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  1. uk 75

    Alternate 80s Britain: How would the services cope?

    Margaret Thatcher's defeat to Michael Foot in Britain's 1983 general election came as no surprise to television pundits. Rising unemployment and failure to reduce inflation despite government cuts, including to the Armed Forces had made the public fed up and willing to try a new course. Prime...
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    • 1980s alternate history baor british army british army of the rhine cold war north atlantic treaty organisation royal air force royal navy soviet union united kingdom united states
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Grey Havoc

    British Army Volkswagen Beetles

    Quick question: Does anyone know the official designation that the British Army and War Office used for the BAOR's Beetle saloons (initially referred to simply as the 'Volkswagen Saloon')? There seems to be some indication that other British Army commands and detachments in Western Europe may...
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    • 1950s british army of the rhine british occupation zone cold war great britain late 1940s occupied germany staff car united kingdom west germany wolfsburg motor works
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    • Forum: Military
  3. Grey Havoc

    AFV Tracked, Close Support, Alecto I

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7NvIH9JwI
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    • 1940s a 25 harry hopkins british airborne forces british army of the rhine department of tank design fighting vehicles proving establishment spg tank board vickers-armstrongs world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  4. uk 75

    British Army of the Rhine alternatives

    The British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) based in Germany for the duration of the Cold War was a significant component of British defence spending and equipment in the postwar era. It is a very complicated subject, and . unlike the Royal Navy or the RAF has not been such a popular subject for books...
  5. Grey Havoc

    Viper MkI military police submachine gun

    Primarily intended for MPs on checkpoint or traffic control duty, or so I gather.
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    • baor british army of the rhine corps of royal military police military police steampunk sten united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. uk 75

    Anti tank missile on Chieftain hull

    In one of the books on Chieftain there is a section on a project to equip it with either Malkara or Swingfire? I think its in the Ian Allan book. Has anyone got the info to hand? Many thanks in advance.
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    • british army british army of the rhine cold war great britain
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  7. Abraham Gubler

    British Post WWII AFV series 200: Conqueror Heavy MBT and family

    The FV-215 looks like a very heavy gun tank version of the FV-200 family. The British planned to build a range of AFVs with a common chassis, suspension and drive train as the FV-200 series "universal tank". However in the end only the 120mm gun armed FV-214 Conqueror and FV-222 ARV were built.
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    • baor british army british army of the rhine cold war great britain heavy tank tank tank design tanks united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. JAZZ

    MBT-80 British German

    There is little detail about the MBT-80 a British and german effort to find a replacement MBT, evetually they went their own ways. Any better photos than this out there?
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    • british army british army of the rhine cold war great britain mbt mbt-80 tank west germany
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