arctic
battlefieldairdefence
cold war ii
forward area air defense
kingdom of norway
kongsberg defense and aerospace
north atlantic treaty organisation
norwegian armed forces
norwegian army
royal norwegian army
shorad
surface-to-air missile
Designed in 1942 by the American Ordnance Company, an old-established gun-making concern of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the M3 half-track carrier, known as the 40mm Gun Motor Carriage T68 (GMC T68) and featured unusual gun layout. The guns were placed, one above the other, a configuration with an...
In a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting on 15 May 1972, five days after the start of the Linebacker I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Admiral Thomas Moorer said North Vietnam introduced a new mobile SAM, the SA-4 Ganef...
1972
airdefencebattlefieldairdefence
cold war
democratic republic of vietnam
early 1970s
eastern bloc
north vietnam
north vietnamese army
people's army of vietnam
soviet union
spaam
surface-to-air missile
vietnam war
warsaw pact
It is supposedly a short range air defense missile system built on the Type 96 APC chassis.
I tried Googling, but I couldn't find anything on it. The only thing I found was the source I found it from.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Here is the source I got it from...
https://www.facebook.com/TheFriendsofTheTankMuseum/posts/chieftain-sabre-the-sabre-spaag-system-was-a-project-between-ro-and-thompson-csf/1859698144250194/
(Image below is from tanks-encyclopedia.com, original credit jedsite [now JED])
The primary contractors on this late 1980s program were MBB, AEG and Siemens. Unfortunately it fell prey to the post-Cold War peace dividend, being cancelled in favour of what originally had been a stopgap program as far as Germany was concerned, the US led Advanced Tactical PATRIOT, later to...
Chaparral 2000/Roadrunner/Advanced Chaparral/Chaparral Chassis Service Life Extension Program (CCSLEP)/LAV MPLS (MultiPurpose Launcher System)/Chapfire
/1/ 1999 report by "Forecast International"
Chaparral III?.
Loral, along with other companies, was trying to interest the US Army and other...
1990s
air defense artillery branch
arab republic of egypt
army national guard
battlefieldairdefence
cold war
ford aerospace
forward area air defense
loral corporation
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
royal norwegian army
spad
texas instruments
u.s. army
united states
united states army
united states marine corps
united states navy
Army To Develop Multi-Mission Launcher For Indirect Fire Protection
Posted: Mar. 28, 2014
The Pentagon has approved the Army's plan to begin a technology maturation and risk-reduction phase of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 program that will focus on the development of...
2010s
2020s
battlefieldairdefence
cold war ii
forward area air defense
surface-to-air missile
surface-to-surface missile
u.s army
u.s. army
united states
united states army
1980s
airdefenceair defense artillery branch
battlefieldairdefence
cold war
faads-los-fh
forward area air defense
general electric
los-f-h
spaag
spad
u.s. army
united states army
One of the most interesting periods in the development of the US Army missile systems is that between 1960 and 1975 or so when the US envisaged self propelled tracked missile systems very similar to those deployed by the USSR.
Eventually the SAM D (later Patriot) emerged as a tracked launcher...
I have been doing some research on my old newspaper clips and found that one dated 06-September-1992:
Anybody knows what is the refered system: the PAC-3?
Thanks in advance
Antonio
airdefence
ballistic missile defense
battlefieldairdefence
cold war ii
north atlantic treaty organisation
spaam
surface-to-air missile
ukrainian crisis
united states army
Sperry's Proposal for the DIVAD system:
Was based off their earlier T37 VIGILANTE AA Gun, but rechambered in 35mm NATO instead of 37mm.
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General Electric's Proposal for the DIVAD system:
Utilizing their GAU-8A AVENGER cannon system.
1970s
1980s
advanced radar-directed gun air defense system
air defense artillery branch
argads
battlefieldairdefence
bundeswehr
cold war
department of defense
deutsches heer
divad (division air defense)
forward area air defense
north atlantic treaty organisation
spaag
spad
united states
united states army
west germany
1980s
air defense artillery branch
anti-tank missile
battlefieldairdefence
cold war
early 1990s
faad
faads-los-fh
forward area air defense
france
los-f-h
north atlantic treaty organisation
spad
surface-to-surface missile
u.s. army
united states
united states army
united states marine corps
west germany
air combat interceptors
air-to-ground
armata republicii socialiste românia
battlefieldairdefencebattlefieldair interdiction
close air support
cold war
comandamentul apararii antiaeriene a teritoriului
forțele aeriene
interceptors
marina (socialist republic of romania)
romanian air force
romanian navy
socialist republic of romania
supersonic
warsaw pact
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