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  1. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 4

    The initial Australian M113A1 FSVs were fitted with a turret taken from the Army's Alvis Saladin armoured cars. This was intended to be an interim design, used until an air-portable AFV was purchased. The turret was armed with a 76 mm L5A1 gun. One .30 calibre machine gun was mounted coaxially...

  2. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Following the successful deployment, by the French AMX 10 RC, in the Gulf War, could the British possibly fit the French turret, or the Centauro turret to the Stormer 30|90 chassis?

  3. AHC: Ireland is the 51st US State

    Interesting to see what comes of this. Possibility of statehood under Kennedy if he wasn’t assassinate.

  4. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    possibly. Maybe Claymore could draw it right for me.😁

  5. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Following the successful deployment of the French AMX 10RC armoured cars during the Gulf War the Royal Marine Armoured Support Regiment upgraded its fleet of Pathfinders and Scarab Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles. The power plant was replaced by a 520 hip Iveco V6 turbo diesel. The turret ring...

  6. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Curiosity . What if, instead of coming up with the Cromwell, the British came up with the FV 4201 12 years earlier and armed with the 17 pounder or even the 3.7” gun?

  7. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Always remember a race between N2MSU and the army, going from Londonderry to Castlederg and a Tangi was overtaking but somersaulted into a field. Result looked like an auld farmers land rover with bits of grey armour scattered everywhere.🤣😂🤣

  8. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Best armoured polis vehicle:- the RUC Tangi.

  9. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Ermine hoverwing Advanced future combat reconnaissance vehicle.

  10. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    The original Royal Marines Armoured Support Group was formed during the Second World War. The Group consisted of two Armoured Support Regiments, each of two Armoured Support Batteries, plus an independent Armoured Support Battery. Each Battery consisted of four troops, with each troop equipped...

  11. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    In 1958, the Chief of the Australian Army's General Staff, Lieutenant-General Ragnar Garrett, initiated a program to modernise the Army's organisation and equipment. A formal Weapons and Equipment Policy Statement specifying the Army's requirements for tracked APCs was issued on 26 June 1960. It...

  12. If the U.K. Separated church from state in the 1950s what would it mean for Northern Ireland for the rest of the 20th century?

    no change.

  13. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Advanced future combat reconnaissance vehicle. Power plant 2x Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 turboshafts each rated at 2,160hp. Each engine occupies an area 46” x 28” and weights 232kgs. Armour: exterior 13 mm Bristol Ceramic 25kg/m2 over a 60mm E glass armour ( as per the Advanced Composite...

  14. Without nuclear weapons, when would World War 3 start?

    Maybe, but not so sure. Capitalism focuses on money. It costs to manufacture ships, aeroplanes and tanks. It costs in wages for military personnel. The west’s need was to make money again. Get the troops back into the factory, stop making tanks, start making cars, passenger aircraft instead of...

  15. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    The 6-pdr / 10cwt [2.244"/47 (57 mm)] QF Mark I, were coast defense guns developed by the Army for use against German Schnellboots ("E-boats") and other small craft. The first prototypes were under test by 1928 and series production began in 1934. Twenty-two of them were transferred to the Navy...

  16. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    The 12 ton Vickers Mk2 medium tank entered production in 1925 and ran until 1934. The Mk. D, built for the armed forces of the Irish Free State was fitted with a 6 pounder main gun, an a new 10cwt beginning development in 1928 and production beginning in 1934 this weapon was retrofitted to the...

  17. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    How about these British WW2 vehicles as armoured gun trucks Guy 4x4; AEC &Thornycroft 6x6. There was also a Thornycroft Hathi 1/2 track for the Booties, but can’t find any pics. any chance of scale drawings of these and the Canadian Wolf heavy armoured car?

  18. HMS Invincible
    Threadmarks: The Far East - The Final Chapter

    November 12th The anti-submarine task group, ‘Force K’ commanded by Rear-Admiral John Morse with his flag on the cruiser HMS Sheffield sailed into the South China Sea. The vessels of the Task Group spread out over an area of 25 square miles. Swordfish aircraft operating from the Invincible...

  19. HMS Invincible
    Threadmarks: The Far East - The Final Chapter

    Force K - final make-up. HMS Invincible - Captain Grantham commanding officer Air Boss Captain James Stewart-Moore - 789 RNAS with 10 C.30 ASW Autogyros, 799 RNAS with 10 C.30 ASW Autogyros, 859 RNAS with 12 Swordfish, 862 RNAS with 12 Swordfish, 888 RNAS with 10 Swordfish and 891 RNAS with...

  20. HMS Invincible
    Threadmarks: The Far East - The Final Chapter

    On November 9th at 4*50N 106*59E approximately 85 miles west of Riau, the vessels of FS64 and FS65 joined up again with the rest of Summerville’s ships. For three days the fleet exercised together. Every vessel knew its role, individually and collectively within its sub-unit and Task Force...
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