Fast and well-armed with excellent long-range capabilities, until the arrival of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Lancer was the only American fighter capable of catching a Japanese Mitsubishi …

The P43 was the pinnacle of Italian tank design during WW2. The Italians goal with this vehicle was to create a somewhat equivalent of the Panther and Tiger tanks used by their allies. This …

2022年5月18日 · In the mid-1930s, the world’s major air forces recognised that the rapid advances made in aerodynamics and engines in the first half of that decade meant that they …

The Republic P-43 Lancer was an important transitional fighter for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) during the prelude to World War II, bridging the gap between 1930s aircraft …

2019年5月19日 · The Republic P-43 Lancer was a development of the Seversky P-35, and in turn was developed to become the P-47 Thunderbolt. In 1938 the Seversky Aircraft Corp worked …

2019年9月13日 · Having invested both time and money into the P-43 program - and to keep Republic production lines running pending the arrival of the P-47 - the Army pushed for the still …

Designed by Alexander de Seversky and Alexander Kartveli of the Republic Aviation Company, the P-43 Lancer fighters were first delivered to the United States Army Air Corps in 1940. …

In March 1940, the P-43 prototype took to the air for the first time. It was designated as YP-43 powered by a fourteen-cylinder R-1830-35 engine. Aircraft deliveries started from September …

It was intended to be an improved version of the earlier P-35, which had been the first aircraft designed by Republic specifically as a fighter. The P-43 was a low-wing monoplane with …

On 22 March 1939, the engine caught fire in flight, the pilot had to bail out, and the AP-4 was lost. Despite the loss of the prototype, the USAAC liked the turbo-supercharged AP-4 demonstrator …