world war i

  1. uk 75

    Air Defence of Great Britain

    Ever since the first Zeppelin raids in World War 1 the vulnerability of the civilian population of the UK to attack from the air has been a major factor in shaping our armed forces. The tile "Air Defence of Great Britain" comes from the organisation set up to meet the only air threat imagined in...
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    • air defence ballistic missile defense british army cold war cold war ii cruise missile interwar period nuclear battlefield raf fighter command raf strike command royal air force royal navy strategic bomber strategic defence sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke uk air defence region united kingdom world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: The Bar
  2. Grey Havoc

    The Met Office in WW1

    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/library-and-archive/archive-hidden-treasures/first-military-forecast
    • Grey Havoc
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    • allies armée de terre british army british commonwealth british empire france french third republic great britain meteorological field service meteorological office meteorological survey the great war triple entente united kingdom weather reconnaissance western front world war i world war one ww1 wwi
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    • Forum: Military
  3. B

    Questions about the military industry

    I'm looking for data on the following questions: - Production of smokeless powder in USA during WW2, by years - Production of artillery in Britain during WW1, by types and years (it seems that there was some kind of British publication that contained accurate data on the production of all guns...
    • Bottleship
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    • military–industrial complex world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  4. Godzilla37

    WW1 and WW2 Never Built Warship Designs

    Are there any lesser known WW1 or WW2 never-built warship designs?
  5. klem

    Walther Lentz falling projectile for airships.1914

    In a patent dated October 20, 1914, entitled Fallgeschoß für Luftfahrzeuge, Walther Lentz presents a type of projectile, an aerial torpedo dropped from airships by means of an ejection device on a descending trajectory.The aerial torpedo has a simple shape, with two slender wings attached to the...
    • klem
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    • airships early 1910s german empire world war i
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Patent Pending
  6. Grey Havoc

    The R38 / ZR-2 airship

    View: https://youtu.be/2LKS2kR4LJY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship
    • Grey Havoc
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    • admiralty admiralty a-class airship airship airships early 1920s great britain late 1910s post-world war i r.38 class airship royal airship works royal corps of naval constructors royal navy short brothers plc united states united states navy world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  7. JFC Fuller

    Vickers Design 742 Battleship

    A detailed description of the Torpedo Protection System for this ship is held by the University of Tokyo and has been digitised. I have downloaded, and uploaded here, the description and the diagram of this system. It goes without saying that the presence of this document in Japan is a very...
    • JFC Fuller
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    • empire of japan great britain imperial japanese navy royal navy vickers ltd world war i
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  8. Tzoli

    KuK Kriegsmarine Capital Ship Projects

    This thread was long overdue, actually way long overdue. I don't know why didn't I posted these until now. So here it is, the capital ship projects of the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine aka the KuK Kriegsmarine or the Austro-Hungarian Navy Some designs were already posted here...
    • Tzoli
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    • austro-hungarian empire battlecruiser battleship battleships cisleithania dual monarchy imperial and royal armed forces imperial and royal war ministry k.u.k. marinesektion kaiserliche und königliche kriegsmarine pre-world war i world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  9. YourChair

    French 400, 406, 420, and 431mm naval gun designs from the late 30s

    Hello! The book French Battleships 1922-56 mentions that for the Alsace-class battleship designs, studies for 400, 406, and 420mm guns were ordered. Additionally, a 406mm naval gun was created by the Schneider company for the Soviet Union, and a 431mm naval gun was created: the elusive Canon de...
  10. World B4

    Unfinished Austro-Hungarian submarines

    https://www.navypedia.org/ships/austrohungary/ah_ss_u48.htm https://www.navypedia.org/ships/austrohungary/ah_ss_u50.htm https://www.navypedia.org/ships/austrohungary/ah_ss_u52.htm https://www.navypedia.org/ships/austrohungary/ah_ss_u101.htm...
    • World B4
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    • austro-hungarian empire dual monarchy imperial and royal armed forces k.u.k. marinesektion kaiserliche und königliche kriegsmarine world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  11. Tzoli

