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An interesting 'road not taken', the basic story of this weapon, the first bullpup firearm intended for military use, goes back to the second Boer War and the criticism of the 'long Lee-Enfields' a process that ultimately ended in the creation of the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (aka...

So it appears the Belgians had APDS for their M24 Chaffee but no one really knows were such ammo came from. From recent evidence (image 1) the round appears to bear British markings and resembling APDS munition for the British QF 17pdr and QF 77 mm (see image 4). Did the British ever developed...

The Centenary Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1866 - 1966 (Vol 70, No 661, January 1966) carries a piece (pp.235-242) by Raoul Hafner on "British Rotorcraft". He compiled his history by getting first-hand accounts from his helicopter-making colleagues (for he was among them), right...