Gilders

[thatguy96]

I honestly had no idea there were so many types of gliders, even if a lot of them were produced as protos or in small numbers.

[blazejos]

Italy

Alianti da trasporto Ambrosini AL 12P



16 this gilders were build in year 1942 can take 2 pilots and 12 soliders


Caproni TM 2



Two prototypes only build in 1942 can take 2 pilots and 20 soliders

[blazejos]

Australia

DHA EG1



Prototype build in december 1942 takes one pilot + 6 soliders


DHA EG2



Six gilders were build in 1943 in service were to 1950

[blazejos]

India

HAL G-1

Build in 1942 from planed 10 only one was build. This gilder can take 1 pilot and 8 soliders


Sweden

Flygindustri Fi-3

Five of this gilders were build in april 1944. Can take 2 pilots and 10 soliders


Turkay

THK-1

One prototype build in 1942 can take 2 pilots and 10 soliders

END OF LIST [military gilders in years 1930-1946]

[blazejos]

Not stricte gilder but flying tank with motor but I think is intresting. First prototype was build in 1932 in USA by enginier J.W Christie. On plans you can see that should be flying tank with his own propeller and tank engine should drive a propeller when tank flying and tank when wing was relased and tank was on ground. I think that moust be a origin of rusian and japan projects AT-40 and Ku-6 during the war. Some infuences are too in british Hamilcar gilder.



An article with ilustrations in Modern Mechanx issue from july 1932
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/.../lrg_cover.jpg
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ng_tanks_0.jpg
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ng_tanks_1.jpg
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ng_tanks_2.jpg
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ng_tanks_3.jpg
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ng_tanks_4.jpg
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ng_tanks_5.jpg