One suitably stupid (and short-lived) invention was the flying tank, dreamed up by the Soviet Union during World War II. Tanks ... risking their expensive aircraft. Other methods involved simply ...

Following World War II, US junkyards and surplus ... was a natural because it was an extra fuel tank attached to the bottom of a P-38 fighter plane. So it was already proven to to be aerodynamic.

almost all the aircraft used to fight fires were retired or salvaged World War II aircraft. Tanks were strapped to the middle, and they were used in a very haphazard, provisional manner.

It featured dual overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder, an aluminum block and heads, and a flat-plane ... Sherman M4 Tank The Sherman tank was the most widely-used American tank in WWII, built ...

It's his collection of World War II-era war craft ... the Panzer IV Tank and having it join our Sherman tank and other historic military aircraft and vehicles at the Flying Heritage Collection." ...