primary light tank when World War II started and would see service with the U.S. Marines in the Battle for Guadalcanal. The M2A4 would be repl
...This became the '''M2A4''' and served as the main light tank variant in US service prior to World War II.
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...operations and that the design was effectively obsolete. The M22 never saw service in American combat units except for training, and even with the establishme
...er to replace their ageing tank models from the interwar period, these saw service in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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...ns. Despite their dwindling capabilities in battle, the Stuart was kept in service up until the end of the war due to the large production numbers.
...orps continued using the Stuarts until 1955, where some were still kept in service until 1968 due to available parts. Today, Paraguay is still a user of the S
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...units were produced between 1944 and 1945 and the M24 saw its first combat service in the Battle of the Bulge. The M24 Chaffee would go on to serve throughout
...ficant as it was not used in great numbers in comparison to the Stuarts in service since the start of the war.
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...o the T41. After testings and evaluations, the T41 model was accepted into service as the M41 Little Bulldog, with production starting at Cadillac Cleveland T
...l use the M41 Walker Bulldog, some via upgrading the tanks to extend their service life.
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...esigns. Despite their dwindling capabilities in battle, the M3 was kept in service up until the end of the war due to the large production numbers.
...orps continued using the Stuarts until 1955, where some were still kept in service until 1968 due to available parts. Today, Paraguay is still a user of the M
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...on". 150 units would be produced by Cadillac Motor Division and saw combat service in the Vietnam War.
...models were completed in 1953 and were tested in 1955. It was approved for service in 1958 and designated as the '''M56 90 mm self-propelled gun''', or by its
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...de by 1971. Troubles with the 152 mm Gun/Launcher plagued the M551's early service life as attempts were made to fix the issues in the weapon's ammo propellan
...f War, the Sheridan's combat career came to an end and so they remained in service at the National Training Center until 2004. The Sheridans were retired with
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...ht tanks]] and its components, the tank was quickly developed and put into service by 1938 as the Medium Tank, '''M2'''. One unique characteristic of the M2 m
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...end of the Tunisia campaign in May 1943, all M3s had been taken out of US service in Europe (though it would still see some use in the Pacific theater agains
...ralians and Indians, which proved vastly superior to the Japanese tanks in service. The high gun elevation on its 37 mm turret and machine guns proved effecti
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...1941. This tank would then designated the '''Medium Tank M4''' in American service. The tank would eventually become the most used Allied tank during World Wa
...red to the total 16 armoured divisions and 70 tank battalions they have in service. The low priority in tanks was due to the following reasons. Firstly, the j
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...e Allies. It developed into many different variants and had a long postwar service that lasted well into the Cold War. It was frequently compared to the T-34
...1941. This tank would then designated the '''Medium Tank M4''' in American service. The tank would become the most used Allied tank during World War II as it
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...ember 1941. This tank would then designated the Medium Tank M4 in American service. The tank would become the most used Allied tank during World War II as it
...to the total of 16 armoured divisions and 70 tank battalions they have in service. The low priority in tanks was due to the following reasons. Firstly, the j
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...orth Africa in the hands of the British, and the Shermans continued to see service throughout the North African campaign, Tunisian campaign, and the Italian c
...Soviet-supplied [[T-54 (1947)|T-54 tanks]] and [[T-34-85]]s in Middle East service, proving the Sherman as a successful and adaptable design for many years to
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...s of the fight in Europe and the Pacific. The M4A3 (76) W HVSS remained in service long after World War II, serving in Korea, Vietnam, and a variety of other
...rst batch of the new models to be three months, meaning they would not see service until December 1944 the soonest. Nevertheless, the new Sherman, dubbed the
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...orth Africa in the hands of the British, and the Shermans continued to see service throughout the North African campaign, Tunisian campaign, and the Italian c
...Soviet-supplied [[T-54 (1947)|T-54 tanks]] and [[T-34-85]]s in Middle East service, proving the Sherman as a successful and adaptable design for many years to
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...ation on the field against German armour. The T26E3 would provide sterling service against German heavy tanks like the [[Panther G|Panther]] and [[Tiger E|Tig
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...assified as a medium tank in the post-war period, the M26 continued to see service in the Korean War before being retired.
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...S Army is short-lived as the newer [[M48A1|M48 Patton III]] tank came into service. The M47 would serve a greater role arming [[MKPz_M47_G|US allies in Europe
..., Iran, Croatia, France, West Germany, and Spain. The M47 Patton would see service in combat in both Indo-Pakistani Wars, the Six Day War, the Iran-Iraq war,
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...er tanks like the [[M47]] coming into service, the M46 was retired from US service but continued to serve for a few more years as foreign aid.
