Bedford’s involvement in four-wheel drive vehicles began in 1938, during the development stages of the square nosed 15-cwt Bedford. It was...
A Sherman Tank passes through an imposing arch into the town of Cassibile, on the coastal road between Syracuse and Avola, a sector overrun by the...
Private James Maier, Essex Scottish, in a day filled with incidents of heroism set a fine example of courage and initiative and soldierly...
[img] The AEC Matador 4x4 tractor first appeared in 1939, and was built to a War Office specification to tow 4.5-in (114-mm), 5.5-m (140-mm)...
A typical scene of street fighting during WWII. This drawing, illustrates some of the tactics and weapons employed in street fighting of this...
When I read the thread below about the Ladies of the French Resistance, it instantly remind me a documentary I saw a few weeks ago on Arte (Arte...
[img] Known as the Jug; Republic's P-47 was the largest and heaviest single-seat fighter flown by any of the 1939-45 combatants. First used in...
An Allied tank, silhouetted against the dusk, tows a supply truck ashore at Anzio, January 1944. The ease with which the Allied forces carved out...
Designed specifically for the airborne forces, the Excelsior Folding Motorcycle, better known as the Welbike, featured collapsible handle bars,...
Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE), Churchill Tank with petard mortar. The projectile used for blasting gaps and holes in buildings and...
Air Vice Marshal Wilfrid Oulton, CR, CRE, DSO, DFC, was a trained fighter pilot then chose to change to flying boats. However, he found himself...
Major General Percy Hobart began his career in the Bengal Sappers and Miners and then transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment. He was, therefore,...
Its amazing that after all these years that finds like this still happen, thou it makes you wonder why it took so long when it was common...
Of the 9,386 soldiers interred at Colleville, three of them received the Congress Medal of Honour, the highest distinction of their Country. Frank...
Hello, Finding specifications for tanks is generally quite common, but I haven't seen much in the way of tanks costs beyond generalities like...
The arrival of the tank gave rise to a wholly new technique of defence. Elaborate tank traps were a part of every fortified line, but the...
So many and so varied were the occupations represented in the ranks of the Army, Navy, and Air Force that it is impossible to give more than a...
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I was wondering if anyone would happen to know which tank had the best kill death ratio? I would personally guess a Panther or Tiger but I do not...
I made a slight detour recently to Fort Knox Kentucky while visiting the National Corvette Museum, sports car not warship, in Bowling Green...