1980s

  1. R

    Iraqi heavy artillery pre Desert Storm

    Does anyone have any data/pix/drawings of the 21cm, 24cm guns developed in conjunction with Dr Bull or any of his other developments that reached the hardware stage ???
  2. Triton

    Cruiser Baseline (CGBL)

    According to the Global Security web site the US Navy studied a destroyer design given the cruiser mission: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cruiser-cold-war.htm
  3. Triton

    Through Deck Spruance Class

    Art for the through-deck Spruance class. GIF images from Shipbucket: http://www.shipbucket.com
  4. Triton

    US Navy Ultracarriers?

    Donald M. Fort, a Defense Constultant for Analytic Services, Inc. and formerly the Rand Corporation, the Center for Naval Analyses, and the US Air Force, wrote an article titled "Ultracarrier" in Proceedings of the US Naval Institute that appeared in its December 1978 issue. In this article...
  5. Triton

    Orbital Hyper Velocity Gun (HVG) - Rail Gun

    During the Strategic Defense Initiative days of the mid 1980s, one of the weapons technologies that was discussed was a Hyper Velocity Gun (HVG) placed in orbit to fire at inbound ICBMs and MIRVs. Artist's conception (top) of USAF space-based hypervelocity launcher aka railgun, among kinetic...
  6. C

    Alouette CIRSTEL

    OK. Gents. I finally found my old pictures from the heady days of the early 90's when DENEL had a project for everything. Anyone have any more information about this NOTAR style testbed that was show (static display only) at one of the 1'st SA Arms expo's? I only have what's in the photos
  7. Brickmuppet

    USN Aviation Cruiser Concepts (CGV & MEU Studies)

    I cross-posted this at the Warships Projects Board.... The 16th edition Norman Polmars' Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet (pp89-90) mentions a number of unusual carrier proposals being looked at at by the bottom up review at the time of publishing (1997). They range from an "ultra large...
  8. P

    Rapier SAM / Marder MICV Combination Project

    I found this proposal for a British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Rapier SAM system incorporated into a West German Marder MICV chassis, in a copy of a 1972-73 Jane’s Weapon Systems, which I purchased the other day in a second hand book shop. This Rapier/Marder project looks a very thorough thought...
  9. C

    Sterling SAR-87: The "would have been" British Service Rifle

    The SAR-87(AKA 'Sterling LAR') was a proposed service rifle for the British Forces that could also be used as a 9mm machine carbine with a conversion kit. This weapon was a sound reliable design, Just that the MOD long wanted a Bullpup rifle and the fact Sterling armaments went bankrupt.
  10. Orionblamblam

    Zenith Star

    http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=nuclear+source:life&imgurl=356d8d3675dbfd67
  11. airrocket

    1980's McDonnell TAV Concepts

    MCD MOL Plans
  12. Pyrrhic victory

    Sea based ASATs, Nixon through Reagan

    http://www.history.navy.mil/books/space/Chapter3.htm
  13. Antonio

    Bazan's unbuilt catamaran

    A design circa 1984. A 750 ton catamaran patrol ship from BAZAN which never purchased the Armada Española (Spanish Navy). Projected max speed: 50 knots Dimensions: 50m x 20 m x 5 m The armed ultralights are just atrezzo. (The idea of fighting ultra-light was very popular on those days)
  14. Antonio

    Lockheed SRA (Small Rigid Airship)

    Small Rigid Airship. Pic taken from a Spanish clone of Popular Mechanics, 1984. No info available.
  15. Y

    Spanish/German LINCE

    Lince was a paper project, not very known. In 1974 -Franco still alive- arrived to Spain the first 19 AMX-30, made in France, to be quickly deployed in Spanish Sahara. The agreement with France included the license to manufacture this tank by Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara. So, AMX-30 became...
  16. hesham

    Machen Laser Jet aircraft

    Hi, the Machen Inc,Washington-based company designed a low cost business jet aircraft project,called Laser Jet,it could be possibly powered by two Williams FJ-44 engines. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%202099.html?search=mached+aircraft
  17. Abraham Gubler

    Standard Manufacturing Co. Excalibur

    I stumbled across this ultimate ATV gun-buggy while looking for pictures of the Excalibur PGM for work. It’s the Standard Manufacturing Co. Excalibur/Vulcan gun system that was demonstrated to the US Army’s logistics exposition PROLOG '85. It would appear to be a large Supercat style ATV fitted...
  18. flateric

    Hermès Space Shuttle

    http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/hermes/index.htm
  19. hesham

    NASA SMV

    Hi, dear CammNut spoke about this space vehicle before,here; http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1405.msg12858/highlight,smv.html#msg12858 http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2001/0901wings.pdf
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