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There is information that in the 80s the Garrett GT601 gas turbine was tested on the AMX 30 tank. Does anyone have any more information about this vehicle or any pictures?

hi , while doing some research about the mirage IVB , i found what appears to be an early study for an enlarged mirage IV called "super mirage IV" https://raigap.livejournal.com/1061735.html i posted it in here because i d ont know if this is a fake or not since i couldnt find a lot of...

In the 70s, Brazil was slowly trying to develop its space technologies, which resulted to the Brazilian Complete Space Mission (MECB) program and the ill-fated VLS-1, but while digging a bit around it, I found that before deciding on the VLS design circa 1980, there was a period of time of a few...

What would the best equipment they could get before hostilities start ? Even experimental or prototypes could count.

https://www.naval-group.com/en/naval-group-presents-blue-shark-high-tech-and-environmentally-responsible-concept-ship-euronaval

Well-known French journalist, author, pilot, THE voice of aerial meetings in France (La Ferté-Alais air show, Salon du Bourget air show, Paris Villaroche Air Legend and so on). He was 78 y.o.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/ww2-avro-lancaster-bomber-renovation/ https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lots-to-see/aircraft/lancaster http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_lancaster_VII.html

This was idea I had reading the merage IV threads, the idea being the the lockheed bribery scandal breaks in Germany befor the deal goes though leading to anything American becoming politically toxic, this leads to Germany (and though them the rest of the nato f-104 block) to buy the Mirage III...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 :( RIP.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxESIzJhCU From the comments thread:

I don't know if you have more info about this. The French magazine RAIDS, dedicated its special issue N°73 to the "Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces" published during winter 2019-2020. I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine yet, but it mentions the AMX-APX ALLARM project with...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/10/11/germany-awaits-frances-signal-on-new-sub-hunting-planes/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63177891

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/frances-naval-group-works-on-musv-and-lusv/

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/xdwxmh/1080_x_718_s%C3%A3o_paulo_a12_brazilian_aircraft/

AII information I can get from wiki about the missiles is vague. “The Super 530F and Super 530D share the same general aerodynamic features and internal layout with cruciform low aspect ratio wings, cruciform aft controls, and 30 kg high explosive fragmentation warhead. However the 530D has a...

Quoted by Gary Paul Johnston and Thomas B. Nelson in "The World's Assault Rifles" - This rather curious and unusual weapon was part of a program during the 1970s to develop a very high rate of fire assault rifle (RFCT: Rifle à Forte Cadence de Tir ). Firing rate experiments were carried out by...

After reviewing various resources, I found information, about battleship Strasbourg, after the end of the war, was proposed to be rebuilt as a light aircraft carrier. But there is very little information and this is at the level of "mentions". Now I wondered if there was such a project or did it...

France, Germany and Sweden have agreed to develop a new medium-size tactical transport plane. this is intended to replace the C-130J in the 2040's and supplement the Airbus A400M https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/france-germany-sweden-launch-future-transport-aircraft personel...

So I was reading " concorde and the Americans" and one of the things that caught my eye was that neither Britain or France were each others first choice. Britain originally wanted to work with America inorder to build the first supersonic jet, but the Americans were set on there mach 2.7 speed...