===M46 in Service===
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...iling due to the poor tactics used by the armour forces. The M48s also saw service in the Middle Eastern conflicts. It was notably used in the conflicts again
The M48s were used by 19 different countries in the world during its service life, of which 9 countries still use in varying quantities. Despite being r
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...he [[M60|105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank M60]] in March 1959, entering service in 1960. During its production life from 1959 to 1987, over 15,000 units we
...the loss of only one M60 tank. The M60s were all retired after 2005 in US service.
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..., and Pilot 3 was tested at Fort Knox. The M60E1 was accepted for American service on 22 October 1962. The designation for production M60E1 tanks was Tank, Co
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...ce of the gun-armed LVT(A)-1 and LVT(A)-4. The LVT family continued to see service in Bougainville, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Peleliu, Leyte (its largest
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...oduction and service in American units. After being phased out of American service, the M8 was then given to the Free French forces that use them in the Weste
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..., and Pilot 3 was tested at Fort Knox. The M60E1 was accepted for American service on 22 October 1962. The designation for production M60E1 tanks was Tank, Co
...it had replaceable rubber pads, improved end connectors, and had a better service life.
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Though the M4 Sherman entered service with a 75 mm cannon, it was believed that the M4 Sherman would be relied up
...mount, these Shermans were designated '''M4(105)''' and were accepted into service in February 1944. Later, M4A3 Shermans were also being converted into 105 m
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...olete by December 1944 with only 40 units produced and never seeing combat service. They served as a propaganda piece during the war and were all scrapped aft
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...ction with add-on armour plates on the turret and hull. Seeing some combat service against the Germans, the tank would serve until the end of the war, when it
...m Gun M3 into service on a tank mount, as opposed to the M36 which entered service prior to the M26, but was not considered a tank by the US Army. The gun was
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...US Army and 220 going to the US Marine Corps. The heavy tanks remained in service until 1974.
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'''Production and Service'''
The T32 never entered production or service and neither did the T32E1, mostly just because it came after the war had al
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...tory and would provide no significant improvements over the M48 already in service. However, further development of the turret design contributed significant
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...o offer any substantial increase in combat performance over the already in service M60 Patton to justify the high production cost. This ultimately led to the
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...k crews (NBC protection capability). The tank was anticipated to remain in service into the 1990s, however the program experienced significant challenges from
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...ame way America did in anti-aircraft and ground support roles. The M16 saw service in the Italian Campaign, the French Campaign, and the Battle of the Bulge.
...MGMC was declared a "limited standard" and were gradually retired from US service, though they continued to serve until the end of the US involvement in the
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...the Chrysler model was chosen for the XM-1 contract, and was accepted for service in 1981 as the M1 Abrams tank. The basis of the new main battle tank for th
...story for another devblog in the future. The M1 Abrams saw the most active service with US forces primarily in operations in the Middle East, but known operat
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...Military Aid Program to support their new military formation. The M15s saw service again in the Korean War as an anti-aircraft and ground support vehicle. How
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...ammunition storage. This design, known as the ''T1E4'', was accepted into service as the '''M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage''' on July 27, 1942. A total of 1
...support role by firing at ground troops and vehicles. The M13 GMC only saw service here, as they were replaced three months later by the newer and better M16
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...9, like its many anti-aircraft vehicle designs made before it, found great service as an assault gun, where its 40 mm twin cannons can deliver much more firep
When the M24 Chaffee and its chassis derivatives were finally phased out of service in 1956 for newer tanks in production, the M19 was no exception. However, t
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...began in early 1952 at the General Motors Cleveland Tank Plant and entered service in 1953, replacing the many other self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles the
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...otably served during the First Gulf War. The M163 was retired from US Army service in 1993.
...so upgraded their vehicles with improved electronics. The M163 is still in service with a number of the nations listed above.
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...ed on top. Despite the slapdash construction, the vehicle was approved for service and up to 2,200 were produced between 1941 to 1943, seeing combat in both t
...fore they got issued, so it resulted in only about 842 units seeing combat service.
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...ould become the [[M2A4]], which would be the main light tank variant in US service before World War II broke out.
