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The Scrapboard

Est’d 30-6-01

Changes last made to this page 2nd August 2025

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Important Articles

RPG-2 and other launchers Added 29-4-03 Updated 24-2-21
The Airburst Weapon really needed. The RLGL and MBIL Added 29-4-03 Updated 10-9-10
25mm Musings Added 29-4-03 Updated 16-1-05
21st century Blunderbuss Added 30-4-03 Updated 20-12-07

More information on Disposable Grenade Launchers Added 9-5-03 Updated 13-5-15
Ring Airfoil Grenades Added 15-5-03 Updated 17-10-05

Important Information for Young Soldiers Added 20-5-03
Military Humour and Truisms Added 25-5-03

9mm Makarov as a Police round Added 25-5-03 Updated 8-6-07

“Knowledge may sometimes cause problems, but this does not mean that ignorance is ever a solution”
Isaac Asimov

Weapons of the Scrapboard Added 27-5-03 Updated 9-4-10
Scrapboard’s Ideas on MetalStorm Added 13-6-03 Updated 18-9-03

Cheat sheet for the Mildot system Added 18-7-03 Updated 20-3-10
Karambits, Korambits and Kerambits Added 13-7-03
Ideas on Uniform Reform Added 19-7-03
Kukris, Jambiya, Pesh Kabz and Barongs Added 22-7-03 Updated 12-8-04

Ghidrah Tactical Cluster Bomb Added 23-9-03

Ramming vehicles for SWAT should go backwards Added 2-10-03
Sawn-off shotguns Added 2-10-03
Covert Weapons and Camouflage Added 3-10-03
Spartan Ultra-simple handgun Added 3-10-03 Updated 30-3-12
Troop Type Comparisom Matrix Added 7-10-03 Updated 27-10-03

Enhanced Vision System for Future Soldiers Added 3-11-03
Revising the USMC MEU Added 6-11-03 Updated 17-5-05
ROCKET CRUISERS An "Arsenal Ship" for Marines by Larry A. Altersitz Added 27-11-03 Updated 12-5-05

The 45lb Combat Load Added 6-1-04 Updated 25-11-05
Rowe combat survival kit Added 6-1-04
Survival Firearms Added 6-1-04 Updated 9-5-04
Terrier tracked recon vehicle Added 14-1-04 Updated 27-3-15
Making the .40S&W more effective Added 18-1-04 Updated 18-3-12
Small Arms Cartridge Effectiveness An account of classified trials by weapon developer Bruce Jones. Added 22-1-04 Updated 3-2-04
Account of the 1904 US Handgun Ammunition Trials Added 22-1-04

High Angle Grenade Launcher - Improving Platoon Indirect Firepower Added 11-5-04

Articles by Ralph Zumbro: Catchstick -an alternative to the club Added 29-10-04 Updated 30-5-07

Magbombs, Lantern Grenades and Doorknockers Added 10-11-04 Updated 9-7-21
Selecting Personal Defence Handguns Added 10-11-04
Rifle/ Hand Grenades Added 29-11-04 Updated 12-12-19
Personal Defence Weapons Added 16-12-04 Update 30-7-08

Infantry Organisation for Small Unit Operations Added 13-3-05 Updated 18-9-15
Some thoughts on Less-Lethal Force options Added 17-5-05
Autogyros for Close Air Support New Autogyro article. Added 8-9-05
Shanghai Knives, FS Commando Knives, Gerber MkII and others. Added 8-10-05 Updated 26-12-20
Battalion-level Infantry Weapons Added 14-11-05 Updated 25-11-05
Human aspects of Vietnam and Iraq Added 13-12-05
Extract from Soldier’s Handbook by Lt Col Anthony B. Herbert Added 13-12-05
Mini-tanks Added 28-2-06 Updated 27-3-15
Adding Orbiting fire capability to Aircraft Added 28-2-06, Updated 8-5-15

Looking at the LAV Stryker Added 23-11-06

Bitches, Bulls and Sentinels Future Tank types Added 17-4-07 Updated 15-5-21

Debunking the P90 and MP7 “The Emperor has no Clothes!” Added 13-7-07

Buck Special 119 Review Added 5-11-08

Jade Geko on Digital and Universal Camouflage. Added 23-12-08

The Cassie Ground Attack Aircraft Added 18-6-09 Updated 3-5-24
The MagSub. Added 25-6-09.
Coloured Light and Night Vision Explained Added 26-6-09.
Skua Naval Attack Aircraft. Added 29-6-09.
LineCutter : Air and Artillery Delivered Wire Obstacle Cutting Munition. Added 6-7-09.
Combat Utility Blade for Soldiers Added 7-7-09. Updated 29-4-12.

