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  1. uk 75

    A different V force in the 1960s

    If the Vickers Valiants had been transfered from strike to tankers earlier could the fatigue problems have been avoided. Their strike role could have been taken on by Vulcan or Victor B1s. With the Valiants serving into the 1970s the Victors could have continued in the recce and conventional...
  2. Grey Havoc

    Speedee bomb

    The planned US version of the Highball bomb. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEgbi6n1C0E
  3. TinWing

    Vickers Submarine Oil Tanker for BP

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/bzv7p7/inspired_by_the_bow_reactor_post_how_many_of_you/
  4. Grey Havoc

    Wave Glider USV in USN service?

    From last October: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/10/07/mystery-deepens-around-unmanned-spy-boat-washed-up-in-scotland/?sh=c25f756541f3 https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/unmanned-spy-vessel-washes-up-in-scotland/
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    • 2019 2020 liquid robotics naval drone robotics scotland spy vessel united kingdom united states navy
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  5. Grey Havoc

    Airfix

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxaJgxXavc Note that this video was made before the current Covid-19 related model making renaissance had really gotten underway.
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    • 1930s 1940s 1950s 1980s 20th century 21st century model making models toymaker united kingdom
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  6. Grey Havoc

    A Salute to Model Making | The Tank Museum

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA_3sG7LSl8
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    • 2021 bovington tank museum covid-19 model making models south west model show united kingdom
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Museums, Events & Shows
  7. Grey Havoc

    Highland Express

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmZJD7PZjEY
  8. Grey Havoc

    H.M.S. Speedy (P296, Speedy-class Hydrofoil)

    Ladies and Gentlemen, HMS Speedy: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lognu9/951_x_717_jetfoil_patrol_vessel_hms_speedy_p296/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(P296) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Speedy_(P296)...
  9. Grey Havoc

    Blackburn Sidecar

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/ll3dyh/blackburn_were_not_known_for_designing_pretty/ https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/blackburn-sidecar
  10. Grey Havoc

    Future Flight Challenge (UKRI program)

    https://www.ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/future-of-mobility/future-flight-challenge/ https://www.aero-mag.com/gkn-aerospace-to-accelerate-sustainable-technologies-in-future-flight-challenge/
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    • 2021 21st century uk research and innovation united kingdom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. Grey Havoc

    Excise Profit Duty (First World War)

    The century-old tax that could help pay for the pandemic (ft.com)
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    • 2021 covid-19 taxes united kingdom world war i
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  12. Grey Havoc

    British amphibious tanks

    View: https://youtu.be/tkkFm4b3yOI https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/tog-amphibian/ (Note: the D.N.L.E. should not be confused with the Admiralty's Department of the Director of Naval Equipment, also known as the Directorate of Naval Equipment.)...
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    • british army department of naval land equipment ministry of supply royal navy s.v.d.c. united kingdom
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  13. Grey Havoc

    RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore, 1920 - 2021

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/second-world-war-veteran-thanks-generous-public-raising-75million/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52303859
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    • 2020 army foundation college burma campaign captain tom covid-19 duke of wellington regiment royal armoured corps united kingdom world war ii wuhan coronavirus
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. uk 75

    NATO Minuteman

    After the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 the US replaced its land based medium range ballistic missiles in Europe. While the Minuteman ICBM was the main national deterrent system, the role of countering Russian missiles aimed at Western Europe was taken on by Polaris (later Poseidon) submarines...
  15. hesham

    Britsih Specification EH.125D Helicopter

    Hi, in 1952,British Air Ministry issued a Specifiaction EH.125D to cover Percival P.74,and I am asking if there was any anther competitors. If there was,I can suggest Westland W.80,Saro P.508 and maybe Fairey also involved ?.
  16. Grey Havoc

    A14 Medium Tank

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5G7GbaLkyo I'm not sure if I agree with his conclusions here, especially given that the A13 Covenanter was such a huge disaster.
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    • 1930s 1938 tank program a14e1 a14e2 heavy tank a15 medium tank l.m.s the armoured archives the modified monster united kingdom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. RP1

    Westland Drone Projects

    I had a quick search after the mention in my artwork thread and it seems we don't have a specific thread on them, so this is for Westland drone (RPV) projects. Most interesting is possibly WG.25, which seems to have come tantilisingly close to deployment. The demonstrator "Mote": Aviastar...
  18. Grey Havoc

    G.S.O.R. 1008.

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRdmSgUDaQ Looks like the requirement was for a heavily protected defence orientated tank, employing ambush tactics (similar in a number of respects to the S-Tank), for use by the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR). IIRC, default NATO strategy in the event...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1960s cold war general staff operational requirement gsor 1008 liquid armour ministry of defence nuclear battlefield swingfire missile tank design the armoured archives united kingdom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  19. Grey Havoc

    Naval Amphibious Craft Tracked eXperimental (NACT X)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F_ZjytDqqE
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    • 1950s admiralty cold war naval vehicle landing tracked experimental royal marines royal navy the armoured archives united kingdom vickers-armstrongs
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  20. J

    Miles M.43 (7 September 1943 version) Specification F6/42

    Miles M.43 technical data Power plant: one Rolls-Royce Griffon Mk.VI, 12 cylinder ‘V’, liquid cooled engine, rated at 1,850 hp, driving one de Havilland six-bladed counter-rotating airscrew, front wingspan: 23.6 ft (7.2 m), rear wingspan: 37 ft (11.3 m), length: 26.2 ft (8 m), wing surface: 300...
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