Identify that Tank/Ship/Plane/Artillery etc

[General Brewster]

Now better?

[Sar1n]

Hmh. I almost wrote Heinkel He 51, but the undercarriage and tail don't match. He 49, an earlier development of He 51? Quite hard to find reliable image of that one...

[General Brewster]

It's not a Heinkel

[Sar1n]

Found the bastard.

Fokker D.XVII. The fuselage threw me off at first. Damn Fokker...

[General Brewster]

Well done mate.

[Sar1n]

I hope this wasn't posted before.

[chesser2538]

How about a hint.

[Sar1n]

Normally I'd wait at least a week....

So the hint will be obscure.

A lightweight fighter designed in country that, in the time period, had least need for such plane, and wasn't known for building light fighters...

[Cookiegod]

Well your hint indicates we're talking about the USA. They were far away from any potential enemy and therefore did not need such a fighter. Furthermore we can see in the background that the earth is flat, so it's definitely America. Also, we're obviously talking about the mid-40s. A quick search led me to the Bell XP-77 with the following image shown on Wikipedia:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

And I must say it looks quite similar.

What I don't get is how they'd avoid the tail touching the ground during landing and take-off. I get most of the weight is in the engine, but still... :O

[Sar1n]

Correct. Damn...rep spread again.

I suspect that the center of gravity was way forward on this thing, after all, over half of its empty weight was the engine.

[paleologos]

...
Furthermore we can see in the background that "the earth is flat"...

I can't see that.
Where do you see it?

Correct. Damn...rep spread again.

I got this, repped.

[King Athelstan]

I can't see that.
Where do you see it?

Click the link he posted, it's great fun

[paleologos]

Yeah, I clicked that but I can't see the relation to the picture Chesser posted.

[King Athelstan]

The background of the Bell XP-77 shows just flat ground, and not any horizon to indicate that the earth is round.

[Cookiegod]

[King Athelstan]

That's Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne

[Cookiegod]

Correct. Can't rep you though.

[paleologos]

Correct. Can't rep you though.

Got that, repped him.

[King Athelstan]

Thank you!

[General Brewster]

That would be a Proteus.