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2 obscure (presumably unbuilt) antitank guns to be used by italian paracadutisti. ● The first by Bettica is described like and compared to a Bazooka, only it threw a grenade and not a rocket. Bettica was the name of a mortar in WW1, maybe the designer was the same? Maybe this was a lighter...

Pretty sure this is not already in the forum. It mentions a variant of the P.108 with heavier armament, the source is not specificated. Article Here: "P.108M Modificato: Intended modification of P.108B with heavier armament. None built" Does anyone has something that could help me know how...

This thread is dedicated to the AMX and its various projects, prototypes and unproduced variants.

Hello to everyone. I'm looking for some info about the Bomba all'ossigeno liquido (in english Liquid oxygen bomb) that was an experimental Italian ww2 bomb for the Reggiane Re 2001.

Putting this in the bar for now as I doubt it will ever generate more than some nice concept pictures... Radical plan for $12 billion floating terayacht city, named Pangeos

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/08/archeologists-italy-find-remarkable-hoard-ancient-bronze-statues/

I would love to set one scene over the skies of Trieste (to get a partial idea of how the city is here the Google results https://www.google.com/search?q=tri...HZXoCcoQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1366&bih=661&dpr=1 ) and the city's homonymous gulf ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Trieste) as well...

So what the title says. Say that cme the armistice in 1943 the Italians are able to tow away the ship to some secure port. Or alternatively if you want things simpler Italian commandos do not scuttle the ship in April 1945 and the Germans fail to sink her on their retreat. Either way you have...

Hello, I really like this forum so I decided to. Alternate history as a genre or subgenre, is one of my favorite things to read. Now, unfortunately, alternate history does require a lot of time, research and more which I can’t often or in deep as much as I want due to a variety of reasons : My...

I am feeling a bit better now. After the first days, it’s a bit better and I can have a bit of vague leisure for a few minutes a day. So I decided to ask a What If from a different point of view. What if the armies of these following nations were better armed and had better information...

Looking for any documentation in regards to the OF-24 'Tifone', there is some stuff availible online but i feel like some of you here might have some pictures or info that have yet to be posted.

Just got email from Leonardo regarding 50 years of AW109 as on this day in 1971 the first prorotype flew...

So we know some time in the early 80s, France split with the UK, West Germany, Italy and Spain, and developed the ACX into the Rafale, and the others made the Typhoon. the disagreement stemmed from a carrier variant. What if in this scenario, France never left and somehow the five of them...

This concept is from my AH project "Savioe Cross". In short - in 1943, Mussolini was a bit quicker, and managed to broker peace with Allies before the Victor Emmanuel III. Italy managed to came out of Axis more orderly, and successfully repel (with Allied help, of course), German invasion. But...

Google translated blurb Very long article in the Italian navy official magazine about their various work on space issues (other interesting stuff in there), pg47+ they talk about the Garibaldi plan...it's in Italian so beware...

Hello all; I recently got my hands on a Storia Militare 'Dossier', the first part of a series covering the Italian navy from 1945 to 2015 (first part being from 1945 to 1970, issue no.14, Sept-Oct 2014) by Michele Cosentino and Maurizio Brescia. Within the SM 'Dossier' there is mentioned, in...

I found info about the A118 compound helicopter project (circa 1960) in a book (in Italian) on history of Italian contributions to mechanical engineering, with an interesting chapter devoted to helicopters. Further material, including the real blueprints, should be available at the museum of...

The Italian Navy is planning a pair of 10,000 ton Destroyers, known for the time being as DDX. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/11/09/italy-plans-new-destroyers-for-2028-delivery/ These would be the largest surface combatants built in Western Europe since the 40s.

Hi, Fidia Piattelli was an italian engineer, born in 1907, most famous for his role as vice-director of Caproni's Technical Office, but he also worked at CMASA (FIAT), at General Aircraft (in the UK) and was lieutenant of the Genio Aeronautico. He wrote for many magazines like "Rivista...