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  1. M

    French 1920s Automatic 100mm Cannon?

    Hello all, I was recently looking through Ruelle's numerical repertoire of naval gun plans and found something almost too fantastical to believe on page 11: The years on the right side appear to indicate that the project dates back to the 1920s. Have I misread things, or is this a mistake...
  2. Grey Havoc

    Patrouilleurs Hauturiers (Marine Nationale)

    https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/07/french-navys-first-new-offshore-patrol-vessel-breaks-cover/ View: https://youtu.be/d9a_-9JN1HY
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2020s cold war ii direction générale de l'armement direction générale de l’armement directorate general of armaments france french fifth republic loi de programmation militaire 2024-2030 marine nationale north atlantic treaty organisation offshore patrol vessel opv patrol vessel patrouilleurs océanique
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Grey Havoc

    France unveils its Arctic Defense Strategy (Naval News)

    https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/07/france-unveils-its-defense-strategy-for-the-arctic/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2025 arctic armée de l'air et de l'espace armée de terre cold war ii european union france french fifth republic marine nationale north atlantic treaty organisation ukrainian crisis
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Military
  4. M

    Unknown French Barbette Ironclad Study Model c1870

    This is an appeal to anybody with knowledge of French ironclad design concerning a mystery model which I describe below... There is a French online antiques seller which, for some considerable time, has advertised a mysterious and intriguing model of an unknown French barbette ironclad. The...
    • McTodd
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    • 1870 1870s french third republic imperial french navy ironclad ironclad warship la marine impériale française late 19th century marine nationale second french empire
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. Lascaris

    Post-war fate of French navy had it escaped Toulon?

    So say that in 1942 Auphan is a bit more pro-active/decisive and the Marine Nationale or a sizable part of it anyway sails away to join the Allies. Fast forward to 1945 and France ends up the war in possession of several more cruisers, destroyers and submarines. To put it in more concrete terms...
    • Lascaris
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    • allies alternate history battleships cold war cruiser destroyer free french naval forces french fourth republic heavy cruiser light cruiser marine de vichy marine nationale post-world war ii provisional government of the french republic submarine torpedo boat vichy france world war ii
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  6. GTX

    Famous European Aircraft - Sepecat Jaguar: A Development and Operational History

    https://crecy.co.uk/product/sepecat-jaguar
    • GTX
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s advanced trainer aéronavale armeé de l'air british aircraft corporation close air support coin cold war france french fifth republic great britain light strike marine nationale post-cold war royal air force sepecat société des ateliers d'aviation louis bréguet tactical reconnaissance
    • Replies: 52
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  7. E

    French aircraft armament (guns, bombs, other...) in the interwar and WW2

    Hi everyone, I am currently finishing to upload my early 2025 research in the French archives to my Google Drive repertories. Yesterday, I completed the upload of archive number GR 9 N 281, which contains notices of various developments between 1933 and 1938 (mid 1938 tops); including the...
  8. Lascaris

    Cost of light fleet carriers?

    Trying to figure out which countries could actually handle the cost of light fleet carriers in 1946-60, so do we have any actual data at what prices the Colossus and Majestic class ships were sold by Britain in 1946-60? And for that matter how much their modernization with angled fight decks and...
    • Lascaris
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    • 1950s aircraft carrier armada de la república argentina cold war director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1960s great britain indian navy late 1940s light fleet carrier marine nationale marinha do brasil post-world war ii royal australian navy royal canadian navy royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  9. G

    any info about the 40,000 tonne French Battleships from the 1920's?

    Ight so I'll keep this quick, but I was scrolling on navweaps.com and founds something very interesting. Apparently, there was a french 45 CM gun designed in the 1920's. Now, perhaps that may not sound correct but what really made me curious was the article itself. It discussed plans for a...
  10. Grey Havoc

    E=MCM (European Extended Mine Counter Measures) program

    https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/exail-tapped-for-emcm-project/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • belgian navy cold war ii european defence fund marine nationale marine royale marinecomponent mine counter measures mine warfare vessel naval group robotics royal netherlands navy usv uuv
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  11. uk 75

    Could NATO Frigate 90 have been made to work?

    Perhaps the most ambitious NATO programme of the 1980s was an attempt to design a common escort ship platform for NATO navies: NATO Frigate 90. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/nfr-90-and-other-pre-horizon-aaw-projects.923/ The project foundered as it became too expensive and failed to...
    • uk 75
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    • 1980s 1990s alternate history anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare bundesmarine cold war frigate marina militare marine nationale maritime command (canadian armed forces) north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  12. YourChair

    French 400, 406, 420, and 431mm naval gun designs from the late 30s

    Hello! The book French Battleships 1922-56 mentions that for the Alsace-class battleship designs, studies for 400, 406, and 420mm guns were ordered. Additionally, a 406mm naval gun was created by the Schneider company for the Soviet Union, and a 431mm naval gun was created: the elusive Canon de...
  13. F-2

    MICA missile family

    Topic on MICA missile family Added a brochure with useful information on the missile seeker for MICA IR http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-089///MP-089-60.pdf FTP link on MICA employment, can’t open
    • F-2
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    • air defence air-to-air missile armeé de l'air armée de l'air et de l'espace battlefield air defence cold war french fifth republic marine nationale north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war surface-to-air missile
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  14. uk 75

    France's Ultimate Warning

    From the 70s to the end of the Cold War France deployed its own tracked vehicle launched battlefield nuclear missile, Pluton. A truck and trailer mounted replacement Hades was entering service as the Cold War ended. In peacetime Pluton and its warheads were stationed in France. However, once a...
    • uk 75
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    • air launched cruise missile armeé de l'air armée de l'air et de l'espace armée de terre cold war cold war ii cruise missile force de dissuasion france icbm irbm marine nationale nuclear battlefield post-cold war pre-strategic slbm sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  15. Forest Green

    Land-based M5 - French S3 missile replacement

    It is mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_(missile) Any more information anywhere?
    • Forest Green
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    • 1er groupement de missiles stratégiques armeé de l'air cold war commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques force de dissuasion forces aériennes stratégiques french fifth republic icbm marine nationale nuclear battlefield post-cold war slbm sol-sol balistique stratégique
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  16. U

    What if WW2 broke out in 1944? Alternative Royal Navy and some related considerations.

    When I was surfing the Internet, I saw a post on the World of Warship Forum(https://forum.worldofwarships.eu/topic/3095-what-if-the-war-began-in-1944-royal-navy-battleships/) that an article assuming World War II would have broken out in 1944. And after reading that, I wondered what would...
  17. gollevainen

    French never built and preliminary designs since 1880

    Hello As part of my shipbucket hobby, I've been collecting as much references as possible of french never-build and preliminary ship designs. I must say that its not been an easy task, sometimes I think that french stuff is more mystical and hard to find than Russian/soviet stuff of which i've...
    • gollevainen
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    • 1880s 20th century cold war cruiser destroyer french fourth republic french third republic interwar period ironclad late 19th century marine de vichy marine nationale post-world war ii vichy france world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  18. Grey Havoc

    Lancaster Mk VII NX611 'Just Jane'

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/ww2-avro-lancaster-bomber-renovation/ https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lots-to-see/aircraft/lancaster http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_lancaster_VII.html
    • Grey Havoc
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    • a.v. roe and company / avro austin motor company cold war france great britain lincolnshire aviation heritage centre marine nationale raf bomber command royal air force world war ii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. 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/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war ii cybernetics escort vessel france french fifth republic marine nationale naval drone naval group robotics unmanned usv
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  20. 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/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 federative republic of brazil france marine nationale marinha do brasil turkey
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Military
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