Auto-Ranging Sniper Scope Added 16-3-10.
.19 Bullets for Police Marksmen Added 4-5-10. Updated 10-5-18


Astrobots and Space Cruisers Added 15-4-11. Updated 29-4-2015

What use is a Stab-Proof Vest and a Naked Throat? Added 26-5-11 Updated 24-9-23

Camouflage: Too dark, not enough contrast? Added 19-5-14
Toyotas, Technicals and Mimesis. Added 12-6-14. Updated 11-1-22
Thunderback Future Tank Concept Added 12-6-14 Updated 26-7-24
Some thoughts on 98mm Mortars Added 14-6-14

The Screen and the Machine Added 29-8-14
Ladders for Infantry Added 29-8-14 Updated 6-8-18
The Uta: An improved M113 Added 29-8-14
Future Infantry Added 29-8-14
Westenran Defence Plan Added 29-8-14, 23-8-18
Police Airship RPV Added 29-8-14
Old Ideas for Future Combat Wear. Added 23-2-15
Reconnaissance Vehicles. Added 27-3-15 Updated 29-5-25
Future Infantry Units Added 29-9-15 Updated 9-4-24
Patrol Interceptor Added 1-6-16, Updated 6-9-18
Threat Suppression Vehicles Added 7-10-16 Updated 27-7-24
More Thoughts on Body Armour Added 11-12-16
The Ideal Military Cartridge. The 6.6mm GPC. Added 8-3-17 Updated 22-4-21
Resurrection of the Turretless Tank. Added 9-3-17 Updated 18-10-24
Heavyweight Wheeled APCs - this season’s must not have! Added 19-7-17 Updated 1-9-17
Future Armoured Vehicles: A Russian View. Added 21-7-17 Updated 1-11-22
Future Artillery Added 29-3-18 Updated 4-5-24
New Grenade Ideas: Quarter Kilo and Sticky Book Added 1-8-18 Updated 25-3-24
Future Combat Aircraft. Added 6-9-18, Updated 23-12-19
Better Training for NCOs Added 18-11-18
Tanks: Endangered, Extinct or Due to Evolve? Added 18-2-19 Updated 24-4-24
Thoughts on Naval Warfare. Contemplating the naval area. Added 31-3-19 Updated 9-9-23
Formations for Bricks Simpler, better tactical formations. Added 18-12-19 Updated 10-5-25
DGL-Swift Weapon System Added 23-12-19 Updated 18-8-21
The Evolution of the Future APC. Added 29-12-19 Updated 2-8-25
Some Assorted Thoughts. Added 31-12-19 Updated 26-7-24
MCG-Cranefly Covert Glider Added 31-12-19
.45 ACP Security Carbine. Added 31-12-19 Updated 23-1-20
Ammunition: A Thought Experiment. Added 17-3-20 Updated 10-5-23

An Alternate Military Organization Added 13-2-21 Updated 6-5-24

Alternative Military Transport Vehicles Added 12-5-21 Updated 6-9-24

The Bazooka Age Added 7-6-21 Updated 4-5-24

Airmobile Warfare and Helicopter Design Added 8-5-22 Updated 4-5-24

Why Police Uniforms Should Be Blue-Green Added 9-10-23

Two New Ideas for Weapon Sights Added 22-12-23
Mecha-Suits for the Modern Military Added 24-4-24
Thoughts on Tourniquets Added 13-7-24<
Expeditionary Warfare in the Modern World Added 27-12-24 Updated 4-7-25
Saving Lives with Colour Added 1-2-25
IMRAM: Fixing the 40mm Grenade Launcher Added 15-3-25

The Land Ironclads by H.G Wells

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