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  1. Grey Havoc

    Major General Percy Hobart

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    • british army croft pike hobart's funnies home guard major-general hobart the tank museum united kingdom world war ii
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  2. Grey Havoc

    How to drink tea in a tank

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    • a drink for a more civilised age bovington tank museum british army royal tank regiment the tank museum united kingdom world of tanks
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  3. uk 75

    Trigat missile family

    Back in the Cold War the France, Germsny and the UK embarked on an ambitious programne to produce a family of third generation anti tank missiles. The only survivor is the long range helicopter launched version https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARS_3_LR. Like the SP70 gun and RS80 (described in...
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    • 1980s 1990s anti-tank missile armée de terre british army bundeswehr cold war federal republic of germany france french fifth republic great britain north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war united kingdom west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  4. uk 75

    Replacing the British Army rifle

    I noticed a Teddy Bear in Guards Uniform carrying an M16 (like the Canadian Army) and it got me wondering about the saga of the SA80 and what we are going to replace it with. I get the impression that of the rifles introduced from the 1970s on only the French Army got one they liked. But even...
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    • 2020s 21st century british army british commonwealth cold war ii north atlantic treaty organisation united kingdom
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  5. Grey Havoc

    WWI era French M15 Adrian helmet superior in some respects to modern U.S. Army Advanced Combat Helmet

    https://gizmodo.com/helmets-from-wwi-just-as-protective-against-overhead-bl-1841700511 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228802
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    • 1910s 2002 british army brodie french army imperial german army stahlhelm united states army world war i
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  6. uk 75

    Lance versus Blue Water

    I should know the answer to this. When does Lance first emerge as a likely replacement for Honest John and Sergeant and even Corporal, given its range. I only ask because Lance does seem to make Blue Water pretty pointless as it has better range and more mobile with its M548 based launcher...
  7. O

    Unipower M-series cancelled projects

    Hello! We all know the Alvis Unipower variant of BR-90 Brigde System, but M-series had a whole family of vehicles as mentioned in this link: https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1149 Does anyone has blueprints with dimensions, brochures etc? There was also a 12x8 variant which...
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    • alvis-unipower armée de terre british army france great britain india indian army post-cold war
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. Tzoli

    British Electronics "Type" Designations

    I've tried to collect all the British Type designations for electornics like Sonars, Radars, Jammers etc Here is the list: If anybody know more designations and their design/cancellation/introduction dates that would be great: Type 1 - Land Based Air Search Radar (1935/36) Type 2 - Land Based...
    • Tzoli
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    • british army british commonwealth cold war electronics great britain interwar period naval radar radar royal air force royal navy sonar united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  9. L

    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHIR 2 & CHALLENGER 1 MBT

    Hi All, I’ve trawled the internet but can’t find cast iron differences between the Shir 2 and the Challenger 1. One website elluded to the fact that the Shir 2 had equivalent of 325mm armour and Challenger 1 had more, around 500mm. Seeing as the dates of introduction were very close, would this...
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    • british army cold war great britain imperial iranian army imperial state of iran mbt
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  10. Grey Havoc

    'Deborah'

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/19/hail-deborah-british-tank-smashed-german-defences-100-years/
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    • british army great britain world war i
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  11. L

    GEC-Marconi Dynamics TAMS

    Well, this was an early Western hard kill APS of the most obvious kind. A remotely controlled (twin) machinegun turret on top of the tank turret roof with its own sensor, shooting at incoming missiles. A kind of Vulcan Phalanx CIWS for tanks. I understand that a millimetric radar would cost a...
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    • british army cold war early 1990s gec-marconi great britain hard-kill active protection system tank design united states army
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  12. uk 75

    Blue water on FV.426

    Was leafing through a book in a German bookshop in a series on army weapons and with the title British Army Nuclear Missiles and Artillery in German. I came across an official drawing of a Blue Water missile mounted on an FV4020 chassis. This is the first time I have seen, what was presumably a...
  13. Grey Havoc

    Armistice Day 2016

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/11/armistice-day-two-minute-silence-to-be-observed-to-remember-the2/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37938047
    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army british commonwealth great britain royal air force royal flying corps royal navy united kingdom world war i
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    • Forum: Military
  14. Grey Havoc

    From Scimitar to FRES to Ajax (Think Defence)

    http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/from-scimitar-to-fres-to-ajax/
  15. C

    Infantryman 2000 assault rifle

    Does anyone here know of the 'Infantryman 2000' concept from the 1980s?. It was a concept by Scicon ltd, a UK company developing British Army equipment that would be used in 2000. However, it appears that an Assault Rifle was also developed for the programme or most likley a mockup. If anyone...
  16. Triton

    BAE Systems M777 Portee System

    Video of BAE Systems M777 Portee System View: https://youtu.be/EO8-4z92pQc
  17. Flyaway

    UK Apache replacement held up by AgustaWestland, BBC report states

    I can't see any other option than to buy them direct from the U.S. with the way UK defense spending is going these days. http://www.janes.com/article/49845/uk-apache-replacement-held-up-by-agustawestland-bbc-report-states
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    • 2010s agustawestland attack helicopter british army late 2010s united kingdom
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. uk 75

    Rearming the UK: What equipment? and how much?

    The usual crew of retired military and political types are warning that the UK is not able to meet its defence requirements with the present budget and kit. Given the collective expertise on this board what advice would you give the Prime Minister who takes over in May after the election? I...
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    • 21st century anti-submarine warfare british army cold war ii fleet air arm nuclear battlefield robotics royal air force royal marines royal navy united kingdom
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  19. Grey Havoc

    Most of British Army sent home for a month to save money?!

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11278995/Army-sent-home-for-a-month-to-save-on-barracks-heating-bills.html [facepalm]
  20. Grey Havoc

    UK CBRN Fuchs to be brought back into service?

    Via MilitaryPhotos.net: http://ukarmedforcescommentary.blogspot.it/2013/06/fuchs-resurrection-and-new-mbda-concept.html Original article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10123657/Defence-chiefs-to-reverse-cuts-to-meet-Syrias-chemical-weapons-threat.html
    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army early 2010s syrian civil war united kingdom
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