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...ll these new requirements and armament, but it eventually was approved for service and finally renamed as the '''M18 GMC''' and started production in mid-1943
...limited due to the inadequate armour of Japanese tanks, it saw most of its service in the European theatre against Nazi Germany. Due to the lack in armour and
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...s weapon system would be adopted as the '''{{Specs|name}}''' and would see service for all of World War II after its introduction in the Tunisian campaign. Th
...did issue a name [[Achilles]] to designate all forms of M10 under British service.<ref name="ZalogaM10" />
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...M10 body, the vehicle was designated the ''T71 GMC'', it was approved for service and renamed as the '''M36 GMC'''. The nickname ''Jackson'' for the M36 was
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...nd Pacific Theater of Operations. After World War II, the M8 continued its service in the US Army in the Korean War. Though it was retired soon after the Kore
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...d to create an ATGM armament for the tank with the goal of putting it into service by 1965. This developed into a 152 mm gun/launcher system that could fire c
'''Production and Service'''
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...oduction and service in American units. After being phased out of American service, the M8 was then given to the Free French forces that use them in the Weste
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The M3 first saw service with the British in the campaign for North Africa beginning in May, 1942. T
...the end of the war with Japan. The M3 risked causing confusion in British service as the same "M3" designation was given to the [[M3 Stuart|M3 Light Tank]].
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In KMT service, the LVT(A)(4) ended up being used both against the Japanese forces during
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...ll these new requirements and armament, but it eventually was approved for service and finally renamed as the M18 GMC and started production in mid-1943, whic
...limited due to the inadequate armour of Japanese tanks, it saw most of its service in the European theatre against Nazi Germany. Due to the lack in armour and
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...ficant as it was not used in great numbers in comparison to the Stuarts in service since the start of the war.
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...ll these new requirements and armament, but it eventually was approved for service and finally renamed as the '''M18 GMC''' and started production in mid-1943
...limited due to the inadequate armour of Japanese tanks, it saw most of its service in the European theatre against Nazi Germany. Due to the lack in armour and
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...ed States and the design was to use the current [[M4|M4 Sherman]] tanks in service to mount the rocket launchers to bring into combat. The design, developed b
...the tanks could be left alone to do its purpose. But when the Calliope saw service in the Pacific and Europe, its performance was moderately successful. The T
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...un that it originally had, it would take the 90 mm gun that was going into service at the time.
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...achine gun-armed versions, of which a simplified version would later enter service with the US Army as the M114.
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...y called the "Stuart V", however. In total, 3,427 M3A3s were built, seeing service with the British and Canadians in Europe beginning in 1944, as well as with
...ns. Despite their dwindling capabilities in battle, the Stuart was kept in service up until the end of the war.
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...the M3A1 Stuart in 1941. The M3A1 gradually replaced the M3 light tanks in service, including the United States Marine Corps (USMC), which received them in 19
...esigns. Despite their dwindling capabilities in battle, the M3 was kept in service up until the end of the war due to the large production numbers.
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...This became the '''M2A4''' and served as the main light tank variant in US service prior to World War II.
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...hich time the [[Churchill (Family)|Churchill infantry tanks]] had been in service for two years and had substantially improved from their initial prototype.
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...keep the tank in operational order. As such, the T23 was not approved for service by Armored Forces.<ref name="PershingHunnicutt" />
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...esigned Merkava tank. By 2006, all Megachs were decommissioned from active service.
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...wer tank technology for the evolving battlefield. The M47 Patton would see service with many other countries in and out of NATO in different conflicts around
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...g high-velocity projectiles to penetrate armour. The Sd.Kfz. 221 in German service was eventually succeeded by the larger Sd.Kfz. 222 design, or the more off-
...re no longer usable after existing ammo supplies ran out. During its short service life, it was sometimes mounted on light armoured cars like the 221 and armo
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...e four battalions were committed. Though, only Anti-Tank Battalion 521 saw service from the beginning to the end as the other four were still in training when
...ponry and vehicles were more accessible and replaced the Panzerjäger I in service, notably the Marder series.
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...eing service in World War II. The first model was made in 1936 and entered service with the Wehrmacht in 1938. Its primary purposes was as an artillery tracto
...ion available from high-explosives and armour-piercing. The guns first saw service in the Spanish Civil War and it proved as one of the most effective anti-ai
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...cles in service was done to put more self-propelled anti-tank weapons into service, which created the Marder I from the French Lorraine, the Marder II from th
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...hoping that if proved favorable, the vehicle would be able to be put into service and production by Spring 1942.
