So i want suggestion for top sites that have Reliable info\books\manuals\Documents\etc,
For research and Bug report\Suggestion purposes for WT, what u suggest?
None in particular
Depending on what nation you are searching for, you can find their vehicle manufacturers websites. Looking through them on the internet archive can help too.
Wikipedia sources section can also sometimes have useful sources
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Is it about historical or modern vehicles? Historical material is usually fairly centralized. Looking into state archives is often enough.
Like all of them, I search into every and every site usually that mention the same piece of info, incase if there is any additional pieces.
but i do wonder if there is other Sites no one mentioned yet?
like if you want information about f15E engines you go to pratt whitney or GE aerospace or Boeing if you want information about the aim120 lets say you have bigger classified walls but you would have to do research on multiple websites unfortunately the closest thing we have to a 1 website search all military weapons is reddit I think which is a mid source
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But remember declassifed files can be top search results depending on what your search
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https://www.af.mil/about-us/fact-sheets/display/article/104576/aim-120-amraam/
for example BASIC aim120 facts up here
for the BASIC facts you have to use open source photos or testing videos like how you can easily tell that the dev server j16 engines had wrong fire color by using simple open sources photos and searching you can also go to airforce website USA specifically has great information BASIC information but for example if gajin but j10 engine model on f15 then we could know instantly by looking at basic photos
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That’s being pretty generous
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Manufacturers, museums, Armed forces own sites. Some historical societies can be good sources, especially if you try contacting directly about their exhibitions.
Some websites Eg Navweaps, Tank Encyclopedia, are very good with heaps of direct references and links. Ignore anything that’s essentially a cut and paste wiki page which unfortunately is 90% of search engine results.
There are some very comprehensive and technical books, amongst my collection I have a shelf of Aerofax and Midland Publications that are much more indepth and trustworthy than the usual coffee table. Unfortunately I believe most of this type of heavy reading is now out of print but shows up second hand occasionally.
The trick is to learn to filter out corporate and sales speak, and increasingly AI, to peel back the paint and review the heavy metal truth underneath.
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Read up on " Google search operators ", helps a lot when you want specific information in a specific format. My personal best tip is to use quotation marks for things that HAS to be in the result and to use " filetype:pdf " to give you actual documents and not just information on a website.
Other than that it’s a good idea to search for generalized information first, for example who the manufacturer is of the part that you want information about and what that parts actual name is (sometimes parts have generic names for the public but are called something else internally within manufacturers or sellers). Then doing more advanced searches using operators with that information.
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