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  1. K

    Centurion Mark IV with 95 mm QF howitzer

    Are there any images of the Centurion Mark IV with 95 mm QF howitzer?
    • Kiril Romassyov
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  2. C

    Royal Ordnance 105mm Improved Weapon System

    Hi, I've been looking into the Royal Ordnance 'RO2004' light tank design that was built in the late 80s/early 90s; and am now looking for more information regarding its armament. The tank was armed with a 105mm L7 derivative, called the Improved Weapon System (IWS). Supposedly it had: - A...
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    • Forum: Military
  3. Foo Fighter

    Royal Ordnance QF Tank guns.

    G'day folks, I am trying to find good reference material on the following gun systems. RO QF 17 pounder RO QF 20 pounder Rarde EXP 7 to 28 110mm I have a sort of project to convert a Centurion tank (Card/Paper) to various types/marks and possibly produce a Chieftain with the 110mms as an...
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  4. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Evolutionary National Tank

    View: https://youtu.be/RvlfWqCcMdk Essentially a British equivalent to the American Block III MBT, and Soviet Object 477.
    • A Tentative Fleet Plan
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    Chieftain Sabre SPAAG

    https://www.facebook.com/TheFriendsofTheTankMuseum/posts/chieftain-sabre-the-sabre-spaag-system-was-a-project-between-ro-and-thompson-csf/1859698144250194/ (Image below is from tanks-encyclopedia.com, original credit jedsite [now JED])
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1980s air defence battlefield air defence cold war forward area air defense great britain royal ordnance spaag spad thomson-csf united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. JFC Fuller

    BAE/RO 155mm Naval Ordnance

    BAE Third generation Maritime Fire (TMF) support gun presentation, courtesy of DTIC, attached. This contains all of the images commonly seen online plus many more, and gives a good overview of how the TMF mounting and loading mechanism would have been adapted from the 4.5" Mk.8.
    • JFC Fuller
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    • bae systems naval fire support naval surface fire support nsfs post-cold war royal navy royal ordnance united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. Abraham Gubler

    Alvis Sagiter

    Here is some data on an interesting British program from the early 1980s. The following information has been copied from Jane’s Light Tanks and Armoured Cars 1984 by Christopher F. Foss. It is posted here for educational purposes. Alvis Sagitar Alvis Limited has submitted three studies to the...
    • Abraham Gubler
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    • 1980s cold war great britain royal ordnance tacom u.s. army united kingdom united states united states army united states marine corps usmc
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. JAZZ

    Chieftain-900

    Royal Ordinace private venture to develop a modern chieftain 1981, significant improvements in armour - chobham, firepower 120mm L11AR gun and improved targeting, and Rolls Royce Condor 900E developing 900bhp.
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