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Russia: Drone Captures Tanks Pushed To Their Limits

This footage from a drone is taken in Russia and shows the Suvorov Onslaught International Army Games. These military ‘Olympic-style’ games occur every year. Different…

Awesome Huey Chopper Fires .50 Cal, Gatling Gun & Rockets (Video)

The Super Huey or the Bell UH-1Y Venom is a twin-engine helicopter that has its origins in the famous Huey Choppers from the Vietnam War.…

How It’s Made: The M3 Grant Tank (1942)

This clip from 1942 shows the production of the medium Tank M3 “Grant” in the Chrysler Tank Arsenal, Detroit. The Medium Tank M3 was an…

Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…

German Mauser C96, Famous from James Bond & Star Wars!

The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was built by the German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896–1937. The C96 gained fame in recent times…

The End Of A Proud Warship: Gut Wrenching Footage Of The HMS Barham Exploding (1941)

Constructed for the Royal Navy around 1910, the Queen Elizabeth battleship HMS Barham was often used as the flagship in battle. Having participated in World…

Weird! Object 279, A Soviet Heavy Tank Designed That Could Survive A Nuclear Explosion!?!

The Soviet automobile industry could have been considered as conservative in the 1950s/60s, at least in the civilian sphere. On the other hand, military vehicles…

Top 10 Military Vehicles From The US and the UK that Won WWII

Besides the men that put their lives on the line, it were the military vehicles that supported them and made their effort a possibility. For…

5 Things To Know About The Rifle That Won The Second World War: M1 Garand!

Joris Nieuwint

The famous United States General George S. Patton called the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever devised’. He attributed the Allied victory…

This Crazy Soviet Pilot Flew a MiG 17 Under A Bridge!

In 1965 an incredible stunt was pulled by a Soviet pilot named Valentin Privalov, who managed to fly his MiG 17 jet fighter under a…

HMS Falmouth Wreck Scanned with 3D Imaging

The Royal Navy’s HMS Falmouth was a warship during World War I. German U-boats sunk it off the coast of Yorkshire 100 years ago on…

5 Fascinating Facts About America’s Most Successful WWI Fighter Ace, Edward Rickenbacker

The United States Air Force and Army have seen many skilled, brave, and incredible pilots – men and women willing to fly straight into battle,…