Hi. There are a lot of short (10 - 60 min) japanese films on IJA and IJN technology available on the National Film Archive of Japan youtube...
Can anyone help me find a photograph of a T110 3 ton 4x2 Dodge Tipper. Canadian made for British army. I want to include one in a small booklet...
I want to acknowledge the dioramas that I have found on an old magazine from Italaerei (from the late 70s):...
Along with the engineering achievements of the Mulberry Harbours allowing for the disembarkation of men, materials and vehicles in Normandy...
England was an island under siege. Her expeditionary force that had been sent to the Continent in late 1939 to whip Adolf Hitler had just been...
The capture of a Soviet T-34 medium tank on the Eastern Front led directly to the development of the German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther, which...
The “jeep” was standardized as the “truck, 4x4, ¼ ton” in July 1941, and provided a lightweight, all-terrain utility vehicle. The requirement for...
The Airspeed Horsa I glider had a maximum take-off weight of I5,500lbs. With the Horsa II this rose to I5,750lbs. However, in all operations with...
The first command vehicle in British service was the Morris 762kg/ 15cwt. This came into service in 1937 but was far too small to be of any real...
After the withdrawal of British and French forces from Dunkirk in June 1940, there was a real threat that the Germans would invade Britain once...
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Initially envisioned as a tank that would support infantry engaged in the kind of trench-style fighting seen in World War I, the Infantry Tank...
Corporal Paul Beck of the 1st Battalion of the 5th German Parachute Regiment was a runner, travelling in a motorbike sidecar to carry vital...
Caterpillar Tractors were capable of a greater variety of war front tasks than any other single piece of mechanism. In the foreground a bulldozer...
A revolution in military engineering had earned high praise from Field Marshal Montgomery, a permanent way which can be assembled on the spot to...
Why Britain's Achievements Astounded the World During WWII In the sixth year of hostilities, Britain's War Cabinet has made possible the world...
GMC Dukw-353 Duck Basically a standard GMC 2.5 ton (2,268 kg) 6 x 6 GMC truck, the amphibious Duck was one of the Allies most useful transport...
SdKfz 184 Panzerjager Tiger (P) Elefant With the cancellation of Porsche's Tiger tank in favour of the Henschel design, 90 available chassis...
Just like all the other major construction works forming the Atlantic Wall, but with the added curiosity of being situated right in the centre of...
Published in The Daily Express May 1940 The first new dance of the war, the 'Blackout Stroll' was designed specially for 'You ladies called...