Did You See Anything Good Today? [Non-Automotive Edition!]

[Gotbeefboy564]

I remember seeing those letters when I went out west a few years ago.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Good way for a thread bump

 

[Zyla]

Pretty sure that's a B-52.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

It is.

 

[Zyla]

@xXKingJoshXx, You should come to the Hill Air Force Base museum here. Nothing but legendary war planes and even helicopters. I'll probably be visiting it this summer, so I'll get plenty of pics for you (and me).

 

[playnthru]

I think it's cool how close traffic this hospitals landing pad is. Then again, If something goes wrong...

 

[disinfected]

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

@xXKingJoshXx, You should come to the Hill Air Force Base museum here. Nothing but legendary war planes and even helicopters. I'll probably be visiting it this summer, so I'll get plenty of pics for you (and me).

When you go, get as many pics as possible of the B-52. That's possibly my favorite plane ever. In :50 - 2:55 of my Part 1 video on page 1 I took video of the only B-52 I've ever seen. It was one of the most amazing sounds I've ever heard.

I <3 B.U.F.F

 

[Rage Racer]

Epic post warning.

Today is the Victory Day. 69 years ago, Nazi Germany was defeated, and it's time for the Victory Parade. This year, I went to the street (1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya) that the planes fly above before showing above the Red Square and the vehicles return from the parade. Too bad that I didn't take a good camera, I thought the phone would be enough, but the photos could be much better than this. However, most of them are still decent.

So... heads up!

Mi-26 - the world's largest transport helicopter.

Mi-8MTV-5 transport helicopter

Mi-28N "Night Hunter" attack helicopters

Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters

An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft

Beriev A-50 "Bumble-bee" - airbourne early warning (AEW) aircraft.

Il-78 aerial refueling tanker & Tu-160 "White Swan" supersonic strategic bomber / missile carrier

Tu-22M3 supersonic missile carriers

Tu-95MS "Bear" missile carriers

Su-24M frontline bombers

MiG-31BM interceptor aircrafts

Su-34 fighter-bombers

Su-25MP attack aircrafts. Aww yeah!

Here come the vehicles!
GAZ Tigr STS armored cars

^Banner of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School.

BTR-80 armored personnel carriers

The flag is much like Crimean there...

BTR-82A with 30mm automatic cannon

^Flag of the Moscow High Command School

Kamaz Typhoon MRAP vehicles

Typhoon accelerating.

T-90A main battle tanks

Chrysanthema-S tank destroyers

Hello!

2S19M2 Msta-S self-propelled 152mm howitzers

Iskander-M - tactical short-range ballistic missile system, launcher vehicles

Iskander-M loader vehicles

Tor-M2U short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems.

Buk-M2 medium-range SAM system, launcher vehicles

Buk-2M loader vehicles

Pantsir-S1 - combined anti-aircraft gun-SAM systems

S-400 Triumph - medium & long range SAM system

And the most epic part for sure.
RT-2PM2 Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launcher vehicle (MZKT 79221 chassis)
(Don't worry, these nuclear warheads are just imitations here. )

Happy V-Day from there!

And something more in the end - another Topol-M launcher a huge fuel tanker.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Not sure how many of these are left in service.

Saw this yesterday.

 

[Rage Racer]

Time to bump the thread.
My photos from the museum in Victory Park:

Polikarpov I-16 "Donkey"

Lavochkin La-5 and some aircraft engines (the V ones are American. Some of them, at least.)

LaGG-3

Yakovlev Yak-3

Messerscmitt Bf.109. Probably a Friedrich (Bf.109F), but not sure

Hurricane Mk.IIB with Soviet insignia

Bell P-63 Kingcobra

Ilyushin Il-2, the glorious Shturmovik ("Assaulter")
You can also see I-153, Su-2 and Il-4 behind.

Il-4 bomber

Sukhoi Su-2 frontline bomber (and Polikarpov I-153 behind)

Lisunov Li-2 transport aircraft, a Soviet copy of the Douglas DC-3.

Kawasaki Ki-48 bomber

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa. A replica (like the most of the shown above).

Type 4 Ke-Nu (solid green, replica) and Type 95 Ha-Go (green/sand camo) Japanese light tanks

Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank

Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank

Type 97 ShinHoTo Chi-Ha medium tank

ZiS-2 57mm Soviet anti-tank gun

MT-13 160mm division mortar, model 1943

a Soviet AA gun

KV-1S heavy tank

BM-13 Katyusha multiple rocket launcher on a Studebaker US6 truck

T-34 medium tank (1941 model)

T-26 and BT-7M (behind) light tanks

T-60 and T-70B (on the left) light tanks

There was also an American M4A2 Sherman behind the fence, but somehow I forgot to snap it.

