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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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- 140mm 1986 1989 2000 ad alvis cold war great britain mbt-95 project 7308 rarde royal ordnance tank tank design the armoured archives vickers plc
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Vickers Versatile Aircraft Carrier and 1983 Light Fleet Carrier
Displacing 13,200 tons, space for 16 aircraft. 15deg ski jump. For peacetime operations a helicopter operates from the rear deck, in wartime the rear deck would be built up with containers to lengthen the flight deck. Length 604 ft. Source: Flight International, 12 Jan 1980.- overscan (PaulMM)
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- aircraft carrier british shipbuilders cold war early 1980s great britain royal navy united kingdom v/stol vickers ltd vickers plc vsel vstol carriers vtol
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Vickers Valiant Universal 120mm
The Vickers Valiant turret was redesigned to incorporate the L11 120mm tank gun. This design came to being in 1982. Weights did change, i have no information on the weight of this tank. In 1985, in an effort to sell tanks to Eygpt the german leopard-2 chasis was matched with the...- JAZZ
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- 1980s cold war great britain tank tank design tank gun vickers plc
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Vickers MBT
vickers developed the Vickers Mk-1 MBT as a private venture - a lighter and cheaper alternative to the Chieftain. It was eventually adopted by India - being named Vijayanta (victory) were production commenced in 1965. Mk-1 38,600kg combat weight, Leyland L60 650bhp engine, 105mm main gun and...- JAZZ
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- cold war great britain india indian army republic of india spaag tank tank design vickers plc vickers-armstrongs limited
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