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  1. robinbird

    Pre Operation Varsity

    Dad spent 1943 at Sherburn-in-Elemet photographing top secret trials of gliders for major landings such as Operation Varsity on this day March 24 1945. The secret trials were not so much about the gliders but how they handled carrying troops, panniers , field guns and even tanks (in...
    • robinbird
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    • 1945 airborne forces airborne forces experimental establishment airmobile allies assault glider british army glider glider infantry great britain transport glider world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Grey Havoc

    3/4-Ton 4x4 Cargo-Personnel Carrier, XM443E1 (U.S. Army)

    I don't think I have come across this one before: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ordnance-report-90589389
    • Grey Havoc
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    • airborne forces airmobile cold war truck u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps willys-overland
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  3. M

    Flying SAM site

    Maybe it was the kind of beverage I had but was thinking of this way of covering large swathes of country with decent SAM coverage. What about fitting transport planes with batteries of surface to air missiles and radars ? Mostly directed upward like a regular SAM site but can move from place to...
  4. Forest Green

    Cannon Based Air Defence

    View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1816784858573664586 https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/advanced-weapons/cannon-based-air-defense Appears to be using XM913, 50mmx228mm
    • Forest Green
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    • air defence airmobile anti-air warfare anti-aircraft cold war ii northrop grumman united states
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    • Forum: Military
  5. TomTom

    Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces

    I don't know if you have more info about this. The French magazine RAIDS, dedicated its special issue N°73 to the "Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces" published during winter 2019-2020. I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine yet, but it mentions the AMX-APX ALLARM project with...
    • TomTom
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    • 1980s 1990s airmobile armée de terre cold war france post-cold war
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. R

    Design challenge: next generation heavy-lift cargo plane?

    Given the recent destruction of the only Antonov 225 super heavy lift cargo plane ... what will the next generation of heavy lift planes look like? What is the biggest cargo they will carry? What is the widest cargo? Tallest cargo? Longest cargo? Heaviest cargo? How heavy? How fast? How long...
    • riggerrob
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    • airborne forces airmobile antonov beluga cargo cold war ii guppy transport aircraft
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    • Forum: Aircraft Design
  7. GTX

    ARES XM274 75mm automatic cannon

    Interesting development/proposal I just came across:
    • GTX
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    • airmobile ares cold war rapid deployment force remote gun u.s. army united states xm274
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. M

    The German Wiesel AWC replacement project, the airborne weapon carrier (GSD LuWa)

    Translated form German. https://soldat-und-technik.de/2021/07/bewaffnung/27778/luftbeweglicher-waffentraeger-luwa-gesamtsystemdemonstrator-vorgestellt/ CGI of the demonstrator.
    • muttbutt
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    • 2020s 21st century airborne forces airmobile bundeswehr cold war ii deutsches heer fallschirmjäger federal republic of germany industrieanlagen-betriebsgesellschaft mbh post-cold war
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    • Forum: Military
  9. 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
  10. Grey Havoc

    Jaguar EBRC (Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance et de Combat) [EMBR program]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjOxF52MiQ0 http://www.armyrecognition.com/french_army_france_wheeled_armoured_vehicle_uk/jaguar_ebrc_6x6_reconnaissance_combat_armoured_vehicle_ebmr_scorpion_technical_data_sheet_pictures.html It's supposed to operate alongside the Panhard CRAB and the Griffon...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2010s 2020s airmobile armée de terre cold war ii directorate general of armaments france french fifth republic fusiliers marins marine nationale scorpion programme troupes de marine
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. Grey Havoc

    Shaanxi Aircraft (AVIC) Y-30 airlifter

    http://aviationweek.com/defense/new-chinese-airlifter-could-enter-service-2020s
    • Grey Havoc
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    • airborne forces airlift airmobile chairman of the joint chiefs of staff people's liberation army air force people's republic of china
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  12. Triton

    A Look Back at the Black Hawk

    Published on Oct 30, 2014 BLACK HAWK helicopters continue to be the work horse for the U.S. Army. Forty military and civil organizations around the world use this helicopter or one of its derivative models. View: http://youtu.be/BBk1sTWPKI8
    • Triton
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    • air cavalry airborne forces airmobile anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare cold war cold war ii early 21st century helicopter late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war sikorsky united states united states air force united states army united states navy
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  13. eshelon

    Predecessor of FCS from late 80s?

    From http://www.swoknews.com/misc-columns/lightening-army-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-all-over-again: "In the late 1980s, Army experiments with high-tech but lightly armored "motorized" forces proved uniformly unsuccessful." ?
    • eshelon
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    • 1980s airborne forces airmobile cold war u.s. army light divisions united states
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  14. Grey Havoc

    Panhard CRAB [Combat Recce Armored Buggy]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=POEU0gchYIM http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/panhards-crab-may-just-be-the-future-of-armored-scout-v-1581746120
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2010s 2020s airmobile armée de terre directorate general of armaments france panhard general defense scorpion programme vbae véhicule blindé d’aide a l’engagement
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  15. bobbymike

    Army Wants 'Air Droppable' Light Tank & Ultra-Light Vehicles

    Army Still Wants Mobile Protected Firepower From An Air-Droppable Tank Army officials gathered at Ft. Benning, GA, last week to discuss the future of the service's maneuver forces and consistently brought up a lingering capability gap for mobile protected firepower they say must be...
    • bobbymike
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    • 2010s 2020s airborne forces airmobile u.s. army united states army
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    • Forum: Military
  16. goose

    AMX ELC light tank

    I have just discovered a tank I did not know existed. It is the AMX ELC, a light tank intended for airborne forces. It is very small but well armed, I can not find much information about it. I can't see where the drivers seat is-in the turret? If you know any more then please let me know. I...
    • goose
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    • 1950s airmobile armée de terre engin léger de combat france ministère de la défense
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. jzichek

    General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Combat Glider

    Check out this article at RetroMechanix.com on the General Airborne Transport XCG-16, an American flying wing type combat glider with twin booms and a single rudder dating from 1944: The article reproduces an Army Air Force preliminary evaluation report on the type, which features 21 high...
    • jzichek
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    • airborne forces airmobile assault glider cargo glider flying wing united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. P

    Soviet 2S2 Airborne SPH?

    G'day gents I stumbled across this Soviet prototype 2S2 (122mm I assume!) airborne SPH design, which looks like it is based on the BMD-1 chassis Does anyone have any more info (specifications/drawings/pics) on this design? Also does anyone know why it didn't it enter service? Looking...
  19. Triton

    UK MoD Future Protected Vehicle

    From theworacle via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbbc00jnbQ
    • Triton
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    • 2010s airmobile bae systems british army cybernetics ministry of defence post-cold war robotics united kingdom war on terror
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  20. J

    Rotorcycles for USMC

    Rotorcycles In the early 1950s the US Marine Corps was considering a single seat portable ultra light helicopter which could be airdropped. The programme was conducted by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research and included the following designs: Hiller 1033 Rotorcycle: Two prototypes...
    • Jos Heyman
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    • 1950s airborne forces airmobile cold war gyrodyne hiller aircraft corporation office of naval research u.s. navy united states marine corps usmc
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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