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...etter suited for fighting enemy armour than the Panzers III and IV then in service. They mounted dedicated anti-tank guns such as the 75 mm PaK40 or captured
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...e early 1980s, but variants derived from the vehicles stayed in Bundeswehr service until 2003.
...nonenjagdpanzer was declared obsolete. The producers tried to lengthen its service life by claiming that the [[L7A1 (105 mm)|105 mm L7 gun]] can be adapted in
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...the design losing the tender, the tank never saw mass production or combat service. Only one wooden model and one prototype were manufactured on September 2,
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...inal RaketenJagdpanzer 3/4s (then called the Jaguar 1A3) were retired from service. The RaketenJagdpanzer 2 (RakJPz 2) is the second development of this linea
...gnated the '''Raketenjagdpanzer 2''' and this was accepted into Bundeswehr service in 1967. The Raketenjagdpanzer 2 were produced from 1967 to 1968 for a tota
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...ull. Despite being produced in small numbers, the Panzer III B variant saw service during the beginning of World War II. The Germans had no choice but to util
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...gnated the ''[[RakJPz 2|Raketenjagdpanzer 2]]'' and this was accepted into service in 1967 for the German Bundeswehr. The Raketenjagdpanzer 2 was produced fro
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...as to go up against the more modern tanks and Germany needed it to stay in service as long as possible as their new tanks were being developed. The next varia
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The German army continued to upgrade their Panzer III to keep them in service as long as possible. The Panzer III Ausf. H featured another 30 mm of armou
Some variant Ausf.F tanks remained in service for quite some time. One of the last of the machines, operated by the 116th
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...different role more efficiently than its original. Even when phased out of service, its chassis was used as the basis of Germany's most lethal tank destroyer,
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...different role more efficiently than its original. Even when phased out of service, its chassis was used as the basis of Germany's most lethal tank destroyer,
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...Tiger, an armoured recovery vehicle, though it is not known if it ever saw service in this role. Another specialized variant produced in 1944 in some numbers
...ls for cost-savings. The Tiger suffered reliability problems in all of its service life that impeded its effectiveness and its high fuel usage limited its com
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...-34 (Family)|T-34]] and [[KV-1 (Family)|KV-1]] tanks. However, it also saw service in North Africa, where it would easily defeat allied light tanks such as th
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...Tiger, an armoured recovery vehicle, though it is not known if it ever saw service in this role. Another specialized variant produced in 1944 in some numbers
...ls for cost-savings. The Tiger suffered reliability problems in all of its service life that impeded its effectiveness and its high fuel usage limited its com
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Just before the [[Tiger H1|Tiger I]] entered service in 1942, work has already begun for its successor. In 1937, Henschel was or
...and has a faster production rate, thus it was destined to be approved for service. The Henschel design began production in the Henschel plant at Kassal and t
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Just before the [[Tiger H1|Tiger I]] entered service in 1942, work has already begun for its successor. In 1937, Henschel was or
...and has a faster production rate, thus it was destined to be approved for service. The Henschel design began production in the Henschel plant at Kassel and t
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...ject was officially cancelled in 1971. Though the MBT/KPz-70 never entered service, many of its design and technology had been passed on to its successor: M1
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...ht side of the tank in storage areas. The Panzer IV was then accepted into service and production began in 1936.
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...uty throughout World War II, serving as the principal light tank in German service and as a scout, despite the fact that many wheeled vehicles performed this
...se on defensive bunkers on the Atlantic Wall, and the chassis continued in service for other roles, such as a self-propelled gun and tank destroyer in the ''W
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...ht side of the tank in storage areas. The Panzer IV was then accepted into service and production began in 1936.
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...te July 1942. A total of 1,004 were assigned chassis numbers and went into service. They were mostly utilized as reconnaissance tanks on the Eastern Front, bu
...Panzer II could still be penetrated by the most towed anti-tank weapon in service at the time, leaving the crew at risk to enemy fire. By 1942, it was largel
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...ht side of the tank in storage areas. The Panzer IV was then accepted into service and production began in 1936.
Most of the F2 variants saw service in either Russia or against the Allies in Africa (though in very small quan
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...ht side of the tank in storage areas. The Panzer IV was then accepted into service and production began in 1936.
...41)|T-34]] and [[KV-1 (L-11)|KV-1]] tanks. It was replaced from front-line service with the Ausf. F variant.