    Fisher's Warship Proposals

    Introduction: John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Commander, Captain, Admiral, Second then First Sea Lord, one if not the most influential and prominent naval commander of the Royal Navy. His ideas, views and dedicated work allowed the modernization of the Royal Navy to remain in first...
    • Tzoli
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    • battlecruiser battleships cruiser early 20th century great britain late 19th century pre-world war i royal navy world war i
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  12. uk 75

    Lists of Unbuilt Royal Navy and British Export Ships

    One of my continuing interests and a strength of this site is information about Royal Navy ships that never left the drawing board. Recently.not so much has been published about these designs so I thought I would start this thread. Many projects have there own threads and are well known to...
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    • aircraft carrier battleships british commonwealth british empire british shipbuilders cammell laird cold war cruiser destroyer frigates great britain interwar period pre-world war i swan hunter vickers-armstrongs vsel world war i world war ii yarrow shipbuilders limited
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  13. hesham

    Italian Early Aircraft 1909-1920

    Hi, does anyone know these two aircraft ( Avis 4 Cagno & Avis 5 Serra Zanetti0,and what was Avis company ?
    • hesham
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    • corpo aeronautico militare early 1920s interwar period kingdom of italy late 1900s ministry of aeronautics (kingdom of italy) pre-world war i regia marina regio esercito world war i
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  14. richard B

    A strange device at Schwerin : Flugzeug simulator (?)

    https://www.ebay.de/itm/385260445789?hash=item59b34fe05d:g:714AAOSwBRVjhBHQ&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoGunLuO5ju858saixivg1Pvxu6141VynIXs8Ujce%2Bu6eefMYlVmSgop2rHwp7Fk%2BQJ93N3hC5crZNv7Bd4uZ9INrXH6uQTjRpYWp3g91O9VIrOfH3QkpVhB7rpeu5uFkp8Ed0hAncLGFDhESyT8jqi1%2F90xX5yO5eSDyAI0GzXzyQzkAdtmtIo9W3vPF%2FuAK...
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    • deutsche luftstreitkräfte die fliegertruppen des deutschen kaiserreiches german empire imperial german state world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  15. Grey Havoc

    Royal Enfield military projects

    To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • airborne forces birmingham small arms company british army cold war enfield of india great britain interwar period parachute paratroopers the enfield cycle company limited world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  16. H

    Fokker Dr. I Dreidecker Genesis - Draft by Inspektion der Fliegertruppen?

    Fokker Dr. I Genesis/Brief Summary of Leon Bennett's Perspective Hi everyone, I recently read "Three Wings for the Red Baron" by Leon Bennett. Quite a fascinating and surprising book, but I'm not sure how much of it is speculation and how much can is based on a solid foundation of verifiable...
    • HoHun
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    • bennett dreidecker fokker fokker dr. i fokker dr.i fokker dreidecker fokker triplane imperial german state world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  17. J

    French Night Fighters

    French Night Fighters Between February 1918 and July 1922 the French Aéronautique Militaire used the Caudron R.XI heavy escort fighters from the Escadrille C 46, in joint operations with the Breguet XIV night bombers of the 3ême regiment de bombardement. In 1924 a night fighter unit was...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • aéronautique militaire armeé de l'air armée de terre french third republic interwar period night fighter pre-world war ii world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. hesham

    Canadian Hoffar Aircraft

    Hi, Henry and James Hoffar built aircraft seaplane in 1915,called H-1,followed by H-2 and H-3 flying boats. http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft29897.htm http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft209213.htm
  19. B

    WW1 period (~1900-1920s) experimental and small-known artillery (field, siege, AA)

    Germany: - 3,7cm TAK gun: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/germany/3-7cm-tankabwehrkanone-rheinmetall?amp - 28cm Krupp haubitze L/14 i.R., 1912-1913 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_cm_Haubitze_L/14_i.R. - 28cm Erhardt haubitze L/12, 1912-1913 - 9cm Rheinmetall kanonenhaubitze L/31, 1917-1918...
  20. klem

    Gibson Motor Vehicle 1915.

    Long before the Welbike, the American inventor Arthur Hugo Cecil Gibson in 1915 during the First World War, offered his motor vehicle to the American army. A 22.5 kg combat scooter that can carry a load of 136 kg at a speed of 40 km/h but was not accepted however it did not differ so much from...
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