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  1. blockhaj

    Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätte (K+W) Panzerwagen K+W 30 (KW30); Swiss 1950's tank project.

    So i wanted to start a thread dedicated to the Swiss tank project KW30, the project which eventually became the Panzer 58 tank. I was inspired by this ancient thread which dicusses the Indienpanzer, a tank project which incorrectly has been rumoured to be related to the KW30. Anyway i thought...
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    • cold war eidgenössische k+w konstruktionswerkstätte kw 30 kw.30 kw30 panzer 58 pz 58 swiss switzerland
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    USCG Douglas Munro (WHEC-724)

    https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/04/28/us-coast-guard-decommissions-storied-cutter-in-alaska/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Douglas_Munro_(WHEC-724) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Albert_Munro
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    • 1971 2021 cold war hamilton-class cutter high endurance cutter post-cold war united states coast guard
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    • Forum: Military
  3. A

    Project NEPTUN - 1967 German RLV study

    Hi. Found on the bay a (yet undocumented here) 1967 report authored by H.H. Koelle (Institute of space Technology / Berlin Technical University). The "student" study report might bear some interest today. Enjoy. A.
  4. Dynoman

    Soviet Air Combat Tactics in the Cold War

    I've read numerous books on Cold War histories, which included mention of Soviet air combat tactics, however I've not found one source that described the various air-to-air or air-to-ground tactics that the Soviets employed during the Cold War (either the USSR or their Warsaw Pact allies). This...
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    • cold war soviet union warsaw pact
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    • Forum: The Bar
  5. uk 75

    Chinese Naval Doctrine

    The growth of the Soviet Navy was symbolised by Admiral Gorshkov and a global maritime exercise (Okean 70). I was wondering if any clue was emerging to Chinese naval doctrine?
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    • cold war people's liberation army navy people's republic of china post-cold war soviet union
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    • Forum: Military
  6. Grey Havoc

    35th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

    https://news.trust.org/item/20210422092357-ow04l/
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    • 1980s 2021 biorobots chernobyl chernobyl exclusion zone cold war nuclear power soviet union the ukraine unesco
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. Grey Havoc

    Biak Launch Center (Late '70s, 1980s)

    According to Wikipedia there was an attempt to revive the project in the late 2000s (from 2006 onwards, and possibly into the early 2010s) in co-operation with the Russians. Initially at least this version of the plan included an air launch element. It appears to have been at this time when the...
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    • 1980 1980s 20th century 21st century aeronautical and space agency biak space port cold war indonesia lapan national institute of aeronautics and space
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. fightingirish

    Soviet space-to-space guided missile

    The Russian military has finally revealed the rocket-propelled grenade weapon system developed for the Almaz space station project in the 1970s. Links: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz-shield2.html http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_ops2.html :eek: :cool: View...
  9. Grey Havoc

    Kenworth-Boeing gas-powered turbine truck

    Apparently the gas turbine in question (Model 502) was originally developed in response to a USN requirement, presumably on behalf of the USMC. I wonder what the intended vehicle was? https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2011/05/09/turbine-powered-oddities-no-466-the-see-through-kenworth-boeing...
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    • 1950 1950s boeing airplane co. cold war gas turbine kenworth 500 series kenworth motor truck corporation united states marine corps united states navy united states of america
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. F

    The 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight

    The 12th April is the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space. Here’s this weeks Archive on 4 about that historic trip. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v24g
  11. Grey Havoc

    NAe. Sao Paulo (ex-FS Foch)

    https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/04/09/brazilian-group-seeks-to-stop-aircraft-carrier-sale-to-turkish-company/
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    • 2021 clemenceau-class aircraft carrier cold war cv. sao paulo marine nationale marinha do brasil post-cold war
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    • Forum: Military
  12. Grey Havoc

    British Army Volkswagen Beetles

    Quick question: Does anyone know the official designation that the British Army and War Office used for the BAOR's Beetle saloons (initially referred to simply as the 'Volkswagen Saloon')? There seems to be some indication that other British Army commands and detachments in Western Europe may...
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    • 1950s british army of the rhine british occupation zone cold war great britain late 1940s occupied germany staff car west germany wolfsburg motor works
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    • Forum: Military
  13. Grey Havoc

    Luna 4

    https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html
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    • 1963 cccp cold war luna series lunar probes soviet moon program soviet union space race ussr
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  14. Grey Havoc

    Commander Seamus Ó Muiris, INS

    View: https://twitter.com/naval_service/status/1376069579957530624?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-baptism-of-fire-for-father-of-irish-navy-40246919.html
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    • cold war éire irish naval service lt. commander morris marine and coastwatching service marine service royal navy the emergency world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  15. Grey Havoc

    French and other proposals for Canadian nuclear icebreaker (Polar 10) project, late 1970s / early 1980s

    Does anyone have any information on the French design at least? The program was a precursor to the equally ill-fated (non-nuclear) Polar 8 icebreaker program of the 1980s. The only hard info I have on the French proposal at the moment is that the reactor was a CAS (Advanced Series Boiler)...
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    • 1970s arctic canada canadian coast guard cold war early 1980s france nuclear powered vessels
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  16. Grey Havoc

    Able-1 / Able-2 (Thor-Able moonshot project)

    From the ever interesting Scott Manley: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iao41k81q90 Able-2 of course was later retroactively renamed to Pioneer 1.
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    • air force ballistic missile division cold war late 1950s national aeronautics and space administration pioneer 0 ramo-wooldridge corp space race space technology laboratories united states air force united states of america
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  17. Grey Havoc

    Cosmos 954

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN7ifFam1Fk View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lR-KyObLt0 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDPFs6j3U0
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    • 1972 space liability convention canada cold war kosmos 954 late 1970s operation morning light rorsat soviet union united states of america
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. athpilot

    Bartini and his Projects Vol. 4 by Konstantin Udalov and Marek Rys: Combat Ekranoplans

    Удалов К. Г., Рысь Марек Бартини и его проекты. Том 4. Боевые экранопланы. - Москва. 2021 г., 176 с. ISBN: 978-5-4465-3169-1 Hi! I had the opportunity to read Konstantin Udalovs latest book of his publication series about Bartinis work and designs (this is Vol. 4). This time he covers the...
  19. JFC Fuller

    D1W Surface Ship Reactor

    I have found three readily available sources referencing this reactor, either directly or indirectly: Rickover and the Nuclear Navy, Francis Duncan, 1990 American destroyers and Frigates, Norman Friedman, 1982 Deciding to Buy: Civil-military Relations and Major Weapons Programs, Quentin E...
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    • aec bureau of ships cold war energy research and development administration naval reactor naval reactors branch naval reactors facility naval sea systems command united states navy united states of america
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  20. Grey Havoc

    Tekoi Test Range

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCeMCwxayp0 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua4QMFQATco&t=0s View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABMV4wXx6Xo&t=0s View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FeXPOFRxp0
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    • cgp grey cold war hercules aerospace skull valley tekoi rocket test range tekoi test facility trident missile program united states of america utah
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    • Forum: Military
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