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In the late 1980s, research started on the new next-generation tank gun. It was quickly determined that it needed to be 140mm calibre. Initially it was to fire the same projectiles as the 120mm gun but at a higher velocity from a similar smoothbore barrel. My question - what was the British...

Hi, As this project (for the replacement of the French Rafale and the German Eurofighter) is different of the Airbus project to replace the German Tornado and the Spanish F-18, I open a new topic :) Well, as the time to replace Rafale and EF is not for tomorrow, this topic may last for...

Where can I find information about French night vision devices directly after WW II ? When and where such devices were used in the post WWII French armed forces ? From what I've found, most of the early ones used the activ system, so needing an IR light source. But the German Luftwaffe had used...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjOxF52MiQ0 http://www.armyrecognition.com/french_army_france_wheeled_armoured_vehicle_uk/jaguar_ebrc_6x6_reconnaissance_combat_armoured_vehicle_ebmr_scorpion_technical_data_sheet_pictures.html It's supposed to operate alongside the Panhard CRAB and the Griffon...

"France & UK Launch Next-Gen Missile Project with MBDA to Replace Harpoon/Scalp/Exocet by 2030" Published: Tuesday, 28 March 2017 15:21 Source...

Via CDR Salamander: http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/fti-medium-size-frigates/ http://www.defensenews.com/articles/france-unveils-new-fti-frigate-ship-is-designed-for-the-french-navy-and-for-export...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Secret-Projects-Bombers-Aircraft/dp/1910809063

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kanguroo From reading the description of the ship, the SS Kanguroo (1912) was a dock type heavy lift ship, built initially to transport submarines, but with access to the dock being done by dismantling the bows and rebuilding them after loading. According to the...

I am utterly confused about the original French plans for the deployment of this missile, the wiki page for the Suffren class destroyers states that six ships were originally planned and that this became two batches of three (the second tentative?) then just two ships when the money for the...

RM released this late last year. MGCS=Main ground combat system= the supposed Leo III MBT.

Bonjour à tous. We known the NC 3021 Belphegor ! but this one was derived from the SO 3020 which was studies in 1942 by "Le groupe de Cannes" I'm not able to find details of this plane ! Who can help me ? All my thanks PAUL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=POEU0gchYIM http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/panhards-crab-may-just-be-the-future-of-armored-scout-v-1581746120

One of the great comparisons of the postwar era has been the decline of British industry while France, which was in far worse shape at the end of World War 2, has prospered. At first sight it looks as if the French got their industrial policy bang on: UK...

Does anybody have information about this plane, maybe AF VG project, or information about Mirage G3,G5,G6, fiction projects or true. Thanks in advance

Eole is a demonstrator drone in a project of launch-platform for satellite launchers. Maiden flight : 26th of September 2013 Span = 6.67 m The project is driven by Onera (French instritute of aerodynamism), involving ingeneers schools and University. More info (in French) at ...

According this Source http://atomic-skies.blogspot.be/2013/04/propulsion-nucleaire-aeronautique.html#more the french SNECMA work on Nuclear Aircraft engine called "BRENDA" A gas-cooled reactor, using ceramic-clad enriched uranium oxide fuel and would be moderated by beryllium oxide. 1 MWth...

ONERA missiles and rockets from an old 1960s magazine:

Some interesting snippets of could-have-beens about HOT as I slowly work my way through the COMHART volume on anti-tank weapons http://www.scribd.com/doc/38606186/COMHART-T10-Armements-antichars-missiles-guides-et-non-guides-France-2008. 1. Initially the booster motor exhausted through two...

Some Dassault Mirage 2000 goodness from Les Chevaliers du Ciel HD Promo! View: http://youtu.be/HEe3xfWfkG8 View: http://youtu.be/60XPS66MxmA

"Rafale: Now Drawing Fire At Home" Posted by Robert Wall at 12/8/2011 5:19 AM CST It is certainly Rafale's time in the crosshairs. The French government is adding to the already huge pressure on Dassault to secure an export deal, warning the long-term prospects of the twin-engine fighter...