The Horten Ho XIII B supersonic flying wing fighter was developed from the Ho XIII A glider, which had 60 degree swept-back wings and an underslung nacelle for the pilot.
The XIII B was to be powered by a single BMW 003R turbojet/rocket engine.
The cockpit was located in the base of a large, sharply swept vertical fin.
Like the research XIII A glider, the XIII B also had swept back wings at a 60 degree angle.
Projected armament were two MG 213 20mm cannon, and the Ho XIII B was projected to be flying by mid-1946.
Operation Mars was the operation codename for the Rzhev offensive operation part of the Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation (08.01-20.04.42) launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II.
It took place between 25 November-20 December 1942 in a salient in the vicinity of Moscow.
The offensive was one in a series of particularly bloody engagements collectively known as the Battles of Rzhev, which occurred near Rzhev, Sychevka, Vyazma (Sychevsk-Vyazma offensive operation) between January 1942 and March 1943.
The battles became known as the "Rzhev meat grinder" ("Ржевская мясорубка") for their huge losses, particularly on the Soviet side.
Other operations that were executed as part of the strategic offensive were the Mozhaisk-Vyazma offensive operation (Operation Jupiter), Toropets–Kholm Offensive and the Vyazma airborne desant operation.
The offensive was a joint operation of the Soviet Western Front and Kalinin Front coordinated by Georgy Zhukov.
For many years it was virtually unknown in the West, and just relegated to a footnote in Soviet military history.
Ships that make noticeable appearance in the episode:
Battleship Yamato
Aircraft carrier Amagi: The Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (天城) was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II.
Second vessel of the Unryū class, the Amagi was a lightly built carrier design based on the Hiryū class.
She carried around 65 aircraft and also carried a secondary armament of twelve 5-inch (130 mm) Dual Purpose guns.
Displacing 22,400 long tons (22,800 t), she was capable of at least 32 kn (59 km/h).
Battleship Bismarck
Battleship Littorio
Mentioned:
Destroyer USS Nicholas: USS Nicholas (DD/DDE-449) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, which served through most of World War II, and for 27 years and two more wars after.
She was the second Navy ship to be named for Major Samuel Nicholas.
Nicholas was laid down 3 March 1941 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, launched 19 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Edward B. Tryon, descendant of Major Nicholas; and commissioned 4 June 1942, Lieutenant Commander William D. Brown in command.
HMS Price of Wales: HMS Prince of Wales (pennant number 53) was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England.
The Prince of Wales had a brief but active career, helping to stop the Bismarck and carrying Winston Churchill to the Newfoundland Conference; however, her sinking by Japanese land-based bombers in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941 was the primary event that led to the end of the battleship being considered the predominant class in naval warfare.
HMS Anson: HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson.
Laid down at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend in 1937 and launched in 1940, the ship was originally to be named Jellicoe, after the Grand Fleet commander at the Battle of Jutland, but she was renamed Anson in February 1940.
Anson saw service in the Second World War, escorting nine Russian convoys in the Arctic by December 1943.
After the war, she was the flagship for the 1st battle squadron of the British Pacific Fleet.
She was scrapped along with her other three sister ships in 1957.
| ロマーニャ ヴェネツィア |
ブリタニア | カールスラント | 扶桑皇国 | リベリオン | 計 | |
| 戦 艦 | ヴィットリオ・ヴェネト級(２) | KGV級(４) | ビスマルク級(２) | 大和級(１) | － | ９ |
| 巡洋戦艦 | － | － | － | － | ||
| 空 母 | － | － | － | 千歳型(２) 天城(１) |
－ | ３ |
| 巡洋艦 | － | － | － | 高雄型重巡(１) | － | １ |
| 駆逐艦 | ナヴィガトーリ級(１) 艦型不明(３) 残りもナヴィガトーリ級か？ |
－ | － | 秋月型(２) 艦型不明(４) |
フレッチャー級(４) | １４ |
| 計 | ６ | ４ | ２ | １１ | ４ | 合計 ２７ |
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yamibun 闇文 |
連合「国」艦隊のそろい踏みは実に壮観。 海のドリームチームを空のドリームチームが援護する、感無量 （2010/09/18 14:54） |
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Also making an appearance, but strangely missing from the above chart, is a Renown class battlecruiser.
The Renown class was a pair of battlecruisers built during the First World War for the Royal Navy.
They were originally laid down as improved versions of the Revenge-class battleships.
Their construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds they would not be ready in a timely manner.
Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval to restart their construction as battlecruisers that could be built and enter service quickly.
The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ships in 15 months.
They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but they were delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
They were the world's largest capital ships upon completion.
In 1935, a mysterious group, Vril was found in Northwest Germany that was to develop a series of flying disc.
The disc crafts were to be installed by a revolutionary electro-magnetic-gravitic engine that powered the rotating disc wing or internal disc blade.
In 1939, A several of prototypes were said to be tested at Arado Brandenburg aircraft testing field.
Stable and control problems were revealed during flight tests.
In 1943, the SchutzStaffel maneuvered to take control of the weapon from the German Army.
One of the tasks was researching the alternative energies and fuels.
The SS took over the most completed models, the Vril RFZ-5 and RFZ-6, redesignated it as Haunebu I and II.
The armament was planned the KSK strong ray cannon but was installed existing KG gun and tank cannon instead.
In 1944, the SS had intended to produce the Haunebu II with tenders for both Junkers and Dornier but in early 1945 Dornier was chosen.
However, the end of the war prevented Dornier from building any Haunebu production.
Or so they say.
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humikane 島田 フミカネ |
んじゃあちょっと11，12話あたりの小ネタを まず円盤形のネウロイ、 これはネウロイのデザイン元になっている、ww2トンデモ兵器の頂点に君臨する円盤兵器ハウニブがモデルです。 （2010/09/25 21:50） |
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humikane 島田 フミカネ |
本来は円盤の下からにょきっと戦車の砲塔が生えてるんですが、 これだとビーム撃ったりする際に向きが限定されてしまうので、 今では懐かしいアダムスキータイプになったみたいです。 アダムスキータイプも今見れば充分うさんくさくて良い感じでは。 （2010/09/25 21:52） |
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*1 第二次世界大戦後期にドイツのBMW社が開発・生産した、初期の軸流式ターボジェットエンジン。
*2 マウザー社のリヴォルバー・カノン
*3 スターリングラードのドイツ軍に対する攻勢作戦である天王星作戦と対になって、惑星の名が付けられた。
*4 元帥にまで昇進した有力者ジューコフの失敗を糊塗するためといわれている。
*5 米国などでの分類名で、現在は主力空母に統合されている。
*6 英語版Wikipediaでは57+8とするが、常用機51機と補用機２機の合計53機とする資料も。
*7 40口径12.7cm連装高角砲6基
*8 約1016.1kg
*9 通常のトン換算でそれぞれ22,800/23,200トン。
*10 初代はクレムソン級駆逐艦DD-311
*11 KSK: KraftStrahlKanone, Strong Ray Cannon
