Machinery & Gear | War History

7 Funny-Looking Tanks That Helped To Win On D-Day

The landings in Normandy demanded new sorts of hybrid tanks that were capable of fulfilling multiple engineering tasks to provide maximum support to the infantry.…

Tank Chats: The British Mark V Tank (Watch)

The Allies were the first to build tanks, and so the Germans had to come up with methods to stop them. At first, they widened…

Classic Weaponry – See The Lewis Gun In Action (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

The Lewis gun is a classic 20th Century weapon, developed in 1911, which saw action in both the World Wars. Originally designed in the United…

The German WW2 Sturmgewehr Assault Rifle (Watch)

After several years of rejecting the idea of a new automatic or semi-automatic weapon, Hitler asked his top commanders on the Eastern Front what they…

Light Tank Mark II A – Two-Man Light Tank of the Early Thirties (Watch)

The first British light tank, the Mark I, evolved from the Carden-Loyd Carrier. The Mark II was produced in larger numbers and issued for service.…

WWII – Rare Footage of German Heavy Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Tank

The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the most feared tank by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The thing that made this…

Firing Rounds In Texas – A 1919 Browning Automatic Rifle – Locked On Full Auto

The Browning Automatic Rifle, or simply BAR, proved to be one of the most reliable weapons of the Second World War. Developed on the eve…

They Bought An Old Tank To Restore – Then They Found $2.4 Million In Gold Inside It (Watch)

The people working at Tanks-A-Lot in the UK spend their days restoring old tanks and driving them around. They also supply tanks for movies and…

Five Facts – The Most Widely Used Gun in the World – The AK-47

Joris Nieuwint

What do you know about the most widely used gun in the world? In a tale of historic irony, the Russian soldier who invented the…

Awesome – Firing the 88mm FLAK Gun (Watch)

One of the most famous weapons used by the Germans in World War II was the Flugabwehrkanoneor – Flak for short. The word means ‘aircraft…

The Mosin–Nagant: The Most Mass-Produced Bolt-Action Rifle In History (Watch)

Malcolm Higgins

First appearing in 1891, the Mosin–Nagant rifle was invented for use in the Imperial Russian Army. The weapon, which took roughly three years to be…

Fascinating Reminders Of War – Abandoned Tanks From All Over The World (Watch)

What is more fascinating than an enormous instrument of war wasting away in a landscape that has long forgotten the war that occurred there? These…