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The more I read about the nuclear politics of the 60s defence decisions the more I am astonished at the annoying involvement of the Germans. It seems that from joining NATO onwards they either agitated to have their own fingers on the nuclear trigger, or later, as put by Helmut Schmidt, they...

May 29, 1968 hit the News that Charles DeGaulle die in a Helicopter crash near Baden-Baden, Germany The unstable Political scene and struggle for his successor and let to a civil war. Between the right wing, conservative and Army against Left wing socialist, Communist, labor unions and students...

From an Australian what-ifer attempt to build a model of it (see http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21379.1080.html ) I added comment: "In JAWA 1964-65, there is only (without picture): 'Development of the RFB RF 1 STOL touring aircraft, described in previous editions of Jane's, has...

I thought it might be helpful to tease out this aspect from the British centric discussion. Originally the West Germans intended to replace their M48s with the MBT 70, a joint production with the United States which ground to a halt because of complexity and high cost. German sources on the...

While searching patents for French tanks, found this German tank design put forth by Wegmann. I've attached the tank image from the patent as well as the patent itself. Did Wegmann ever build it or did it remain a patent design only?

Hi everybody Anybody knows more about the german postwar 4x4 projects Transportpanzer-2 , Spähpanzer-3 and ATAK. Maybe anybody knows pictures of these vehicles ? Here the prototype of the ATAK (P3 from EWK) http://strangernn.livejournal.com/295605.html Here infos about the ATAK from EWK...

Hi, we know the Grob GF series,and here is the early GF-200 design,its cockpit differ from the aircraft actually built. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1988/1988%20-%201271.html

Found that profiles at my old mags. (Aviation & Marine International Sept. 1979) The quality is awful (it can hurt your eyes) as it was a second hand magazine and I had no choice to get a better copy. Could any of our German members post decent drawings and brief data of the Bo 125? And can...

Hi all, can you translate or name this three projects(?)... Thanks Maveric

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Not sure we had a dedicated Pershing thread, so I'll kick it off by posting a link to the Pershing II Tech Manual. http://pershingmissile.org/PershingDocuments/manuals/TM%209-1425-386-10-1.pdf

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In the early to mid 1970's the German navy was experimenting with the navalization of both the Gepard SPAA gun system and the ROLAND-II surface to air missile system. I was wondering does anyone know if these systems were ever tested successfully and ever used? I remember seeing them in a old...

European contries has make interesting lost projets in bombers and fighter aircrafts, read Tornado, Jagar, EFA, Harrier, and others, but, has been some pass or future especialized CAS/Ground Attack aircraft project? The Jaguar, Harrier and Spanish HA-500 are the only planes I remember at this time

This is an excelent site: http://mainbattletanks.czweb.org/indexeng.htm In International projects there is an entry on a French-German project called Clovis. Does anyone have any info?

in beginn of 1988, the German Media show picture of a unusual German Prototype Grob Werke D-450 Egrett-1 a propeller plane with extrem long wings [picture 1] this was joint Luftwaffe-USAF program "LAPAS" - called in U.S. "Senior Guardian" Luftgestütztes, abstandsfähiges Primär-Aufklärungssystem...

The recent discussion about HERMES on Ariane 4 triggered a memory of another reusable lifting vehicle planned to be launched by Ariane 4 – the PLATO Platform Orbiter. The PLATO concept of a small uncrewed winged reentry vehicle was developed by MBB-ERNO in the late Eighties to provide Europe...

Hi, I know all Grob aircrfat and projects,but I don't hear about this Grob G-125 project before. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%200013.html

Hi, here is some aircraft and one airship fpr the Lockheed-Martin as VLST Very Large Subsonic Transports aircraft,notice the Lockheed-Dornier one. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960023624_1996039479.pdf

The Heckler & Koch G11 is a non-production prototype assault rifle developed during the 1970s and 1980s by Gesellschaft für Hülsenlose Gewehrsysteme (GSHG) (German for "Corporation for Caseless Rifle Systems"), a conglomeration of companies headed by firearm manufacturer Heckler & Koch...