1950s

  1. 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
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Flyaway

    Supermarine Swift

    Part of the one documentary threads on this channel. States it’s considered one of the worst aircraft to fly with the RAF. View: https://youtu.be/OO_t3HFGrhw?si=BJGkVc9QwQeiINZa
    • Flyaway
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    • 1950s air ministry cold war f.105d fighter great britain interceptor korean war late 1940s ministry of supply north atlantic treaty organisation post-world war ii raf fighter command royal air force specification e.41/46 super-priority supermarine aviation ltd tactical reconnaissance transonic type 541
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Pirate Pete

    Different thought process for Post WW2 British Navy

    I an sure I will call down a whole host of ‘trouble’ on my head for raising this, but, Here we go… We all know that the Royal Navy post WW2 was in an invidious position regards available finance and the shifting sands of changing priorities. One thing I think was the (in retrospect at least)...
    • Pirate Pete
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    • 1950s british commonwealth british empire cold war fleet air arm great britain late 1940s north atlantic treaty organisation post-world war ii royal navy world war iii
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. Grey Havoc

    History of Hughes Missile Systems Company

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/?story_fbid=640201012836732&id=622758154581018
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 1996 2013 2017 cold war early 21st century hughes aircraft company hughes missile systems company hughes missile systems group hughes tucson late 20th century post-cold war
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  5. axlzed3301

    American experimental tank

    T34 Heavy Tank Developed in 1945 as a modernization of the T30 heavy tank. The vehicle was equipped with the 120 mm T53 gun and the new Continental AV-1790 engine. Because of the decline in heavy tank development after the end of World War II, the T34 never entered service. The prototypes were...
    • axlzed3301
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    • 1940s 1950s cold war heavy tank light tank mbt medium tank post-world war ii tank tank design u.s. army united states army world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. klem

    British missile ID

    British missile to be identified. Apparently it must be from the 1950s.
  7. J

    Messerschmitt Jet Fighters

    CONTENTS Compressibility buffeting The research sites of the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me 262 Interzeptor Messerschmitt Me 262 Heimatschützer BMW 109-003 R (TLR) rocket/turbojet BMW 109-718 rocket Rocket propellants composition Messerschmitt Me 262 Hochgeschwindigkeits Rennkabine...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • 1940s 1950s 1960s cold war egyptian general aero organisation federal republic of germany hispano aviación late 1930s luftwaffe messerschmitt messerschmitt ag messerschmitt gmbh nazi germany pre-world war ii reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium spanish state united arab republic west germany world war ii
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  8. Foo Fighter

    Unknown seat, aircraft from the 50's perhaps?

    G'day folks, looking to identify and get information on the seat in the pic attached. I am guessing a Korean war vintage helicopter but it could be from anything of the time. Is there anyuone who can identify it please?
    • Foo Fighter
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    • 1950s cold war ejection seat korean war
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    • Forum: The Bar
  9. bercr

    AJ SAVAGE IN ACTION - David Doyle

    https://daviddoylebooks.com/aircraft-usn-usmc-jet-aircraft/aj-savage-9kbz5
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    • 1950s cold war late 1940s north american aviation nuclear battlefield post-world war ii united states navy
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  10. axlzed3301

    Postwar Soviet Experimental Tanks

    On 20.5.1952, Ministry of Defense industry of USSR organized a meeting with tank constructors and with the marshal of tank forces, I.S.Bogdanov, to discuss the future of armored forces development. The result of this meeting was a set of tank requirements from 18.6.1952. The resulting tank was...
    • axlzed3301
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    • 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s cold war experimental heavy tank light tank mbt medium tank post-world war ii red army soviet union tank design ussr
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. hesham

    Grumman G.81 Kitten,with Ducted-Wing

    From Air Pictorial 1965, is there any drawing to it ?,and thanks.
  12. B

    Proposed Argentine replacements for the Mauser mod. 1909 7,65 mm

    In 1953, the Argentine army evidenced a requirement for a rifles that would replace its Mauser mod. 1909-Hence DGFM built prototypes of the M1 Garand, the STG 43 and the Johnson rifle (the latter at the IAME) F Eventually, the FAL was selected in 1955, and license production began in 1959
    • Badner
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    • 1950s argentina argentine republic cold war ejército argentino
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  13. hesham

    British DC-3/Rapide Replacement Competition of 1953-55

    From Air Pictorial 1955, - For this contest,many companies entered in it,and essentially these proposals were involved; Avro-723,English Electric P.7,Hawker P.1098 and Percival P.87. - I suggest those projects; Armstrong AW.170,Blackburn B.105 & B.106,Bristol-187,Handley-Page Reading...
  14. Michel Van

    British STT Vulcan

    very strange and odd Tank Design from 1950s special this ammo autoloader View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0dw32rPUu8
    • Michel Van
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    • 1950s british army british school of tank technology cold war great britain tank tank design the armour school the armoured archives
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  15. overscan (PaulMM)

    McDonnell Model 103 nuclear-armed air-to-air missile

    Associated with McDonnell-Douglas' Long Range Interceptor (LRI) studies in 1954. Drawing is of the Model 111A weapons bay which could carry 3. Model Description Date Model 103A AIR TO AIR MISSILE CARRYING SPECIAL WARHEAD. 24000LB. THRUST MOTOR. LENGTH 110 INCHES. FIXED FINS. SOLID ROCKET...
  16. klem

    The Mysterious and Enigmatic Direx Assault Rifle 1956.

    The mysterious and enigmatic Direx assault rifle 1956 "In the early 1950's, there existed a firm known as Rexim S.A., with offices in Geneva. While CETME, of Spain, was developing the unfinished German Sturmgewehr 45 (M) the Rexim company began an parallel development of another assault rifle...
    • klem
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    • 1950s cold war federal military department (switzerland) swiss army swiss confederation
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. M

    Orange William to Swingfire?

    A previous thread suggested that Orange William fed into Swingfire. I am not sure how this might be. OW was a command-guided weapon using a complex two-sight system, a computer, and IR links to the missile to control its flight through rear-mounted control surfaces. The rest of the system was...
  18. R

    Venezuelan warships to be built by Dutch shipyards in 1950s

    Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde 1970-1975 inv.no. 1656 (stored at Zeeuws Archief). There is some correspondence preserved dating 1949-1950. The launches were never built. In December 1949 was the shipyard informed that the Commander in Chief of the Venezuelan Navy wanted to purchase 3 diesel...
    • Roodbaard1958!
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    • 1950s 20th century cold war fast patrol vessel kingdom of the netherlands koninklijke maatschappij de schelde late 1940s navy venezuela
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  19. trajan

    British School of Tank Technology (STT) and other bureau designs 1950-1970

    My friend said that during the first two decades of the early Cold War. The British STT has designed a series of very distinctive blueprint tanks and a small number of prototype vehicles actually built. These new tanks used to meet the needs of the new era of warfare and against the Soviets...
    • trajan
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    • 1950s 1960s british army british school of tank technology cold war early 1970s great britain tank design the armour school
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  20. hesham

    Light Aircraft Prototypes & Projects from Finland

    From Flying 1956-5, here is a Juhani Heinonen HK-1.
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