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  1. uk 75

    Matador, Mace and Pershing

    The US deployed Matador cruise missiles to Europe and then replaced them with Mace. With the arrival of Pershing 1 Mace was withdrawn. The West German Air Force received Matador but not Mace before getting Pershing. Was West Germany the only country offered these systems?
    • uk 75
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    • cape canaveral cold war cruise missile glenn l. martin company luftwaffe martin marietta corporation north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield short range ballistic missile srbm strategic air command sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke theatre ballistic missile united states air force united states army western europe
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  2. uk 75

    NATO Cobras

    The US Huey Cobra was a formidable gunship helicopter. Unlike the later Apache which has found widespread use.with NATO, the Cobra did not get much NATO use. West Germany should have been a major user. TOW equipped Cobras would have added much to Bundeswehr units. Instead the Boelkow B105...
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    • alternate history anti-tank anti-tank missile attack helicopter close air support cold war gunship helicopter helicopter gunship north atlantic treaty organisation
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  3. 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
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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
  4. C

    5.56×45mm NATO Conversion Kit for MG 42/59 (?)

    According to McNab (2012), the Stabilimento Militare Armi Leggere Terni or SMALT had produced a conversion kit to adapt the MG 42/59 GPMG (Italy's license-produced version of the MG 42 / MG 3) to 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition (p. 25). Uncited entries on Wikipedia claimed that the conversion kit...
    • Christopher Wang
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    • 5.56x45mm cold war conversion esercito italiano italian republic machine gun mg 42 north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war smalt stabilimento militare armi leggere terni
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  5. Voltzz

    Low Cost Anti-submarine Weapon (LCAW)

    LCAW was a NATO program for an small torpedo, cheap/expendable enough to be use against unidentified/unverified sonar contacts. It was supposed to have both rocket-launched and helicopter-dropped version. At first it was a trilateral US, German Norwegian project, but some point ~1990 The US...
    • Voltzz
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    • asw bundesmarine cold war federal republic of germany kingdom of norway north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war royal norwegian navy torpedo united states united states navy west germany
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  6. Forest Green

    Naval Drones

    https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/07/19/seafloor-drone-garages-italy-weighs-new-tech-to-protect-vital-cables/ View: https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/1681645441878745088?s=20
    • Forest Green
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    • autonomous drones cold war ii cybernetics drone drone warfare north atlantic treaty organisation remote control remote-controlled remotely piloted vehicle robotics rpv susv usv
    • Replies: 482
    • Forum: Military
  7. P

    Alternative AAM history: AIM-4H enters service.

    For all the issues Falcon had in Vietnam, it has to be remembered that unlike Sparrow and Sidewinder, every Falcon kill was an impact kill, implying that on those occasions when things actually worked, it might have been the better missile. AIM-4H was in development to sort out Falcon's worst...
    • pathology_doc
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    • air defense command air-to-air missile cold war department of defense north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield royal swedish air force swiss air force united states united states air force vietnam war western europe
    • Replies: 198
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  8. uk 75

    Could TSR2 have been made to work?

    Now that TSR2 has been the subject of a conference of current experts on the subject, I am asking the BIG question. Could TSR2 have been made to work? By which I mean could it have been designed and developed in such a way as to let the RAF take delivery of say 50 machines by 1970? All...
    • uk 75
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    • alternate history cold war great britain ground attack medium bomber north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command reconnaissance bomber royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance
    • Replies: 346
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  9. TomS

    PXM -- A modern subchaser for the USN

    A few months ago, I posted a thread on a briefing with several more or less obscure frigate concepts for the USN. One of the designs included in that brief is the PXM, which I described at the time as a rabbit hole. This thread is my attempt to chase that rabbit as far as I can go, starting from...
    • TomS
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    • 1980s advanced marine vehicle anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare boeing continuing concept formulation (conform) escort vessel frigate hydrofoil naval sea systems command navsea navsea surface ship continuing concept formulation north atlantic treaty organisation patrol combatant multi-mission patrol vessel subchaser surface effect ship united states united states navy
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. scrubhead

