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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

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

HeroBudu

A War Thunder content creator who joined YouTube in 2017, who as of the time of writing this article has 8.48K subscribers. He has a discord, and his own In-Game squadron, =BUDU=, which I am currently a part of.

Have you heard of HeroBudu? He’s a great content creator.

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 3, 2022