Mg 34 Here are some pictures of the MG34 which the MG42 was based on. The MG34 was considered expensive to manufacture because of it's many...
Spec's - G/K43 Action - Gas Operated Calibre/Cartridge - 7.92 x 57mm/Mauser Effective Range - 500 Metres Ammunition Capacity - 10...
The need for a Semi-Automatic weapon to improve the Wehrmacht's combat efficiency was realised early in WW2 as it relied heavily on Bolt Action...
Fantastic video :thumb:. I have to confess to being a bit of a "Call of Duty" fan on the PC and XBOX 360 and me & my lad have played all of them...
Link now works correctly after I put in the right web address. Doh :red:
This is possibly the best deception plan of WW2. I found a great Wikipedia article on it here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation Mincemeat...
An incredible 37,000,000 Mosins were produced in the USSR alone, with several Eastern Block countries & China producing their own versions. The...
The Mosin-Nagant was the most widely used Russian Rifle of WW2. Made in great quantities it was the standard issue rifle of the Red Army until...
The M1 Garand rifle was developed by Springfield designer John Garand. It was the first Semi-Automatic weapon issued en masse to troops anywhere...
2 US Army Officers - Colonel Leslie A. Skinner & Lieutenant Edward G. Uhl were working on an experimental Rocket Launcher at George Washington...
The development of the Bazooka was born of 2 different weapons - The Recoilless Rocket and the Shaped Charge Warhead. Following work done by Dr...
The British Ordnance QF 17 Pounder Gun was considered the best Allied Anti-Tank Gun of WW2. Using APDS Ammunition it could take on and defeat any...
It is popularly believed that the Me 262 was the 1st Jet Fighter but in fact Britain's Gloucester Meteor and America's Bell XP-59 can also lay...
The Me 262 was perceived by many as a last ditch Wonder Weapon by the Germans to try and save the dire situation they were in following reversals...
Designed & built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast), the Churchill was named after the British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. He was...
The Churchill was the earliest British Heavy Tank. It was a modified version of the A20 which had Side Sponsons, much like the WWI Tanks. However...
