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  1. Grey Havoc

    Major General Percy Hobart

    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • british army croft pike hobart's funnies home guard major-general hobart the tank museum united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  2. Grey Havoc

    History of the Black Cab

    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • automotive history british taxis great britain hackney london black cab public carriage office united kingdom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. hesham

    British Light/Civil Aircraft and Projects,Post WWI

    From British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Mr. F. W. Broughton built a single seat parasol wing light monoplane,powered by one 30 hp Carden,developed from Perman Parasol,called Broughton-Blayney Brawney.
  4. Grey Havoc

    How to drink tea in a tank

    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • a drink for a more civilised age bovington tank museum british army royal tank regiment the tank museum united kingdom world of tanks
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  5. Grey Havoc

    VE Day

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52577473 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52585652 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/08/ve-day-2020-75-anniversary-celebrations-live-latest-news/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/ve-day-2020-celebrations-pictures/...
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1940s 2020 allies united kingdom victory in europe day world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Military
  6. S

    Cirrus aero engines

    The ADC Cirrus was the first reliable and affordable aero engine and together with the de Havilland Moth, in the mid-1920s it created the golden age of private flying. It was also the first of the mass-produced small air-cooled four-cylinder inline light aircraft engines. And it has a curious...
    • steelpillow
    • Thread
    • blackburn interwar period united kingdom
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Propulsion
  7. Grey Havoc

    Type 4X/ Type 83 Destroyer

    https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-type-4x-destroyer-an-early-look-at-an-early-concept/
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2019 anti-air warfare area air defence cold war ii light destroyer nuclear powered vessels project castlemaine royal navy t4x type 26 offshoot type 45 destroyer replacement program united kingdom
    • Replies: 266
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  8. Grey Havoc

    Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System scheme

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specification-for-ventilators-to-be-used-in-uk-hospitals-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak UK’s new ventilators still awaiting regulatory green light (ft.com, registration may be required)
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2020 civil defence covid-19 crisis management department of health and social care emergency procurement medical equipment united kingdom ventilators wuhan coronavirus
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. Grey Havoc

    Royal Navy XLUUV program (Manta-class drone submarine)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/05/royal-navy-to-get-first-large-autonomous-submarine/#338120f1f0b6 https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/manta-the-royal-navy-gets-its-first-extra-large-autonomous-submarine/
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • cold war ii dasa ministry of defence moray msubs ltd royal navy s201 united kingdom uuv
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    Multi Role Support Ship (MRSS) - previously Future Littoral Strike Ship (FLSS)

    https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/a-closer-look-at-the-littoral-strike-ship-concept/
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2019 bmt cold war ii littoral strike group ministry of defence mrss mrv prevail partners royal navy transformation fund uk commando force united kingdom
    • Replies: 105
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  11. 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...
    • uk 75
    • Thread
    • 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
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  12. blackkite

    Blackburn civil transport project.

    Hi! Blackburn B.70 transport project for B.O.A.C. and B.65 transport...
  13. 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...
    • uk 75
    • Thread
    • 2020s 21st century british army british commonwealth cold war ii north atlantic treaty organisation united kingdom
    • Replies: 92
    • Forum: Military
  14. JFC Fuller

    Rover Turboprops

    Rover developed gas turbines for automotive applications, development continued after the marque's absorption by Leyland in 1967. In addition to automotive applications Rover also produced gas turbines for APU applications, as described here. They also went as far as testing them in aircraft...
    • JFC Fuller
    • Thread
    • 1950s 1960s 1970s cold war gas turbine great britain united kingdom
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Propulsion
  15. Z

    NIGS evolutions

    Scenario to develop NIGS instead of cancellation. Option 1. continue as is. Option 1a. Separation of Tracking and Search sets, as per SCANFAR. 1-a-1 NIGS missile becomes similar to scaled up Sea Dart based on RP.21 a 20" diamter ramjet boosted by 24" booster. This would use polyrod...
  16. blackkite

    British OR.346 Multi-Role Projects (RN : ER.206 (VG)) to enter survice in 1970.

    Hi! Vickers Type 582. https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=89965 https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=89966#gotorcplan
  17. Hood

    NIGS Cruiser Drawings

    As I hate cluttering up the NIGS thread with speculative what-ifs I have finished my tinkering with Hampshire rebuilt with the NIGS as depicted by portions of the NIGS plans. The only non-NIGS radars are for 978 for surface-search and a Mk 10 IFF antenna and the ESM systems. I kept both 'Cooky'...
  18. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Pathfinder (United Kingdom)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51378320
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2020 2022 communications relay esa goonhilly earth station moon sstl telecommunications uksa united kingdom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  19. Grey Havoc

    Endgame for Iran Nuclear deal?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51104579 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51109166
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2015 nuclear deal france germany iaea iran jcpoa obama trump united kingdom united states
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Bar
  20. R

    Astute submarine

    I have tried to research but can't find relevant information anywhere, does anyone know why the Astute class have very strange nose shape? Astute: Normal submarine
    • Ronny
    • Thread
    • attack submarine cold war ii nuclear powered vessels post-cold war royal navy ssn united kingdom
    • Replies: 79
    • Forum: Military
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