Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 1: The beginning

4000 hours later, Adrian Barrell walk us through the restoration of his Sherman  M4A4 – from range wreck to  world class restoration. My Sherman, M4A4…

Three U Boats missing until 1985 when found in the Elbe U-boat bunker in Hamburg

Early in 1940 the Germans realized the vulnerability of their open top U-Boat enclosures and decided to start building massive bunkers to guard their precious…

WHO-Tube: T-34 Tank rescued from the marshland

In World War II, a Russian-built T-34 tank was captured by the Germans, repainted and used as their own. It was either stuck in battle…

For sale: 88mm – $100,000 – $150,000

The 88 mm gun (eighty-eight) was a German anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. They were widely used by Germany throughout the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Cover-Up at Omaha Beach: D-Day, the US Rangers, and the Untold Story of Maisy Battery

  The US archives have just released some paperwork which will change the way everyone looks at Maisy Battery, and the information contained in the…

B-17 Flying Fortress: Scrapping After WWII

These Video Images Are From The Kingman, Arizona Aviation Graveyard (1947- 1948). It’s called ‘The Treasured Collection Of Heartbreaking Photos’. It’s A Video By Ramo…

8 Nazi German Inventions The US Made Use of After WWII

To the victors belong the spoils of war, and after Nazi Germany was defeated there were plenty of spoils that the Allies were after. 1.…

The Gear, Gadgets and Weaponry of a D-Day Paratrooper

  Imagine the terror. You’re D-Day paratrooper, one of 13,000 American soldiers who’ve dropped behind enemy lines to fight the Germans in Normandy. Your mission…

Top 5 Tips for Safely Collecting Inert Ammunition and Ordnance

Like many collecting focusses, militaria collectors with a passion for acquiring inert ammunition have many influences, be they stories from their grandfather’s tales of WW2,…

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) – fastest piston engine fighter of WW2

During the Second World War, the Dornier company was building a radically different airplane, the Do 335 Pfeil (“Arrow”). Having a unique “push-pull” layout and…

FOR SALE: 1944 FORD T-16 UNIVERSAL CARRIER

This is Absolutely the best T-16 that I have seen by far in my 40 years of selling MV’s , There could be one out…

Can a tin shed actually be a very important WWII museum? Actually it can…

TIN SHED EXPERIENCE We often think only huge, over priced and ‘lifeless’ museums are all we have as a choice for learning about our history.…