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  1. Grey Havoc

    Type 424 SIGINT ships (Deutsche Marine)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkUYuW9GaY
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2020s 2030s cold war ii deutsche marine elint federal republic of germany naval vessels lürssen sigint signals intelligence
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. B

    Unbuilt or built? , leopard 2 variant's or prototype

    I remember read year's ago there were plans to have built a Roland missile or spaa on a leopard 2 chassis and Idk if I'm just I'm misremembering or it's true , but I'm also if wondering if there we're other plans or ideas drawn up for specialized leopard 2 variant's , like they had for the...
    • Bulldoghunter01
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    • bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer federal republic of germany germany late cold war tanks west germany
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  3. Grey Havoc

    Chinese built SSK for Royal Thai Navy (S26T class)

    https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2025/08/20/after-dillydallying-thailand-proceeds-with-chinese-built-submarine/ Regarding the primary contractor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchang_Shipbuilding_Industry_Group
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2020s china shipbuilding & offshore international co. cold war ii diesel-electric submarine federal republic of germany kingdom of thailand people's republic of china royal thai navy ssk wuchang shipbuilding industry group co.
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Mike Pryce

    Official UK Eurofighter history

    Part 1 of the Air Historical Branch's history of Typhoon https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/our-history/air-historical-branch/post-coldwar-studies/eurofightertyphoonpart1coldwarorigins1983-1990/
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1980s cold war early 1990s eurofighter european fighter aircraft (efa) federal republic of germany french fifth republic great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force west germany western europe
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    Airport workers go on national wildcat strike in Germany

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8v6len093o
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2025 airports cold war ii european union federal republic of germany germany trade unions ver.di verdi vereinte dienstleistungsgewerkschaft western europe
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. R

    British aircraft nukes again?

    I recently read that France is considering deploying some nuclear capable Rafales to Germany, to strengthen deterrence further east. I thought this was interesting enough and it might be useful if the British did it as well, but of course they retired their aircraft nukes in 1998 and now only...
  7. E

    Isar Aerospace completes testing of first Spectrum rocket

    https://spacenews.com/isar-aerospace-completes-testing-of-first-spectrum-rocket/
    • edwest4
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    • cold war ii federal republic of germany rocket rockets
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    • Forum: The Bar
  8. Jemiba

    Radar imaging of sea bottom topography and submarine wrecks

    Sorry for the somewhat cumbersome title, I've just used the title of the research paper of the "Federal Armed Forces UnderwaterAcoustcs and Marine GeophysicsResearch Institute". I ordered it from the library, triggered by the keywords "radar" and "submarine". Actually, as the title alreay says...
    • Jemiba
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    • 1990s european community european economic community (eec) federal republic of germany marine science and technology (mast) programme post-cold war
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    • Forum: Avionics and Military/Naval electronics
  9. Apophenia

    Otto Funk, Peter Funk, & Bücker und Funk Designations

    In the late 1950s, Otto Funk was the director of apprentice-training at the Heinkel plant in Speyer. As an exercise for apprentices, airframes were designed for assembly using a variety of construction techniques. In 1990, Otto's son Peter Funk (along with Dirk Breitkreuz) founded B&F Technik to...
    • Apophenia
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    • 1990s cold war federal republic of germany late 20th century people's republic of china post-cold war west germany
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  10. hesham

    Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) Aircraft

    Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke, The company was formed by the 1964 merger of two German aerospace firms, Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug). The formation of VFW was a natural outcome, as the two companies had been collaborating, along with Hamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB), in the...
    • hesham
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    • aerospace industry airlifter airliner civil aviation cold war erno federal republic of germany focke-wulf jet age luftwaffe north atlantic treaty organisation space age transport aircraft v/stol aircraft vereinigte flugtechnische werke weser-flugzeugbau gmbh west germany western europe
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  11. M

    Trinity House Agreement - new joint UK-Germany arms procurement framework

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-germany-trinity-house-agreement-on-defence https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-germany-trinity-house-agreement-on-defence-joint-communique
    • Maro.Kyo
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    • 2024 cold war ii federal republic of germany north atlantic treaty organisation ukrainian crisis united kingdom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. A

