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Gruise Ship

The unholy union of a BV-138 three-engined reconnaissance flying boat, developed in the 1930s for use in the German Luftwaffe in conjunction with the Kreigsmarine (German Navy), and Gru, the protagonist of the Despicable Me franchise made by Illumination.

Holy hell, is that a Gruise Ship?

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 30, 2022

FCM 36

A tank with a cone-shaped turret that has become famous due to this. It was used by the French during the Blitzkrieg.

*Playing War Thunder*

Player 1: Wow, I just got killed by an FCM 36!
Player 2: As in the Cone Tank?
Player 1: Yeees
Both: Cone Tank Cone Tank

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 2, 2022

Ki-45

A Japanese fighter used in World War Two. There were four major production variants. These are:

Ki-45 Kai-Ko (A): Initial escort fighter variant armed with 2x 12.7mm Ho-103 Machine Guns and 1x 20mm Ho-3 cannon.

Ki-45 Kai-Otsu (B): Kai-Kos fitted with a Type 94 37mm cannon instead of the Ho-3.

Ki-45 Kai-Hei (C): Anti-Shipping type armed with 1x Ho-3 and 1x 37mm Ho-201 cannons.

Ki-45 Kai-Tei (D): Night Fighter armed with 1x Ho-201 in nose as well as 2x 20mm Ho-5 cannons in a Schräge Musik mounting behind the pilot’s seat.

Used from 1942 until the war’s end, these aircraft proved somewhat successful, with over 1600 aircraft built. This makes the most produced Japanese twin-engined fighter of the war.

Have you seen the Ki-45 at the Udvar-Hazy Center?

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 11, 2022

Spahpanzer SP.I C

A West German light tank destroyer prototype armed with a 90mm cannon, developed in the 1950s. It was designed to be small, mobile, and air-droppable, allowing them to easily ambush mass Soviet armoured attacks.

It’s available in World of Tanks and World of Tanks Blitz as a Tier 7 light tank, notable for poor armour but great mobility and stealth.

I know World War 2 prototypes are cool, b it have you heard of the Spahpanzer SP.I C?

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 12, 2022

Voolcy

A person who should never be voted for, despite the threats towards his opposition.

Voolcy: “Vote Voolcy!,!!!,!!!,!!,!,1@1111”

Gigachad: “How about.... no.”

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 26, 2022

Schräge Musik

A type of weapons setup used by German and Japanese aircraft in World War 2. In it, aircraft have cannons mounted in an upward firing position, usually diagonally, which are meant to hit and destroy bombers. The Japanese also had a variation with downward firing cannons which proved less successful. The term comes from German, and means Strange Music.

The allies initially struggled to counter German fighters with Schräge Musik guns.

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 11, 2022

ASU

Abbreviation for Aviadesantnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Airborne Self-Propelled Gun), a series of light tank destroyers meant to be air droppable into warzones. The abbreviation has become colloquially used to refer to the vehicles of this series built, such as the ASU-57 and ASU-85.

Hey bro, have you heard of the ASU tank destroyers?

by TwoOrMoreHippos June 23, 2022