ISU-152 Zveroboy ("Beast Slayer") 152mm gun carrier

Bofors M1 - 40mm American AA gun

52-K 85mm Soviet AA gun

BTR-152, T-54 (or 55, or 62?), T-72, T-80 (not sure), BMP-1 and some MiGs on the background

project 1204 "Bumble-bee" armored sentry gunboat

project 123 bis Komsomolets-type torpedo boat (1941)

 

[ilikewaffles11]

Not the best photo, but as I was washing my car, this Boeing B25 Mitchell flew overhead. Sounded ****in sweet.

The local air show is going on so that's where it's from.

 

[Rage Racer]

Just unlocked it in War Thunder. It's awesome 👍
They were used by the Red Army Airforce, too. Not sure if there are any Mitchells left in Russia...

 

[Rage Racer]

Time to revive these thread, I guess.

Uploaded my photos of the ground vehicles on this year's Victory Parade:

T-14 Armata - new main battle tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

BMP-T Armata heavy infantry fighting vehicle by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

BTR Boomerang amphibious APC by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

Kornet-D tank destroyer by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

BMP Kurganets-25 infantry fighting vehicle by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

BTR Kurganets-25 APC by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

BTR-MDM Rakushka amphibious APC by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

BMD-4M airbourne fighting vehicle by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

Typhoon-U MRAP vehicle by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

Koalitsiya-SV self-prolelled 152mm howitzer by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

Some oldschool classics (these veterans could not return on their own)
T-34-85 WWII-era medium tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr
SU-100 tank destroyer by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

And something already seen on the previous parade...

Spoiler

Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile loader by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr
Tor-M2U close range SAM system by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr
Pantsir-S1 air defence system by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr
Iskander tactical missile loader by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

BR 23:

 

[Rage Racer]

^Steam locos are cooooool

An exhibition near the Kremlin walls hosted by War Thunder developers and "Patriot Park":
SU-76M light gun motor carrier by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

OT-26 flamethrower tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-26M light tank (model 1939) by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-44 medium tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-34 &quot;Sniper&quot; by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr
T-34 &quot;Sniper&quot; by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-34-85 medium tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

SU-100 tank destroyer by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

IS-2M heavy tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

ISU-152 heavy gun motor carrier by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr
ISU-152 heavy gun motor carrier by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-27 tankette by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-37A amphibious light tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-38 amphibious light tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-30 amphibious light tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-60 light tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-70 light tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

T-80 light tank by Антон Митрохин, on Flickr

 

[cmbeal317]

Still have tons of pictures to go through, but here's a slight taste of what I saw on Saturday at WW2 Weekend in Reading, PA.

B-17 "Yankee Lady" & B-29 "Fifi" by Chris Beal, on Flickr

North American P-51D Mustang by Chris Beal, on Flickr

Curtiss-Wright SB2C-5 by Chris Beal, on Flickr

WW2 Airborne Demonstration Team by Chris Beal, on Flickr

Flamethrow Demonstration by Chris Beal, on Flickr

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Kinda a stupid question, how long have these been in service?

I'm used to seeing the bigger ones.

 

[Dac_Xint]

Hello everyone, it's been literally years since my last post, which I didn't even get to finish for one reason and another. I have every intention of picking up where I left off and complete it for all its worth.

The good news is, I've been positively busy. Rue "Your Man In Hong Kong" and I befriended on this very forum more a decade ago and we've had the pleasure of working together, and now we are both part of a bigger team of petrol-heads and automotive photographers. Granted, he does all the work and I try to take all the credit.

Rue and I recently decided to come back to GTP and share our humble efforts with the community that enabled us to be such geeks in the first place. He will be showcasing the highlights of cars we shoot every Sunday morning, and I will be sharing the bikes and all other random stuff we see here.

So, without further ado:

And now, a few photos we took in the coverage of the famous Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride of Hong Kong.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

It's really great you guys are back!

 

[Carbon_6]

That is one huge photo dump... but I like it.

 

[Rue]

Those Russian military parade photos are pretty mega!


Haha! Dac_Xint, is the guy on the green Kawasaki wearing a 360 degree camera on his head?

 

[Dac_Xint]

Those Russian military parade photos are pretty mega!


Haha! Dac_Xint, is the guy on the green Kawasaki wearing a 360 degree camera on his head?

Yeah! He most certainly was. Funny looking thing.