At the time of the Boston Tea Party the tax on tea had recently been dropped from 1 shilling to 3d (three pennies!) - a 75% REDUCTION in tax on...
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One thing that was made briefly public and then never mentioned gain from MANY years ago was when the USN got their first squadron of F-14s worked...
I'm more or less settled in to the new job and new house and am back on the net again, this time with my own connection. Expect to hear more from...
The Scorpion/ Scimitar family of CVR(T) had a Jaguar-manufactured engine - the whole series of vehicles were known as "E-Type sewing machines"......
The Meteor (Cromwell, Comet and some post war vehicles) was a modified Merlin, at one stage there was thought of going back to the previous engine...
A10 regularly carries a pair of 'winders on the outer pylon on one wing and chaff/ jammer pod on the opposite pylon. Self defence only though!
Do you have a source for this? All the early reports I've seen (from about 2 years before the first one was flown) was that from the start it was...
Noddy's medal collection
Monkey? MONKEY!?? oops, somewhere there's a librarian looking for you... "ook".
Just bought the latest Military Modelling Special issue on Armour modelling, and the very nice article on the history of the A10 (early Brit tank,...
http://www.tankmuseum.org.uk/visfaq2.html
Demographics and the lack of conscription. Since there are (relatively) fewer people joining the army the thinking is that these few should be...
I'm not sure Hahn will forgive me for this but: "Army's first woman tank driver has her trials" Ducks and runs....
by Noddy and
Because A) DU is, as has been stated, self-sharpening and therefore it easier to calculate the penetration (the better the initial calculation on...
Probably per minute. IIRC Rarden was designed for single-shot accuracy rather rate of fire, but has a 3-round burst capability.
Apparently this one was loaded with "unprotected" explosives purely to provide the spaectacle, as opposed to wet stowage and all the other...
(run like hell!)
Mossies were detectable on radar and the more I think about it, it's possible they were more easily detected. An ordinary aircraft has fairly...