This turret was also used on SdKfz 251
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Thanks nice pic! Also they where on the transport plane ME 323.

best Jabba

Me 323-e2/wt waffentrager

For comparison, a Spitfire fuel gauge
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Unlike the fuel gauge from post 1, the scale and red lettering match in terms of fuel amount.
In the fuel gauge under investigation, the scale goes up to 340 gallons, but the red lettering says 395.

Looking at the indications given above on year, I’m leaning towards Short S.26 (1939).

Consider also that the earlier Short Sunderland had six drum fuel tanks with a total capacity of 9,200 litres (2,025 Imperial gallons, 2,430 U.S. gallons), while four smaller fuel tanks were added later behind the rear wing spar to give a total fuel capacity of 11,602 litres (2,550 Imperial gallons, 3,037 U.S. gallons). average 2025/6=337.5 gallons per drum fuel tank.

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Here wing tanks are 529 (forward inner 1), 325 (forward inner 2) and 132 (forward outer) imp. gallon (average 329). Backed by a 111 im. gallon rear inner tank and 147 imp. gallong rear outer tank.

Why are they refitting Viraat? Is she being used only as a helicopter carrier since her Harriers are gone?

Answer:

On 23 July 2016, Viraat sailed for the last time under her own power from Mumbai to Kochi, where she was dry-docked and prepared for decommissioning.[5] She was towed out of Kochi on 23 October, returning to Mumbai on 28 October, where she was laid up; her formal decommissioning is scheduled for January 2017.[2] Her ultimate fate is currently uncertain.
On 23 July 2016, Viraat sailed from Mumbai to Kochi for the last time under her own steam; by then, she had spent a total of 2,250 days at sea and had steamed a total of 1,094,215 kilometers.[31] At Kochi, she underwent a month-long refit in preparation for decommissioning; during the refit, her boilers, engines, propellers and rudders were removed.[5][32] The refit was completed on 4 September, and the carrier was towed back to Mumbai on 23 October for her formal decommissioning ceremony.[6] Viraat arrived in Mumbai on 28 October and was laid up; her decommissioning is scheduled for January 2017.[2] After Viraat’s decommissioning, her weapons systems and operational equipment will be removed by mid-2017. Her subsequent fate remains uncertain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Viraat

Seems unlikely that a conventional sub could have trailed a battlegroup for thousands of km’s.

And why is that unlikely?

Considering:

Russia’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is sailing to the coasts of Syria, will be almost useless in the Mediterranean Sea and definitely will not be able to influence the situation with a blockade or a possible attack of Aleppo. This was the opinion expressed by an analyst from Novaya Gazeta, Pavel Felgenhauer.

“It took almost a month for the crossing, and the average speed was less than nine knots.

http://uawire.org/news/analyst-russian-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-is-almost-useless-in-the-mediterranean-sea

NIKOLAY CHIKER (#Kuznetsov task group) at 61.86411°/3.523707° 100km NW of Bergen @ 6.1kn / 193° (2016-10-18 08:48 UTC)

https://mobile.twitter.com/Valery_Gerasimo/status/788329286306566144

Tugboat “Nikolay Chiker”, belonging to the Russian Admiral Kuznetsov naval group, is currently moving through Strait of Sicily – Italy [31 October 2016: 11.1kn]

http://mideast.liveuamap.com/en/2016/31-october-tugboat-nikolay-chiker-belonging-to-the-russian

While Chiker’s top speed is 18 kt and her standard Range is 11000 n miles (20372.0 km) (12658.6 miles) at 16 kt (29.6 km/h) (18.4 mph)
https://campingcdn.blogspot.nl/2014/05/nikolay-chiker-harbinger-of-underwater.html
Chiker [Kuznetsov’s stand-by ocean tug] typically does not move at more than 12.5 kn.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:4404011/mmsi:273531629/imo:8613334/vessel:NIKOLAY_CHIKER

The Walrus class ssk can do 13 kn on the surface and 20kn submerged. Range while snorting is 10,000 Miles at 9 kts.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/walrus-specs.htm

Dutch navy’s Walrus class submarines are amongst the few ocean going diesel electric submarines that are left with NATO navies. Diesel electric submarines are inherently quieter than nuclear submarines, and are regularly used by the Great Powers for spying purposes. Walrus class submarines are said to be especially quiet and this combined with the fact that they are amongst the few ocean going diesel electric submarines NATO still has means that they are regularly used by NATO for spying missions.

http://theduran.com/nato-just-try-sabotage-admiral-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier/

What else would you call it? All those submarines are SSKs. Under the US classification which has become generally adopted, SSK is the right term. It’s not limited to small submarines.

I was under the impression SSK stood for Coastal submarine (i.e. small ones lt max 2000 ton). Larger subs like Kio or Walrus would have SS

http://www.nvr.navy.mil/QUICKFIND/HULLLIST.HTML
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/HULL_SHIPS_BY_CATEGORY_SS_166.HTML

Shortfin Barracuda is an attempt at making an SSK do a Fleet submarine job. Apart from the Japanese boats, which are unique in service today, no one has tried this since the old Russian 641 Tango’s and maybe our O class back in the day.

Mate, I don’t follow!

SSK? Does not Shortfin Barracuda derive from a 5300 ton 99+m SSN? With Shortfin Barracuda measuring over 90 metres in length and displacing more than 4,000 tons when dived, you can hardly call that an SSK. That’s longer than Soryu class and comparable displacement. We don’t call a Russian Kilo class an SSK either, or even a Dutch Walrus!