Bedford RLHZ ‘Green Goddess’
Although widely identified in the public’s mind as a fire fighting appliance, this is actually a Civil Defence mobile pump unit. The design concept was based on …
Period: Post-WWII
BMC Mini
The Mini was launched in 1959 to compete with the popular “bubble car”. Excellent handling compensated for the low power and success was achieved in motor sport. …
Centurion
The Centurion came into service just too late to see combat in the Second World War, but combat use in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle-East Arab-Israeli wars …
BMP-1
The Russian BMP-1 went into production in the early 1960’s and marked an important departure from previous armoured personnel carriers. Not just an infantry carrier, it provided …
Alvis Saladin
The Saladin had a protracted development before going into production in 1958. It entered service a year later and served in all parts of the world. In …
Alvis Scorpion
This armoured close reconnaissance vehicle is part of a family of tracked light armoured vehicles built for the British Army during the 1970s. The RAF Regiment used …
Hägglund und Söner Bv 202 Over Snow
Once the British Army took over its NATO role of Northern Flank defence of Norway, it selected this fully-tracked and articulated Swedish vehicle for its over-snow performance. …
Krauss-Maffei Leopard 1
During the Cold War, West Germany designed and manufactured two main battle tanks. The Leopard 1 was the first of these successful designs and was an unqualified …
Vickers VC10
The VC10 was designed as a long range airliner able to operate from short runways at airfields in hot and high conditions as found in Africa and …
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk 1
The Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk 1 was ordered as the standard primary trainer to supersede the De Havilland Chipmunk; it first entered service in April 1973. …
Engine – Rolls-Royce Olympus 22R 320
Designed for the BAC TSR2, this engine provided 30610lbs thrust and was fitted with an afterburner (also seen on display next to the TSR2) which gave a …
Engine – Rolls-Royce RB162
This small engine was designed for use in the Trident 3B aircraft providing booster power to improve take-off performance. It provided thrust of 5,250lbs at take-off and …
Lockheed Polaris
Perfection of this missile represents one of the greatest achievements in missile engineering. The problem presented to Lockheed and its subcontractors in 1956 was to produce an …
Vickers Type 888 Red Dean
Red Dean was an Air-to-Air Missile project started in late 1952. The missile was to use a pulse doppler guidance system. However, the technology was not available …
Philco-Ford AIM9B Side Winder
Development of the Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile, (AAM), began in 1949 with the formation of a team led by Dr McLean in China Lake USA. The team aimed …