    Bradley IFV Block 3 concepts

    This probably doesn't fit here but I couldn't find any other suitable thread in the army projects forum, please remove if its too out of topic. Four months ago on Reddit I posted some FMC block 3 Bradley concept art and couldn't find a source. Lo and Behold I found it again alongside other...
    • scrubhead
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    • 1980s bofors cold war fmc food machinery corporation ifv late 1980s naval gun north atlantic treaty organisation u.s. army united states united states army
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. hannesjo

    Neuer Unbekannter Prototyp

    Hello, I got a new prototype again, unfortunately I have no information about the vehicle Greetings from Frielendorf / Germany - Johannes
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    • afv bundeswehr cold war federal republic of germany heer north atlantic treaty organisation west germany
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  12. T

    AH-64 Apache Orders, Sales & Incidents

    This is great. I'm not a fan of the Eurocopter Tiger, and I wished that Germany had picked the Apache or Cobra.
  13. Graham1973

    Numbers Stations

    A YouTube series covering 'Numbers Stations' quasi-mysterious shortwave stations, which are widely suspected to be used by various intelligence agencies to contact agents in the field. This series is covering the stations one at a time. When they were more common (In the 1970 - 2000s) time...
    • Graham1973
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century eastern bloc elint espionage late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war sigint signals intelligence warsaw pact western europe
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Hood

    1987 Netherlands LST

    In 1987 the Royal Netherlands Navy began studying an 8,000 ton LST for the 1993-97 construction programme which would have the capacity to carry 600 Marines. This pre-dates the LSD effort which began in 1990 which resulted in the Rotterdam-class. These have a capacity for 600 troops but offer...
    • Hood
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    • amphibious warfare vessel cold war kingdom of denmark kingdom of the netherlands landing craft late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation royal netherlands navy tank
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  15. C

    French dominance

    This was idea I had reading the merage IV threads, the idea being the the lockheed bribery scandal breaks in Germany befor the deal goes though leading to anything American becoming politically toxic, this leads to Germany (and though them the rest of the nato f-104 block) to buy the Mirage III...
  16. Voltzz

    MBB Anti-Armour Projects

    I just found a very interesting picture on wikipedia, and i dont know where else to post it. All information i have for now is from wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt. i found it on the LRAC F1 article so maybe it was an alternative proposal for that program. In the image the rocket...
    • Voltzz
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    • anti-access/area denial anti-tank bundeswehr cold war federal republic of germany mbb messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm north atlantic treaty organisation west germany
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. TomS

    Rolling Airframe Missile launcher concepts

    Thread for unbuilt RAM launcher concepts (aside from the standard Mk 49 and SeaRAM launchers) This morning, I reminded myself of an unusual concept to mount Rolling Airframe Missile launchers on the sides of a Mark 45 gun turret. The idea was to use the gun drives and gun fire control to point...
    • TomS
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    • cold war north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war united states united states navy
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  18. Grey Havoc

    Maritime Airborne Warning System (Franco-German project)

    https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/10/11/germany-awaits-frances-signal-on-new-sub-hunting-planes/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • anti-submarine warfare cold war ii early 2020s federal republic of germany france french fifth republic maritime patrol aircraft maritime surveillance north atlantic treaty organisation
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  19. uk 75

    West German Bundesmarine Naval Projects

    Just bought the 1968/9 and 1969/70 Jane's Fighting Ships and found two interesting West German naval projects which were planned for the 1970s but were different from the final vessels. The first is for 16 missile equipped fast patrol boats. These would carry the Tartar missile system in...
    • uk 75
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    • anti-air warfare anti-surface warfare bundesmarine cold war corvette destroyer early 1970s federal republic of germany frigates late 1960s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels patrol vessel west germany
    • Replies: 69
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  20. 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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