British Habakkuk

Project Habakkuk was a British wartime proposal for a very large floating aviation platform built using ice strengthened with wood pulp, a material called pykrete. It was considered in the context of Atlantic air-cover problems, and a small experimental structure was tested in Canada. No operational Habakkuk carrier was constructed. Its enormous technical and logistical demands, changing circumstances, and alternative ways of providing air cover ended the project. Pykrete research addressed strength and melting as engineering problems, while the operational proposal demanded propulsion, refrigeration, construction capacity, and defense. Demonstrating a material in a test structure was only one part of that far larger undertaking.

Finish and color

Supplied unpainted and printed in the selected color. Choose from the available product color options.

Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1936, Global Empires, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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