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...ht side of the tank in storage areas. The Panzer IV was then accepted into service and production began in 1936.
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...ht side of the tank in storage areas. The Panzer IV was then accepted into service and production began in 1936.
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...dable 7.5 cm Kwk42 cannon, which could destroy most of the allied tanks in service, though only possess a mediocre HE shell.
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...able 7.5 cm Kwk 42 cannon, which could destroy most of the allied tanks in service, though only possess a mediocre HE shell.
In the spring of 1942, MAN's prototype was approved and entered military service. This combat vehicle embodied the spirit of German tank construction: a fro
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...the "Fahrgerät" FG1250 IR night vision equipment, which had seen limited service. The driver of the tank also gets an IR vision.
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...(Family)|Leopard 1 main battle tank family]]. The Leopard 1, which entered service in 1965, is one of the most iconic Cold War main battle tanks. The tank was
...replace the American [[M41 (90 mm)|M47]] and [[M48A1|M48 Patton]] tanks in service at the time as they were becoming outdated to newer anti-tank technology. T
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...able 7.5 cm Kwk 42 cannon, which could destroy most of the allied tanks in service, only possess a mediocre HE shell.
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...tal of 141 units were built, including the single prototype, and entered service in 1944.
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...attempt to replace the American [[M47]] and [[M48A1|M48 Patton]] tanks in service at the time as they were becoming outdated to newer anti-tank technology. S
...elivery, many upgrades were made on the tank throughout its production and service life. The first few Leopards were designated ''Leopard 1A1'' and continued
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...rted in 1979 with the Leopard 2A0 forming the first batch that would enter service with the German Bundeswehr in late 1979.
File:Austrian_Leopard-2A4_Snow.jpg|Leopard 2A4 in Austrian service.
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...Porsche company to research ways to improve the Leopard I tank already in service with the German army. This enabled Germany to research a more advanced figh
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At least 200 Sd.Kfz. 6/2 anti-aircraft guns entered the service of the Luftwaffe, and the rest joined the Wehrmacht's anti-aircraft divisio
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Of these 280 aircraft, 150 were slated for delivery to Japan. In Japanese service, this first block of aircraft was assigned the serial numbers 62-7431 to -7
...e MDAP program, they were assigned USAF serials 55-5048 to -5117; in JASDF service they were renumbered as 62-7701 to -7704; and 72-7705 to -7770. The first J
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...November 1944, with the discrepancies due to differences in the Wehrmacht service records and Ostbau Werke's production records.
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The Kugelblitz was never approved for service, as its development was not yet completed when the war ended in Europe. Sev
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...sion of Russia. It was retired from German service in 1942 but remained in service until the end of the war in countries like Romania.
...4 LT vz.35 tanks were produced. 218 tanks of this model were accepted into service in Wehrmacht and used until 1942. The tank was inferior to the Pz.38(t) in
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...StuG III design was the most produced armoured fighting vehicle in German service. However, only about 36 vehicles of the Ausf. A variant was produced from J
...l Wittman, who would eventually become the most popular tank ace in German service. However, during the German campaigns in World War II, they encounter more
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...ent to the [[Pz.35(t)|LT vz.35]] (Also known as the Panzer 35(t) in German service). The reason being is that the vz.35 was complex and had its faults that im
...z.38 model and ordered 150 units in July 1938, but these were never put to service in Czech usage when the German-occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939.
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...to the [[Pz.35(t)|LT vz.35]] (also known as the ''Panzer 35(t)'' in German service). The reason was that the vz.35 was overly complex and had faults that impe
...z.38 model and ordered 150 units in July 1938, but these were never put to service in Czech usage when Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939.
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...StuG III design was the most produced armoured fighting vehicle in German service.
...l Wittman, who would eventually become the most popular tank ace in German service. However, during the German campaigns in World War II, they encounter more
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...StuG III design was the most produced armoured fighting vehicle in German service.
...to more tanks destroyed than any other armoured fighting vehicle in German service. The success of the StuG III urged Germany to prioritize the production of
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After World War II ended, the Jagdpanzer IV's design still saw service with the German Bundeswehr as the ''[[JPz 4-5|Hanomag-Henschel JPz 4-5|Kano
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...types were completed and presented in February 1944, and were approved for service, earning the designation '''Jagdpanzer VI''', but was later renamed to '''J
...pped with the 88 mm Pak 43 due to 128 mm gun shortages, this never entered service). The gun could penetrate an enemy tank hiding behind cover, such as a hous
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