Hawker Hunter F Mk4 (Nose Only)
The Hawker Hunter F Mk.4 was the first major version of the aircraft and the first that could carry drop tanks or bombs on under-wing pylons. A …
Location: National Cold War Exhibition
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG1 (Nose Only)
One of the most successful and widely-used warplanes of all time, originally designed to meet a US Navy requirement for a supersonic two-seat carrier-borne air defence fighter, …
Remotec Wheelbarrow Mk.7
The second half of the Cold War saw a major increase in urban terrorism. The Wheelbarrow is a remotely controlled bomb disposal vehicle designed to allow a …
Sachsenring Trabant
With a growing demand for car ownership in the Eastern Bloc, the Trabant evolved from earlier designs as a car for the people. Steel was in short …
British Aerospace Tracked Rapier
Following the cancellation of an Iranian Army order, the British army conducted trials with the system and an order was placed to equip the Royal Artillery air …
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 …
Volkswagen Beetle
Production of the “People’s Car” began briefly in 1939 but stopped during the Second World War (1939 – 1945). Major Ivan Hirst of the British Army restarted …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …