This Might Have Been Britain’s Weirdest Ever Tank – The Independent A1E1
Ordered to War Office specifications in 1922, the Independent A1E1 finally appeared in 1926, to a revised design by Vickers-Armstrong. It took part in the…
Trees in the Way Are Not a Problem for the Russian Screw-Propelled ATV (Watch)
The ZIL-29061 Screw-Propelled Vehicle was an all-terrain machine designed to recover landed space capsules from remote and otherwise impassable locations. These capsules often fell…
Ironclad Devastation-Class Battleships – The Steam Powered Trailblazers For The Fleets Of The Future
In 1869 there was a revolutionary shift in the long tradition of British ship building. Up until this point battleships had always used some form…
Massively Super-Sized Siege Guns From World War One And Two
In the 19th century, transport limitations restricted the size of artillery. If a piece of equipment could not be pulled by horses, then it could…
The Centurion Tank – One Of The Longest-Serving Tank Designs In History
The Centurion tank’s first prototypes appeared among the Allied troops in Belgium in 1945. The tank was a successor of prior designs such as the…
Part 2: Anakonda 16 – More Fantastic Photos Of Modern Military In Action
This year the Polish Army led a multinational joint exercise of NATO in Eastern Europe – Anakonda 16. 24 countries, 31,000 soldiers, over 100 aircraft, 12…
Shooting The WW2 German MP40 Submachine Gun – This Guy Is Having A Lot Of Fun
The MP40 submachine gun was made to use with the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. This submachine gun was developed in Germany by the Nazis and the…
The US Navy’s New Zumwalt-Class Stealth Destroyer – High-Tech, Powerful… But Hugely Expensive
The US Navy’s newest destroyer, USS Zumwalt, is the most modern – and the most expensive – warship in US naval history. The vessel is incredibly…
A Weird Wehrmacht Vehicle – Half Tank, Half Motorbike – This Is The Kettenkrad
A vehicle designated SdKfz 2 was an interesting part of the Wehrmacht arsenal. The “tracked motorcycle,” commonly named in the German Army as the Kettenkrad,…
Newly Released Graphic WWII Footage Of Flamethrower Use Shows The Brutal Reality Of The War
Evidence of just how brutal World War II could be is still coming to light 70 years after it ended. Video footage of the Australian…
What A Blast – Firing The Amazingly Powerful WW2 German PAK-40 Anti-Tank Gun
The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the…
Firing The Popular Thompson Submachine Gun – Full Auto (Watch)
Black and white gangster movies from the 1930s were, and still are, hugely popular. The weapon of choice in these movies is almost always the…