french third republic

As we all may know, the French were developing land-based heavy AA guns in the 1920s and 30s to counter the next-generation bombers of that time. They designed and tinkered a lot with 75 mm guns, then decided to up-gun it to 90 mm caliber. The 90 mm gun, or known as the Canon de 90 mm Modèle...

In the magazine "Décollage" N°64 of 06.19.1947- p 12 .a reader Mr. Alphonse Martin informed the editorial staff of the magazine that he realized in 1939 the plans of a self-guided bomb. It is a gliding bomb launched by plane and equipped with an automatic piloting device which directs it towards...

French two prototypes buildt in 1919... is said to be one of the best looking aircraft of the WW1. The name " Sesquiplane" means 'one-and-a-half wings.'" Its sleek smooth streamlined wooden monocoque shell of tulipwood, was produced by winding thin spiral strips around a mould in a series of...

I've already asked this on the battlecruisers forum but I ask here as well: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/alltheworldsbattlecruisers/the-decisive-battle-at-antivari-t9042.html#p23148 Historically the Battle of Antivari was a minor battle at the start of WW1 and the first one of the...

Not sure where to ask but here it is: Is there a comprehensive list of French Radars (Both land and naval based) which was developed? Did France able to start developing radar technology before the capitulation or it was kick-started by British and American equipment after the war? To my...

I am looking for some "professional" advice on an alternate history scenario that has been running around my mind for years: Given the political will to do something immediately about Hitler's 1 Sept 1939 invasion of Poland, did the British and French military have the resources and the assets...

I've found this article in the Warship International, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1985) about Some French Fast Battleships—That Might Have Been: These are some interesting proposals from the Naval College graduates. The two battlecruiser designs mentioned at the end were Georges Edmond Just Durand-Viel...

Hello there! I've been trying to find data on French aircraft carrier designs between the Joffre and the Clemenceau (PA-54). I've found plenty of data on the PA-28, but I'm very interested in the supposed PA-25 design from Vichy France and the PA-27, PA-29, PA-31 designs from 1945 onwards...

There is already a thread on what might have been in the 1930s. I want to focus on the land forces. Britain and France in 1940 had some tanks (Somua and Matilda 2) which could match the Germans. If the French and British General Staffs had understood the importance of armoured units in a...

Hi! The Morita Aeroplane. Source : ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPANESE AIRCRAFT VOL.8 KYUSHU CONTENTS Blog of Shinzo Morita's son about his father.(Four pages) Some strange duplication include in English explanation. http://morita.shinzo.kei1.org/page4.html Brief biography of Shinzo Morita by his son...

Hi, Mr. Adolphe Lachassagne began in 1912/13 to built a tandem wing airplane,called AL-1,and described as "automatically stable",followed by a AL-2 in same concept,the AL-3,AL-5 & AL-6 were a single seat low-wing ultra-light monoplanes,but with different engine,AL-7 was a tandem wing in new...

I've read in a few places that there were a couple of proposals (one from the US and another by the French after the war's end) to turn the unfinished French battleship Jean Bart into an aircraft carrier (which were obviously refused). Tzoli seems to have made a mockup of how it might've looked...

Hi, Mr. L. Janoir was a French pilot,and in 1911 he designed his first monoplane,maybe called J-1,he worked for Deperdussin in 1912,and he went to Germany,but return and help the same designer again,and in 1914 left to Russia,he employed for Vladimir Lebedev,maybe created the J-2 in there. He...

Hi, this French designer worked at de Marçay,and created a tourer aircraft and a fighter,he designed a biplane with Mandelli in 1933,followed by PAMA monoplane. With Mr. Rexovice developed a record breaker high-wing monoplane,with fixed main landing gear, and single 350 hp engine...

Hello! I'm currently searching the data about this little guy: This is BHT-38 (Bombe Hurel-Turck) radio-controlled glide bomb, designed for French military shortly before World War 2. It was supposed to have a weight about 160 kg. Some examples were tested in 1940, but Fall of the France...

If you read French and you like weird tank projects, the latest issue of GBM Magazine (number 124) has a feature on the various French projects before WWII with multiple sets of tracks. Typically these would be two front tracks and two rear tracks, moving indepedently. The more spectacular are...

Although I was pretty sure this had been discussed on the forum before, I've searched many topics over the past couple of hours but found nothing... So I'm posting it here, hoping it doesn't duplicate anything (and if it does, by all means please show me where it was so the two can be merged)...

Hi! Latécoère 550. You can see some vertical tail stabilizer shape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%C3%A9co%C3%A8re_550 "The Latécoère 550 was a four-engined French seaplane, designed in the early 1930s as a bomber/torpedo bomber. Though initial handling problems were partly resolved, the...

Hi! Arsenal VG-30 variants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_VG-33 "The Arsenal VG-33 was one of a series of fast French light fighter aircraft under development at the start of World War II, but which matured too late to see extensive service in the French Air Force during the Battle of...

Hi, here is some old flying barrel airplanes. http://allenfrostlibrary.blogspot.com.eg/2011/04/flying-barrel.html