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  1. Grey Havoc

    Airfix

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxaJgxXavc Note that this video was made before the current Covid-19 related model making renaissance had really gotten underway.
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    • 1939 1940s 1950s 1980s 20th century 21st century great britain model making models toymaker
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  2. Grey Havoc

    A Salute to Model Making | The Tank Museum

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA_3sG7LSl8
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    • 2021 bovington tank museum covid-19 great britain model making models south west model show united kingdom
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    • Forum: Museums, Events & Shows
  3. Grey Havoc

    Highland Express

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmZJD7PZjEY
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    H.M.S. Speedy (P296, Speedy-class Hydrofoil)

    Ladies and Gentlemen, HMS Speedy: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lognu9/951_x_717_jetfoil_patrol_vessel_hms_speedy_p296/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(P296) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Speedy_(P296)...
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    • 1970s 1980s boeing model 929 series jetfoil boeing patrol hydrofoil cold war great britain royal navy vosper thornycroft
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    Blackburn Sidecar

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/ll3dyh/blackburn_were_not_known_for_designing_pretty/ https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/blackburn-sidecar
  6. Grey Havoc

    Excise Profit Duty (First World War)

    The century-old tax that could help pay for the pandemic (ft.com)
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    • 2021 covid-19 great britain taxes united kingdom world war i
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. Grey Havoc

    British amphibious tanks

    View: https://youtu.be/tkkFm4b3yOI https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/tog-amphibian/ (Note: the D.N.L.E. should not be confused with the Admiralty's Department of the Director of Naval Equipment, also known as the Directorate of Naval Equipment.)...
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    • british army department of naval land equipment great britain ministry of supply royal navy s.v.d.c.
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. Grey Havoc

    RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore, 1920 - 2021

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/second-world-war-veteran-thanks-generous-public-raising-75million/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52303859
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    • 2020 army foundation college burma campaign captain tom covid-19 duke of wellington regiment great britain royal armoured corps world war ii wuhan coronavirus
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    • Forum: The Bar
  9. Grey Havoc

    A14 Medium Tank

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5G7GbaLkyo I'm not sure if I agree with his conclusions here, especially given that the A13 Covenanter was such a huge disaster.
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    • 1937 1938 tank program 1939 a14e1 a14e2 heavy tank a15 medium tank great britain l.m.s the armoured archives the modified monster
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    G.S.O.R. 1008.

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRdmSgUDaQ Looks like the requirement was for a heavily protected defence orientated tank, employing ambush tactics (similar in a number of respects to the S-Tank), for use by the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR). IIRC, default NATO strategy in the event...
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    • 1961 1963 cold war general staff operational requirement great britain gsor 1008 liquid armour ministry of defence swingfire missile the armoured archives
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. Grey Havoc

    Naval Amphibious Craft Tracked eXperimental (NACT X)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F_ZjytDqqE
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    • 1953 admiralty cold war great britain naval vehicle landing tracked experimental royal marines royal navy the armoured archives vickers-armstrongs
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    Airspeed jet-propelled float seaplane.

    Fighter project, 1943 The Airspeed firm suggested to the Admiralty the transformation of the radio-controlled flying-boat target aircraft AS-37 into a scaled-up jet fighter, powered by one de Havilland Halford H.1 centrifugal-flow turbojet with 1,225 kgf static thrust in the forward area of the...
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    Air Staff Target 9003 Photo-Reconaissance Satellite (Early 1960s)

    Source: Norman Friedman's Seapower and Space p365-366. AST.9003 envisaged satellites orbiting at 200 miles in 97 degree (sun-synchronous) orbits carrying two cameras with television readout, and an ELINT Antenna. Resolution of the cameras would be 25 and 5 yards with swath widths of 45 and 7...
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    Major General Percy Hobart

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    • british army croft pike great britain hobart's funnies home guard major-general hobart the tank museum world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  15. Grey Havoc

    History of the Black Cab

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    • automotive history british taxis great britain hackney london black cab public carriage office united kingdom
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    • Forum: The Bar
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    How to drink tea in a tank

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    • a drink for a more civilised age bovington tank museum british army great britain royal tank regiment the tank museum united kingdom world of tanks
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    • Forum: Military
  17. Grey Havoc

    VE Day

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52577473 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52585652 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/08/ve-day-2020-75-anniversary-celebrations-live-latest-news/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/ve-day-2020-celebrations-pictures/...
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    • 1945 2020 allies great britain victory in europe day world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  18. Grey Havoc

    Royal Navy XLUUV program (Manta-class drone submarine)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/05/royal-navy-to-get-first-large-autonomous-submarine/#338120f1f0b6 https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/manta-the-royal-navy-gets-its-first-extra-large-autonomous-submarine/
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    • dasa great britain ministry of defence moray msubs ltd royal navy s201 united kingdom uuv
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  19. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Pathfinder (United Kingdom)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51378320
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    • 2020 2022 communications relay esa goonhilly earth station great britain moon sstl telecommunications uksa
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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    CarbSAR ultra low cost radar satellite (United Kingdom)

    ORIGINAL CAPTION: The CarbSAR concept could fly as a demonstration in 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47787598 From earlier this year: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47030052 https://www.sstl.co.uk/ https://oxford.space/
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    • carbonite great britain ministry of defence mod national space technology program oss project oberon radarsat sstl synthetic aperture radar
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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