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  1. Grey Havoc

    Royal Enfield military projects

    To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • airborne forces birmingham small arms company british army cold war enfield of india great britain interwar period parachute paratroopers the enfield cycle company limited world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  2. B

    Aerolite Spitfire

    Any info or thoughts on the Aeorlite Spitfire, which was an attempt to build a Spitfire fuselage out of Aerolite, which was resin impregnated fiber that was a predecessor to carbon fiber/carbon fiber reinforced plastic. It wasn't mass produced, but was done to see if it could be done if there...
  3. hesham

    Avro 721, proposed low-level bomber for Spec. B.126T

    From, Project Cancelled,by Derek Wood.
  4. Flyaway

    Buccaneers of the high frontier: Program 989 SIGINT satellites from the ABM hunt to the Falklands War to the space shuttle

    https://thespacereview.com/article/4479/1
    • Flyaway
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    • cold war elint falklands conflict great britain national reconnaissance office royal air force sigint signals intelligence united states united states air force
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    British Broadcasting Company

    A day late, but better late than never. Via Slashdot: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63583081
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 14th november 1922 20th century british broadcasting corporation british commonwealth british empire great britain interwar period radio broadcasting wireless
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. P

    Chieftain AVRE with demolition gun.

    I've read that the Chieftain was supposed to have a demolition gun on its AVRE variant before it was cancelled. Does anyone know where I could find design drawings/models of this?
  7. K

    Viper Mk 633-47 afterburning.

    I'm looking for information, particularly technical specifications, of the Viper Mk 633-47 afterburning turbojet. This was developed for use on the Yugoslav J-22 and Romanian IAR-93 aircraft. It appears to be a Viper Mk 632, as licence produced in Yugoslavia, but obviously fitted with a newly...
    • kaiserbill
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    • 1970s 1980s cold war eastern bloc great britain orao sarajevo rolls-royce socialist federal republic of yugoslavia socialist republic of romania turbomecanica bucharest
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Propulsion
  8. hesham

    ID this Model

    Hi, what was this Model ?. https://www.pamono.it/aeroplano-regno-unito-anni-39-40
  9. X

    British/French WW2-era 0.5in Aircraft Machine Guns.

    It has always been a subject of some controversy as to why the British stuck with the rather paltry 0.303in calibre for aircraft machine guns. To address this Both BSA and ROLLS-ROYCE developed a 0.5in calibre AMG, the latter apparently quite successful (though strangely, never adopted) and the...
  10. B

    Supermarine 312 cannon fighter?

    I've seen a few references to a Supermarine early World War II project called the Type 312. From what I've read, it was a derivative of the Spitfire but with standard cannon armament and a ventral radiator instead of the Spitfire's underwing radiators. Does any photos or plans or other details...
  11. B

    High Adaptability Surface Combatants

    Saw this in an article as I was looking for some information on the Reformers of the 1970s-1980s: "Hart and Lind have long made public their dismay with America's supercarriers, which, they argue at length, are vulnerable, too expensive to deploy in the numbers needed, and carry the wrong kind...
    • Bgray
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    • aircraft carrier anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare area air defence asuw asw cold war great britain late 1980s royal navy united states united states navy vstol carriers
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  12. hesham

    Hawker P.1054 for F43/46 Competition

    Hi, for this contest,the tenders were; Gloster P.234,P.248 & P.250, Hawker P.1054 and Supermarine Type 508. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=2554
  13. B

    Supermarine Spiteful Merlin?

    Hi. I got the itch to look back into World War II era aircraft again. I do have a question or two about the Supermarine Spiteful. I did look for a thread where I might have asked about this topic. However, the probable best fit is nearly a decade old, and I don't know if necroposting is...
  14. Hood

    Chinese Type 343M Corvette

    In 1990 Racal Marine teamed up with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company to offer a modernised Type 037 Hainan-class hull as a corvette with Racal radars (obviously!), European guns and A/S torpedoes and Chinese C-801 SSMs. There were no takers.
    • Hood
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    • china china shipbuilding industry co. ltd cold war corvette early 1990s great britain people's republic of china racal electronics plc
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  15. Grey Havoc

    Morris Commercial-Roadless Half-Tracks in the British Army

    https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/united-kingdom---morris-commercial-roadless-half-track-experimental-tractor.html View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/yafh9h/early_mechanisation_of_the_royal_artillery_an/ According to the Imperial War Museum, via Wikimedia Commons, the image...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army british empire great britain half-tracks interwar period royal artillery
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  16. Grey Havoc

    Rock Mortars

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3F2odr2MsQ From the comments thread: By any chance does anybody have pictures of this, or other attempts to weaponise the rock cannon concept?
  17. Grey Havoc

    Ardeer Recoilless Projector series (Great Britain, WWII)

    Aka, the Ardeer Aggie. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnmscxOQpg
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1940s allen west and co ardeer foundry company british army great britain imperial chemical industries recoilless gun royal engineers the armoured archives world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  18. Forest Green

    Meteor Missile: Origins, Development and News

    Nice origin story for the Meteor missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S225XR
    • Forest Green
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    • air defence air-to-air missile air-to-air missiles cold war early 21st century great britain kingdom of sweden late 20th century post-cold war surface-to-air missile
    • Replies: 182
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. S

    Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising animated chapters by FIXEDIT

    These are well worth a look. I wonder what FIXEDIT could do with a bigger budget! View: https://youtu.be/VVjdFBZCRQc View: https://youtu.be/zo8FhChnyq0 View: https://youtu.be/rTov2oSXR8M View: https://youtu.be/4irbMNQc8As
    • SteveO
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    • alternate history cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation red army soviet union united states ussr west germany world war iii
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
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