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  1. Grey Havoc

    Rock Mortars

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3F2odr2MsQ From the comments thread: By any chance does anybody have pictures of this, or other attempts to weaponise the rock cannon concept?
  2. Grey Havoc

    Ardeer Recoilless Projector series (Great Britain, WWII)

    Aka, the Ardeer Aggie. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnmscxOQpg
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1940s allen west and co ardeer foundry company british army great britain imperial chemical industries recoilless gun royal engineers the armoured archives world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  3. Forest Green

    Meteor Missile: Origins, Development and News

    Nice origin story for the Meteor missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S225XR
    • Forest Green
    • Thread
    • cold war early 21st century great britain kingdom of sweden late 20th century post-cold war
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. S

    Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising animated chapters by FIXEDIT

    These are well worth a look. I wonder what FIXEDIT could do with a bigger budget! View: https://youtu.be/VVjdFBZCRQc View: https://youtu.be/zo8FhChnyq0 View: https://youtu.be/rTov2oSXR8M View: https://youtu.be/4irbMNQc8As
    • SteveO
    • Thread
    • alternate history cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation red army soviet union united states ussr west germany world war iii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  5. Orionblamblam

    UK Limited Nuclear War Target List

    If things get more interesting, what targets in the UK might Putin nuke? An interesting video, and some backup data: UK Limited Nuclear War Target List View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWcgF4Wwog
    • Orionblamblam
    • Thread
    • cold war cold war ii great britain russian federation soviet union united kingdom
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. F

    Centurion SPAAG

    Were there ever plans to create a Centurion SPAAG variant other than one with a Marksman turret fitted?
  7. uk 75

    HMS Hermes as Sea Control Ship

    The saga of HMS Hermes is well known. But it might have been different if the RN had followed the US example and kept her as an ASW carrier or interim Sea Control Ship. The US were introducing the S3 Viking on to their attack carriers but were keen to get as many to sea as possible. HMS Hermes...
  8. red admiral

    UK combat aircraft exports

    I've been thinking recently about exports of UK combat aircraft. What examples do people think were "successful"? In my mind success is some sort of function of export numbers relative to UK numbers, and numbers of different export countries. My list of "successes" from post WW2 is below...
    • red admiral
    • Thread
    • british commonwealth cold war great britain post-cold war united kingdom
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. V

    US built Lend Lease Matilda II

    Reading up on the GM 6046 diesel several years ago I was surprised to see the concept was sketched up by the British purchasing commission as a power option for a proposed US built version of the Matilda II. The very limited information I have read indicated that the US was not interested in...
  10. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    British Ordnance Board Presidents Summary Reports 1939-1945

    Last year the Vickers Machine Gun Collection and Research uploaded several Summary Reports for the President of the Ordnance Board, the vast majority of them freely available. Although lacking detail (by their nature as summary reports) they cover the Aircraft Ordnance Fuses, Projectiles (Land...
  11. B

    You have 40-ish million pounds to build a CV for the RN early 60s...what does it look like?

    Not something I think fits in the alt-F11 thread but related to it, kind of. The RN is going to spend 16 million rebuilding Eagle, picking Tiger saves about 20-25 million over F-4 combine those two figures as your budget to build a new carrier with a 30 year hull life rather than spending 16 of...
  12. hesham

    British DC-3/Rapide Replacement Competition of 1953-55

    From Air Pictorial 1955, - For this contest,many companies entered in it,and essentially these proposals were involved; Avro-723,English Electric P.7,Hawker P.1098 and Percival P.87. - I suggest those projects; Armstrong AW.170,Blackburn B.105 & B.106,Bristol-187,Handley-Page Reading...
  13. GTX

    Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-09/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-buckingham-palace-charles-king/100235860
    • GTX
    • Thread
    • 2022 20th century 21st century british commonwealth british empire british royal family great britain modern elizabethan era second elizabethan age united kingdom
    • Replies: 147
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Michel Van

    British STT Vulcan

    very strange and odd Tank Design from 1950s special this ammo autoloader View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0dw32rPUu8
    • Michel Van
    • Thread
    • 1950s british army british school of tank technology cold war great britain tank tank design the armour school the armoured archives
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  15. uk 75

    NATO Tactical Nuclear Forces

    In the late 1950s the US deployed a bewildering range of tactical nuclear weapons in Western Europe. The US Army had its spectacular 280mm atomic cannon mounted between two trucks. It then had smaller 8" warheads for the M115 howitzer which were made available to the UK and other NATO allies...
    • uk 75
    • Thread
    • cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield united states western europe
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Military
  16. M

    Reason for UK dropping out of MIDS program?

    I've been searching for quite a long time a reason(or reasons) for the UK, Canada and Norway to have dropped out of MIDS program in 1991, just before the signing of the MIDS PMOU. They were indeed a MIDS program members since phase one. Particularly interesting is the case of UK, since they were...
  17. Hood

    Submarine Volta 1905

    This is not an unbuilt project, but it is an enigmatic mystery that perhaps members here might be able to add more to. The Volta was a 19-ton electric-powered submarine armed with two 12in torpedo tubes, built by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Drydock Co. Ltd at Wivenhoe, Essex...
    • Hood
    • Thread
    • 1900s early 20th century empire of japan great britain imperial japanese navy pre-world war i
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  18. K

    Centurion chassis as a SAM launcher

    I was thinking if it is plausible to get a mobile launcher for either Thunderbird or Bloodhound missiles on a Centurion tank chassis.
  19. uk 75

    Replacing Canberra sensibly

    The English Electric Canberra became the UK's light strike bomber in both nuclear and conventional roles. It served long after it was obsolete in the face of Russian fighters and air defences. The RAF realised this and embarked on a programme to replace Canberra in the early 1960s. As we all...
  20. Foo Fighter

    Royal Ordnance QF Tank guns.

    G'day folks, I am trying to find good reference material on the following gun systems. RO QF 17 pounder RO QF 20 pounder Rarde EXP 7 to 28 110mm I have a sort of project to convert a Centurion tank (Card/Paper) to various types/marks and possibly produce a Chieftain with the 110mms as an...
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