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From, Project Cancelled,by Derek Wood.

https://thespacereview.com/article/4479/1

A day late, but better late than never. Via Slashdot: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63583081

I've read that the Chieftain was supposed to have a demolition gun on its AVRE variant before it was cancelled. Does anyone know where I could find design drawings/models of this?

I'm looking for information, particularly technical specifications, of the Viper Mk 633-47 afterburning turbojet. This was developed for use on the Yugoslav J-22 and Romanian IAR-93 aircraft. It appears to be a Viper Mk 632, as licence produced in Yugoslavia, but obviously fitted with a newly...

Hi, what was this Model ?. https://www.pamono.it/aeroplano-regno-unito-anni-39-40

It has always been a subject of some controversy as to why the British stuck with the rather paltry 0.303in calibre for aircraft machine guns. To address this Both BSA and ROLLS-ROYCE developed a 0.5in calibre AMG, the latter apparently quite successful (though strangely, never adopted) and the...

I've seen a few references to a Supermarine early World War II project called the Type 312. From what I've read, it was a derivative of the Spitfire but with standard cannon armament and a ventral radiator instead of the Spitfire's underwing radiators. Does any photos or plans or other details...

Hi, for this contest,the tenders were; Gloster P.234,P.248 & P.250, Hawker P.1054 and Supermarine Type 508. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=2554

Hi. I got the itch to look back into World War II era aircraft again. I do have a question or two about the Supermarine Spiteful. I did look for a thread where I might have asked about this topic. However, the probable best fit is nearly a decade old, and I don't know if necroposting is...

In 1990 Racal Marine teamed up with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company to offer a modernised Type 037 Hainan-class hull as a corvette with Racal radars (obviously!), European guns and A/S torpedoes and Chinese C-801 SSMs. There were no takers.

https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/united-kingdom---morris-commercial-roadless-half-track-experimental-tractor.html View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/yafh9h/early_mechanisation_of_the_royal_artillery_an/ According to the Imperial War Museum, via Wikimedia Commons, the image...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3F2odr2MsQ From the comments thread: By any chance does anybody have pictures of this, or other attempts to weaponise the rock cannon concept?

Aka, the Ardeer Aggie. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnmscxOQpg

Nice origin story for the Meteor missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S225XR

These are well worth a look. I wonder what FIXEDIT could do with a bigger budget! View: https://youtu.be/VVjdFBZCRQc View: https://youtu.be/zo8FhChnyq0 View: https://youtu.be/rTov2oSXR8M View: https://youtu.be/4irbMNQc8As

If things get more interesting, what targets in the UK might Putin nuke? An interesting video, and some backup data: UK Limited Nuclear War Target List View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWcgF4Wwog

Were there ever plans to create a Centurion SPAAG variant other than one with a Marksman turret fitted?

The saga of HMS Hermes is well known. But it might have been different if the RN had followed the US example and kept her as an ASW carrier or interim Sea Control Ship. The US were introducing the S3 Viking on to their attack carriers but were keen to get as many to sea as possible. HMS Hermes...

I've been thinking recently about exports of UK combat aircraft. What examples do people think were "successful"? In my mind success is some sort of function of export numbers relative to UK numbers, and numbers of different export countries. My list of "successes" from post WW2 is below...