I just wish I had the cash to buy about a hundred copies of a certain book in the public domain, which I would wrap in brown paper and seal. Then...
Certainly true in many cases, but today's Somali pirates are very different from the buccaneers of the Age of Piracy (roughly 1640 to 1720), not...
TacticalTank: I found this picture which illustrates the difference: [IMG] From left to right we have 9mm Parabellum (common pistol cartridge...
I would say that all bolt-action rifles in regular military service in WWII were sufficiently equatable that combat performance is determined...
She's Russian. The Imperial Romanov arms are plainly visible on her prow. It's Potemkin. Now watch me eat some fresh meat... Don't want to see...
I'd like to know more about the MX-774. The information I've turned up is sketchy and occasionally contradictory. One site goes into detail and...
I too have a few questions, Gunney... same caveats apply, no criticism implied or intended... You mentioned the Eastern front in your initial...
:)I'm certainly no expert on the subject of the Mauser 98K and its variants. Over the years I've handled an example only twice, and fired a dozen...
Those two "white mice" who operated the Earth program designed by Deep Thought were Bengy Mouse and Frankie Mouse. Binky (or more correctly,...
While you're at it you'd better stuff a Panzerfaust in your shorts. You never know when a tank might try to poke its nose into your business.
Yeah, every gap-toothed yokel has some cock-and-bull story to peddle about sinister military types issuing graphic threats the likes of which...
Here's a beautiful model of Oregon from modelshipmaster.com: [IMG] Note how high the secondaries are mounted. This may be an illustration of the...
Did Hitler's objection to the "new rifle" derive from the rationalization measures advocated by Albert Speer, or by distrust of reduced power...
Yes, the footing on the American beaches was firmer, particularly on Utah, which was the widest beach with the shallowest gradient of all the...
The Polish contribution to the Western Allies is not inconsiderable. Apart from the highly distinguished actions of Polish pilots serving with the...
That's a rather odd hulk for a pre-dreadnought battleship, and she's too stout in the beam for a cruiser. Flush-decked therefore not a...
A Tiger tank fanboi, are we Jadgermeister? May I suggest some reading? Amazon.com: Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in...
I don't know if the Germans ever tried it, but the Americans did. It was known as the Loon, and it was a copy of the Fieseler Fi 103, know as the...
That's the Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen trying to pass for an island. Here's another shot of her camo job: [img] And here without...
Correct! You have the floor, Gromit.
