1970s

  1. Grey Havoc

    Waffenträger Wiesel 1 development

    One of Porsche KG's (from 1972 onwards Porsche AG) interesting Cold War military projects. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRb3o5OJsHo
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1969 1970s 1980s airborne forces airmobile bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer fallschirmjäger federal republic of germany military history visualized north atlantic treaty organisation west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  2. uk 75

    Apollo Lunar Programme continued

    In an alternate world where the USA avoided the trauma of Vietnam and LBJ won a second term the Apollo moon and earth orbit programmes continued into the 70s as originally planned. Assuming that a similarly pro Apollo President had succeeded Johnson in 1973 and the US economy continued to...
  3. A

    Zumwalt "borrows" (and adapts) European carrier designs...

    ... instead of re-inventing the wheel in the 70's. The idea is to blend together, Zumwalt "cheaper decks" (SCS / VSS / CVV) and the too few carrier designs from Europe. To bolster NATO fleets on one side, and the USN on the other - more flattops on both sides of the Atlantic. That is...
    • Archibald
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    • 1970s alternate history cold war naval sea systems command naval ship systems command navsea navships north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy united states navy western europe
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. A

    JPL "spare" planetary program, in the 70's.

    As said in the title... all the robotic planetary missions launched in the 70's left a spare spacecraft on the ground (and later, at the NASM aerospace museum). There were good reasons for that - providing spares - ground testing - backup in case of failures (Mariner 8...) Soooo ...by 1978...
  5. Grey Havoc

    Austrian Wine Poisoning Scandal (Fredrik Knudsen)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhN-o2ame-4
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1976 1980s 1984 1985 20th century adulteration anti-freeze wine germany republic of austria west germany
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. M

    Boeing Tactical Fighter Study 1972

    Four Boeing tactical fighter designs. Hard to figure them as tactical....
  7. 7

    Boeing & North American Rockwell "Windjammer"SSTO

    The other day I was looking at some space proposals from the past and I stumbled upon this beautiful SSTO. I have only been able to find one source that gave some details about it and I'm very much hoping that you guys can help get more details/drawings on this proposal. "The ”Windjammer”...
    • 7Daniel13
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    • 1970s boeing hthl nasa north american rockwell proposal space plane space race ssto united states united states air force windjammer
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. Grey Havoc

    Lincoln Experimental Satellite series

    https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/04/24/2248252/long-lost-us-military-satellite-found-by-amateur-radio-operator https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/les-5.htm
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1960s 1970s 2020 cold war experimental military uhf communications satellite lincoln laboratory massachusetts institute of technology tactical satellite communications tri-service program 591 united states
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. Grey Havoc

    Hybla Fair (1974)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bedrock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Mesa EDIT: Forgot to mention that the above video comes from the Nuclear Vault channel over on YouTube.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s effects test emi / emp testing low yield nuclear device mx program nevada test site operation bedrock rainier mesa underground nuclear testing underground nuclear weapons effects test
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    Ferranti F100-L Microprocessor family

    https://revaldinho.github.io/f100l/doc/F100CPU.html
  11. uk 75

    Ireland's SST that never was

    Back in the 1960s Boeing was telling everyone that its Supersonic 2707 transport would be the must-have airliner for the 1970s. Some 26 airlines took out options on the plane. There is a comprehensive thread about the US designs on this site, but no illustrations of the artwork Boeing must have...
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s 1970s aer lingus airliner boeing civil aviation cold war éire jet age republic of ireland space age sst supersonic supersonic transport
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  12. JFC Fuller

    Rover Turboprops

    Rover developed gas turbines for automotive applications, development continued after the marque's absorption by Leyland in 1967. In addition to automotive applications Rover also produced gas turbines for APU applications, as described here. They also went as far as testing them in aircraft...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • 1950s 1960s 1970s cold war gas turbine great britain united kingdom
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  13. L

    Leopard 2 prototypes

    During the development of Leopard 2, about seventeen different hulls (PT series) and turrets (T series) were built. At least two of the hulls (numbered PT11 and PT17) were fitted with hydropneumatic suspension and only six roadwheels. I managed to find only one small picture of such hull...
    • LVisingr
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    • 1970s 1980s bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer federal republic of germany west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  14. hesham

    BAC Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Project

    Hi, here is a hydrogen-powered airliner Project,designed by BAC. L+K 15/1978
  15. CJGibson

    Impact on the Iran-Iraq War if Iran had bought A-10s

    If Iran had bought the A-10 in sufficient numbers, they had been delivered and entered service, what, if any, impact would they have had on the course of the Iran-Iraq war? Chris
    • CJGibson
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    • 1970s 1980s anti-tank close air support cold war imperial iranian air force imperial state of iran islamic republic of iran islamic republic of iran air force ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  16. M

    KC-747 Artwork & Brochure

    Good Day All - On EPay - artwork for the proposed KC-747: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-USAF-Boeing-Military-KC-747-Advanced-Tanker-Aircraft-8X10-Concept-Art/283427464849?hash=item41fd97e691:g:BGoAAOSw35pclbdS There is also a brochure on the proposal...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1970s advanced cargo transport aircraft cold war imperial iranian air force in-flight refueling tanker kc-25/33 strategic air command tanker aircraft united states air force
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  17. N

    Fliegerfaust for Mijaheddyn?

    Some time ago, it must have been in 2013-2014, I was able to see in a movie (maybe on YouTube) a guerrilla with the typical Chitral cap used by ethnic Afghans Pashtun, equipped with a weapon system that looked like a German Fliegerfaust / Luftfaust and the militian who used it pointed it...
    • Nico
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    • 1970s afghan national army cold war democratic republic of afghanistan early 1980s red army republic of afghanistan soviet union
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  18. C

    Grumman / Shin Meiwa ASR-544-4

    Something different for today ... a collaborative project between Grumman and Shin Meiwa in Japan. Note wing engines can tilt up a few degrees (it's described on another page). Also, there is heavy reliance on active boundary layer control via twin turbines behind the rear pressure bulkhead...
  19. Grey Havoc

    General Dynamics Fort Worth F-16 derived GAU-8 gunship concept (G.F.G) from 1976

    Thanks to Air21 over at What If Modelers: Thought this design was already mentioned in an existing SPF thread, but I couldn't locate it. I'm wondering if this design originally grew out of one of the 'Model 402' studies. Also, I wonder if there was a late 1970s semi-official USAF requirement...
  20. Grey Havoc

    MIAG (Mechanized Infantry Assault Gun) - MICV-70 derived assault gun proposal

    An excerpt: Note: Given the date and lack of dismounts among other things, I suspect that this was the early incarnation of the MIAG proposal. EDIT: Ack, blundered on the title! I put down MIVC-70 instead of MICV-70 and only noticed it now!
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