Photos The Cold War

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why project this not successful?

because it was an aerodynamic proof of concept for the civilian Tu-144 supersonic jetliner.

 

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because it was an aerodynamic proof of concept for the civilian Tu-144 supersonic jetliner.

Good on you mate, said it much better than me

 

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USS Leary (DD-879) receives a refueling hose to her forward trunk from USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67), November 1968. USN photo.

 

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USN:
The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CG-4) steaming with USS Saratoga (CV-60) and other units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, en route to an anchorage near Gaeta, Italy, on 16 March 1976. The ships were returning from a training exercise. The cruiser in the background is probably USS Dale (CG-19).

 

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USSR:
Cruiser Kirov in the Baltic Sea, June 1962

 

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Indian chief visiting his son, a Captain in the U.S. Army, on board a tank during military exercises. Washington County 1957.

 

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Flakpanzer Gepard on it way to the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum

 

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British Centurion Tank

 

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Polish BMP-1 (BWP-1 )

 

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Indian chief visiting his son, a Captain in the U.S. Army, on board a tank during military exercises. Washington County 1957.

Beautiful image, as times change, the horses have been overcome by the tank, but there is nothing better than a good rider and much more if he is your father, the chief!

 

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Appears to have been struck by some kind of top-secret Soviet laser anti-tank weapon.

 

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USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) Caption: At Newport News, probably undergoing tests, circa 1964-65. Note open tubes for Polaris missiles with hatch covers coloured and numbered in billiard ball-style

 

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USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) prepares to moor the boat in Charleston, SC on 25 March 1969

 

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"Kotlin"-class destroyer Besslednyi (022, at left), seen from the deck of the American destroyer USS Walker (DD-517), was photographed by a U.S. Navy cameraman a short time before the two ships collided in the Sea of Japan during the morning of 10 May 1967.

 

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Soviet troops riding T-62 tanks.

Soviet T-62s and PT-76s during training.

Soviet T-62 tanks during training.

ASU 85

 

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France:
Prime minister Jacques Chirac aboard an AMX-30 at Mailly le Camp during exercises in 1975. Chirac (1932-2019) himself served in a tank regiment during the Algerian War.

 

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T-55s and BTR-60

 

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Sweden:
Södermanland's regiment. Battalion Exercise 2 with Ikv 91

"Heavy metal Centurion" with chain standoff screens. August 1976.

 

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1970. Australian Centurion Mk V/1 crews watch a night fire exercise.

 

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Swedish soldiers assaulting a trench during a manoeuvre exercise; somewhere in Sweden, circa 1950s

Members of the Swedish Homeguard (Hemvärnet) manning a Ksp m/14-29 HMG (licence version of the American M1917A1 Browning in 6.5 mm ) next to a rail bridge while a commuter train is passing by; somewhere in Sweden, circa 1970s

Swedish artillerymen loading a 155 mm Haubits F (a French made Obusier de 155 Modele 50 heavy howitzer) during a live fire exercise; somewhere in Sweden, circa 1970s