Abandoned Military Projects of the United Kingdom: Blue Streak, Cva-01, Audacious Class Aircraft Carrier, G3 Battlecruiser, Project Habakkuk

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: ... Show synopsis Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Blue Streak, CVA-01, Audacious class aircraft carrier, G3 battlecruiser, Project Habakkuk, Armalite AR-18, Operational Requirement F.155, EM-2 rifle, Cultivator No. 6, Blue Water, FV4401 Contentious, Valiant tank, Flying Elephant, Tortoise heavy assault tank, Lion class battleship, Resurgam, N3 class battleship, Reserve fleet, Malta class aircraft carrier, HMS Incomparable, BSA Welgun, Vickers A1E1 Independent, Birch gun, Blue Peacock, L64/65, TOG1, Black Prince, T14 Heavy Tank, Mark VI, Taden gun, Esser-Barrat, Alecto, SLEM-1, TOG2, Thorneycroft carbine, Excelsior tank, Sterling SAR-87, Elkins Automatic Rifle, Howard Francis machine carbine, BSA experimental model 1949, Ordnance QF 32 pounder, MCEM 3 submachine gun. Excerpt: The G3 battlecruisers were a class of battlecruisers planned by the Royal Navy after the end of World War I in response to naval expansion programs by the United States and Japan. The four ships of this class would have been larger, faster and more heavily-armed than any existing battleship (although several projected foreign ships would be larger). The "battlecruiser" designation came from their higher speed and lesser firepower and armour relative to the planned N3 class battleship design. The G3s carried nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns and were expected to achieve 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph), while the N3s would carry nine 18-inch (457 mm) guns on the same displacement at the expense of a slower speed. While officially referred to as "battlecruisers," the G3s have also been considered "fast battleships." The G3 design was approved by the Board of Admiralty on 12 August 1921. Orders were placed in October-November, but were suspended later in November with the beginning of the Washington Naval Conference which limited battleship numbers. The orders were cancelled in February 1922 with the ratificat... Hide synopsis