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Explains the successful and failed guided weapons projects of the British company "Vickers" in the 1950s and 1960s. The author describes missile types, guidance systems and test programmes and also reports on the history of the company and the most important people involved in these weapons projects. Weapons projects covered in detail include the Red Rapier, Blue Boar, Red Dean and the Vigilant anti-tank missile, which the author himself helped to develop at a young age.
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- Forbat, J.
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- The "Secret" World of Vickers Guided Weapons
- Details
- English text, paperback, many bw photos and bw drawings. Stroud: The History Press 2006. 255 pp.
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