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Orange William to Swingfire?
A previous thread suggested that Orange William fed into Swingfire. I am not sure how this might be. OW was a command-guided weapon using a complex two-sight system, a computer, and IR links to the missile to control its flight through rear-mounted control surfaces. The rest of the system was...- Maury Markowitz
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- 1950s 1960s cold war fairey aviation fairey engineering ltd great britain swingfire missile
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Inswing / 'medium-range Swingfire' (Not Beeswing!)
I have come across a couple of references to an infantry version of Swingfire that seems to have not been Beeswing (regular Swingfire mounted in a rack on a Land rover or trailer). Kenneth Macksey makes reference to it in 'The Tanks; The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1945-1975' in which he...- JFC Fuller
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- british aircraft corporation british army cold war early 1960s fairey engineering ltd great britain swingfire missile
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