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  1. Grey Havoc

    S-4 and S-45 IRBM projects (France, Cold War)

    https://nuke.fas.org/guide/france/theater/s-4.htm https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/26902/britishfrenchstr00bate.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  2. Grey Havoc

    Noisy-Le-Grand metro project (France, late '80s / early '90s)

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

    Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces

    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...
  4. Grey Havoc

    Maritime Airborne Warning System (Franco-German project)

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

    Canada buys land in France's Juno Beach due to condo plan (BBC News)

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

    Naval Group working on MUSV and LUSV concepts for French Navy (2022)

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

    ex-NS São Paulo currently in limbo

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/xdwxmh/1080_x_718_s%C3%A3o_paulo_a12_brazilian_aircraft/
  8. 5S5JASH

    Matra R530 / Super 530F / Super 530D

    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...
  9. klem

    The French prototype rifle (RFCT).

    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...
  10. T

    Strasbourg - light aircraft carrier project?

    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...
  11. Spey_Phantom

    Future Mid-Size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)

    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...
  12. C

    Franco-german super Caravelle

    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...
  13. A

    Harrier in place of Super Etendard: 1973

    This is a rough TL sketch. POD is October 20, 1971. http://www.ffaa.net/projects/jaguar/jaguar_fr.htm That day, off Marseille, the Foch is flight testing Jaguar M05, that is: the navalized fifth prototype. As the aircraft is returned to the hangar for maintenance, one mechanic raise alarm...
  14. Z

    Supersonic Etendards instead of Crusaders?

    What happens if Dassault gets his hands on a jet engine that fits the Etendard and allows it to become a properly supersonic fighter? Could this tip the balance and see them ordered instead of F8 Crusaders?
  15. M

    French heavy anti-tank missile of the 1960s

    I am cleaning up the wiki articles on Swingfire and TOW. One source mentions that in the early 1960s when the US decided to move ahead with TOW, after promising the British they wouldn't, they argued there was no point continuing Swingfire because the French were replacing ENTAC with a...
  16. C

    German-French MBT-90

    So I have been looking at various late cold war tank projects (abrams block 3, Panzerkampfwagen 2000 ect) and one thing that keeps popping up but which i can not find any information about is the mbt-90 program, aperintly Germany figured 3ed times a charm (after mbt-70 with the US and mbt-80...
  17. klem

    French Bullpup Rifles before FAMAS .

    The history of the bullpup in France began long before the famous FAMAS which certainly marked its time but it was born under the constraint of the international conflicts. as assault rifle France had its misadventure during years from 1945 to 1970 with various programs and much expenditure...
  18. S

    APCs before the end of WW2.

    The M3 Halftrack and the Sdkfz 251 are the most well known ones, but did the other major powers have APCs? What about WW1?
  19. uk 75

    France's pivotal defence role

    While the size and importance of France's armed forces in 1914 and 1939 is well understood, their importance since 1945 does not seem to be appreciated. Until the creation of West Germany's Bundeswehr at the end of the 1950s it was France that bore the brunt of providing the largest West...
  20. M

    France's Naval Group is developing a new XLUUV (Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle)

    Prototype is already in the water, it's been worked on since 2018ish. ~10 meters (33 ft), up to 20 meters (66 ft) with additional power options. Displacement: ~10 tons Service version will have a weapons/equipment bay. Our own Covert shores did a nice comparison image of different...
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