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  1. uk 75

    NATO Standard Tank for the 60s and 70s: Which would you choose?

    As we know the Russians managed to standardise their tanks forces in the 60s and 70s on two designs: The T55 and later the T72. What tank should NATO have chosen if politics had been no object?
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    • 1960s 1970s alternate history cold war heavy tank mbt medium tank north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield tank tank design tank gun
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. P

    Help needed identifying unknown SPAAG prototype

    G’day gents I’ve stumbled across this web site http://doktorkurgan.livejournal.com/36798.html?thread=61630 which depicts a prototype (in 1977) SPAAG, which from what I can make out (via translation), combines a 25mm cannon, with the chassis of the XM-701 MICV! It appears it’s a response to the...
    • Pioneer
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    • 1970s air defense artillery branch cold war mechanised infantry combat vehicle micv-70 spaag u.s. army united states army
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    • Forum: The Bar
  3. Y

    Iranian Cancelled Acquisitions of the 1970s

    Hopefully this is the right forum for this. A bit of browsing on the Flight International archive yields this gem from 1974: http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1974/1974%20-%201113.PDF Then, five years later, http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1979/1979%20-%200470.PDF The...
    • Yellow Palace
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    • 1970s cold war imperial iranian air force imperial iranian army imperial iranian navy imperial state of iran ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Military
  4. Triton

    Boeing Model 759-159

    From Boeing Images: Source: http://www.boeingimages.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2JRSN2AZURCA EDIT: Attachment removed. See large image below.
  5. Triton

    Shanghai Y-10

    http://youtu.be/-idcnKx3PQo http://youtu.be/MGQ-7TtM4Kg The Shanghai Y-10, the Chinese attempt to copy the Boeing 707. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23269353@N00/5288276795/in/photostream/
    • Triton
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    • 1970s awacs civil aviation civil aviation agency of china cold war dachang air base early 1980s general administration of civil aviation (prc) ministry of transport (prc) people's liberation army air force people's republic of china shanghai aircraft manufacturing factory shanghai aircraft research institute
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. uk 75

    US Navy Escort ships in the 60s and 70s

    Reading the excellent Friedman books on US Destroyers and US Cruisers as well as the History of the Spruance class-Electronic Greyhounds-forgot the author I am always fascinated by the range of options which the US Navy might have had in the 60s and 70s if there had been no Vietnam War to force...
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    • 1960s 1970s alternate history anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare area air defence cold war cruiser destroyer escort vessel frigates helicopter carrier nuclear powered vessels u.s. navy vstol carriers
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. hesham

    Mitsubishi Helicopter Projects

    Hi, has anyone a more info about Mitsubishi XMH-4M helicopter project ?. http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/2415/sato.html
  8. Grey Havoc

    ARPANET

    http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-internets-save-the-date-a-tiny-item-in-a-ucla-stu-898064971 http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-arpanet-1969-1989-in-one-gif-1258090851
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced research projects agency advanced research projects agency network cold war computing darpa defense advanced research projects agency department of defense history of the internet telecommunications united states
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Military
  9. uk 75

    Planned UK carrier order of battle 1975

    I know this is a well covered subject but I was wondering if there is anywhere an RN document from 1965 or 1966 showing what its planned 1975 or so carrier fleet was supposed to look like. Based on what has been posted here already here is a stab at what I think was intended Fleet Carriers...
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    • 1970s aircraft carrier cold war commando carrier fleet air arm great britain late 1960s royal navy through-deck command cruiser united kingdom
    • Replies: 136
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. Spook

    AWG-9/AIM-54 Phoenix for P-3F ??!

    Hello, Recently i found out a PDF file regarding Military sells of US to Iran before the revolution. The part of the text mentions that Shah was curious to know whether is it possible to equip the P-3Fs and Helicopters to AWG-9 and ultimately AIM-54 Phoenix missile. According to...
    • Spook
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    • 1970s awacs cold war imperial iranian air force imperial iranian navy imperial state of iran ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. N

    Mauve-camouflaged JASDF fighters during seventies

    Hi all: one of the worst problem getting older is memory. Probably I said that before but... I don't remember... During the Seventies I saw a publication (perhaps a Japanes "AiReview" or "Koku-Fan" but could be also an European one) dealing with Japanese Self-Defense Air Force fighters with...
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    • 1970s cold war japan japan air self-defense force jsdf
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    • Forum: The Bar
  12. Grey Havoc

    AIRLAND BATTLE 2000 (1982)

    http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a127471.pdf
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000 ad armoured family of vehicles close air support cold war late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield tactical air command tank tradoc u.s. army u.s. army training and doctrine command united states united states air force united states army west germany
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    • Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
  13. hesham

    NASA Oblique-Wing Missiles Launcher Aircraft

    From "A Summary Of A Half-Century of Oblique Wing Research" by Mike Hirschberg, David M. Hart and Thomas J. Beutner
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    • 1970s albm cold war nasa nasa ames research center space and missile systems organization (usaf) strategic air command united states air force
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. T

    45mm CTA

    This gun was presented in 1992. The ammunition could have the same performances as the 45mm comvat: 1.095kg HE shell with a muzzle velocity of 1100ms. Rate of fire is 400spm.
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s anti-tank antitank guns cold war post-cold war tank gun united states
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  15. Jemiba

    Dornier WIG Projects

    Triggered by the Lippisch developments, that were tested with the X-113 on Lake Constance, Dornier started research in that field during the 1970s, too, called "Stauflügelgerät" (. One project for a commercial transport was the P.477 for up to 27 passengers. Another one, designation unknown...
  16. Grey Havoc

    MLB/SERV (MOTOR LIFE BOATS/SURFACE EFFECT RESCUE VEHICLES) OPERATION STUDY

    This was a US Coastguard project from around the early '70's: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/755767.pdf
  17. robunos

    The 'AB.123' project designation system...

    I've done a search. and I'm surprised that there's no thread for this... Following the partial replacement, in 1959, of the British Ministry of Supply by the Ministry of Aviation, the iconic 'Rainbow Code' system for projects was also replaced, by a new system of two letters, and three numbers...
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    • 1960s 1970s air ministry cold war late 1950s ministry of aviation ministry of defence ministry of technology united kingdom war office
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  18. P

    Advanced Fighter Aircraft Study – Avenging Falcons (AVFFX)

    Once again a question derived from “The Pentagon Paradox. The development of the F-18 Hornet” by James Perry Stevenson (ISBN 1557507759), Shrewsbury, 1993 'In Col. Everest E. Riccioni, USAF brief on his “Falcon Brief”, which had acquired the title, “Advanced Fighter Aircraft Study – Avenging...
  19. T

    An alternative Royal Navy for the 1970s

    I produced this scenario a while back, and am posting a link to it here for the ideas to be kicked around: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Alternative%20RN.htm
  20. Stargazer

    Lockheed MQM-105A « Aquila » (RPV-STD program)

    I really thought we already had a topic on this one, but after several unfruitful search attempts I guess I must have been wrong. Useful sources: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a263514.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a068345.pdf...
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