Talk:Antonov A-40

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[edit] Photo

I started asking for a photo on the talk page, then searched around and found one that appears to be free-as-in-freedom to use based on Russian law. I hope the photo isn't a hoax, but can't guarantee it. It's in various places on the Web, which of course means little for its authenticity. Maybe a Russian WWII expert could vouch for the photo. Tempshill 17:26, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

The same picture is in Steven J. Zaloga & James Grandsen, Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, labelled as a designer's model. Zaloga is the source on Soviet armour, so it must be factual.

Ya gotta love a piece of hardware that falls into both Category:World War II Soviet tanks and Category:Soviet military aircraft 1940-1949! —Michael Z. 2005-10-11 20:56 Z

Thanks for the verification. Do you know what "designer's model" means? Is this a snapshot of a 2-foot-long wooden, painted model? Tempshill 15:45, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Something like that. Looking at it closely, I think either the illustration was heavily retouched and airbrushed, or this is simply a design illustration made by a draftsman. —Michael Z. 2005-10-14 16:54 Z

Bet this baby had quite a steep glideslope. —Michael Z. 2005-10-12 07:01 Z

[edit] Greatest invention of the 20th century

I now officially declare this to be the greatest invention of the 20th century.

yes it is much more usefull than penicillin don't you think? Joeyjojo 03:07, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Common adverse drug reactions associated with use of the penicillins include: diarrhea, nausea, rash, urticaria, and/or superinfection (including candidiasis). Infrequent adverse effects include: fever, vomiting, erythema, dermatitis, angioedema, and/or pseudomembranous colitis. Pain and inflammation at the injection site is also common for parenterally-administered benzathine benzylpenicillin, benzylpenicillin, and to a lesser extent procaine benzylpenicillin

Yes, very useful eh? FYI: Penicillin will supposedly kill me. I don't need fungus injected into me anyway.

-G

[edit] See also

Aerobird placed the see also links in a template at the end of the article. I am reverting to the consensus version, because using the template seems to be slavishly following an out-of-place convention, without improving the articrle. Please discuss here rather than reverting again.

• External links go at the end of an article, according to Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(headings)#Standard_appendices and Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#Standard_appendices.
• What's the point of the aircontent template?—it adds a requirement for complex template code simply to add three non-standard headings, which don't reflect their content anyway (see below).
• The T-80 and T-84 tanks are not "comparable aircraft"; they are main battle tanks.
• There is no point in adding an empty "Specifications" section with yet another template, for a vehicle which was never completed and thus has no specifications. If specifications miraculously appear, then they can still be added, although I think they would belong in template:AFV or template:Infobox Weapon.
• The subject of this article is not an airplane. It is an airmobile T-60 tank variant, with drop-off wings. It belongs to an airborne infantry organization and its role is (ground-based) infantry fire support. The aircraft templates are not perfectly suited to this any more than they are for articles about parachutes.

 —Michael Z. 2007-01-16 15:45 Z

Well to me, it fits the definition of an airplane - it does have wings, after all. But if you think it works better w/out... *shrugs* I reckon I've no real problem with that. Template:Antonov aircraft, however, should at least be included. - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 16:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC)