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Of the 80 airships used by the Germans in World War I, 34 were shot down and further 33 were destroyed by accidents. 389 crewmen died. [ 40 ] The Zeppelin raids were complemented by the Gotha G bombers from 1917, which were the first heavier than air bombers to be used for strategic bombing , and by a small force of five Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI ...
Seeing a need for offensive fire, forward-firing weapons were devised. The Airco DH.2 pusher plane had its gun in the front while the engine was in the back, some experimented with mountings on the (side) wing or on the biplane's upper wing (above the cockpit), until by 1916 most fighter aircraft mounted their guns in the forward fuselage using ...
28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (six 28 cm MRK L/40 naval guns were converted to railway guns) 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (28 cm SK L/40 gun naval guns were converted to railway guns) 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" (long range coast-defence gun and siege gun) 42 cm Gamma Mörser (siege gun) 42 cm kurze MK 14 L/12 (siege gun, also known as "Bertha")
Anti-tank weapons. Becker 2cm M2 Tankabwehrgewehr; DWM 1.32cm MG 18 Tank und Flieger; Mauser 1.3cm M1918 Tankgewehr; Rheinmetall 3.7cm M1918 Tankabwehrkanone; Anti-aircraft weapons. Becker 2cm M2 Flugzeugabwehrgewehr; DWM 1.32cm MG 18 Tank und Flieger; Krupp 3.7cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone; Krupp 7.62cm L/30 Flugzeugabwehrkanone
The raids were generally referred to in Britain as Zeppelin raids but Schütte-Lanz airships were also used. Weather and night flying made airship navigation and accurate bombing difficult. Bombs were often dropped miles off target (a raid on London hit Hull) and hitting military installations was a matter of luck. Civilian casualties made the ...
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. For more exhaustive lists, see the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives [1] or the Aviation Safety Network [2] or the Scramble on-line magazine accident ...
A collage of some of the deadliest aircraft disasters worldwide since 2001. This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or mid-air collision.