    Bo-105 weapons

    I've been looking for some trialled weapons on the bo-105 helicopter and I just can't seem to find any images of the stinger pods mounted on the chopper. Any help would be appreciated.
    • armen
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    • air-to-air missile anti-tank bundeswehr cold war federal republic of germany heer helicopter gunship mbb messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm west germany
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Military
  13. A

    Diehl, KMW, KBP 105mm SPEAR

    Does anyone have any more information about the gun launched beam-riding 105mm projectile? Here's what i have: https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_pdf.cfm?DACH_RECNO=843 https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA385710.pdf
    • armen
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    • anti-tank missile diehl defence gmbh & co. kg diehl stiftung federal republic of germany kbp instrument design bureau krauss-maffei wegmann late 1990s post-cold war russian federation
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  14. Grey Havoc

    Development of the Fast Mine Warfare Ship 343 (West Germany, 1970s / 1980s)

    The rest of the article can be found reproduced in the JPRS / West Europe Report (15th June, 1983) linked below, pdf pages 7 - 14: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA373042.pdf A bit more of the history, in particular the post-Cold war part of it, can be found in the archived Forecast...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s bundesmarine cold war fast mine warfare vessel fast minesweeper federal republic of germany fleet and coastal minehunters (mhc) frankenthal-class mhc hamen-class fast minesweeper mine warfare vessel minelayer north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war schnelles minenkampfboot schnelles minensuchboot west germany western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  15. Grey Havoc

    PZ 87-140

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/185cohm/the_panzer_87100/ https://fighting-vehicles.com/tanks/pz-87-leopard-2/ Note: The KWS (Kampfwertsteigerung) III program, also referred to as KWS Stage III, was formally cancelled in 1995. Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if both the...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • bundeswehr cold war early 1990s eidgenössische konstruktionswerkstätte federal military department (switzerland) federal republic of germany heavy tank late 1980s mbt panzer 87 program post-cold war schweizer armee swiss army swiss army federal construction works swiss confederation switzerland tank design west germany
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  16. Grey Havoc

    Swiss army Type 68 tank simulator (1970s/1980s)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQifPHcMLE https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/fasip/ (In German) https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/tank-driving-simulator
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s armée de terre bundeswehr cold war fasip federal republic of germany france french fifth republic panzer fahrsimulator panzerfahrsimulator panzerfahrsimulator pz 68 post-cold war simulators swiss army swiss confederation switzerland tanks training simulation west germany
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Military
  17. Grey Havoc

    European Long-Range Strike Approach

    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2020s 2024 armée de terre bundeswehr cold war ii cruise missile federal republic of germany france french fifth republic glcm ground launched cruise missile heer intermediate range ballistic missile irbm north atlantic treaty organisation republic of poland siły zbrojne rzeczypospolitej polskiej wojska lądowe wojsko polskie
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: Military
  18. R

    WI West Germany buys British?

    The fledgling Lufftwaffe and Marineflieger appeared to be interesting in buying British in their earliest days. Of course this was the worst possible time to deal with the British, so every effort fell over. Wiki referencing Wood. The German Defence Ministry first expressed interest in the...
    • Rule of cool
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    • alternate history bundeswehr cold war early 1960s federal republic of germany great britain kommando der marineflieger late 1950s luftwaffe marineflieger north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield tactical nuke west germany
    • Replies: 162
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  19. J

    Messerschmitt Jet Fighters

    CONTENTS Compressibility buffeting The research sites of the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me 262 Interzeptor Messerschmitt Me 262 Heimatschützer BMW 109-003 R (TLR) rocket/turbojet BMW 109-718 rocket Rocket propellants composition Messerschmitt Me 262 Hochgeschwindigkeits Rennkabine...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • 1940s 1950s 1960s cold war egyptian general aero organisation federal republic of germany hispano aviación late 1930s luftwaffe messerschmitt messerschmitt ag messerschmitt gmbh nazi germany pre-world war ii reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium spanish state united arab republic west germany world war ii
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  20. T

    Konsberg / MBDA / Diehl 3SM Tyrfing

    https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/agreement-reached-for-super-sonic-strike-missile-3sm-tyrfing-development/
    • timmymagic
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    • 2020s cold war ii deutsche marine diehl defence gmbh & co. kg federal republic of germany kingdom of norway kongsberg defence & aerospace mbda royal norwegian navy
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Military
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