Machinery & Gear | War History

Harrier Pilot Lands On STOOL On Aircraft Carrier After Landing Gear Fails

Flying an airplane at the best of time demands enormous skill, years of training and the ability to keep a cool head, no matter what…

Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch: ’43 NATO Survey Pt 1 – By World Of Tanks

In my most recent trip to the Archives, I ran across a section of files of observations from the front. I’ll be going over a…

A Rough Guide of the Costs of Guns During WWII

Jack Beckett

We know that millions of weapons were made during WWII – but do we know the cost of their production? This isn’t a bulletproof guide,…

It Was Weird But It Worked! Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake”

During WWII the United States Navy built experimental fighter aircraft through its Vought XF5U “Flying Flapjack” program. One of the aircrafts built was the Vought…

20 Images of Damaged B-17 Bombers That Miraculously Made It Home

The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for being able to take a lot of damage and still make it back to base. We have collected…

Captured German Tanks and Equipment dump in Normandy

This massive dump of captured or destroyed German equipment lies near Isigny-sur-Mer on the crossroads of the D196 and the D203 in the direction of Lison, east…

Ten of the best fighters of WWII??

Over a period of six years of conflict, from 1939 to 1945, aircraft designs had progressed in leaps and bounds. From the obsolete biplane to…

The first supersonic jet bomber: B-58 “Hustler”

Soon after the WWII, when the development of the first jets succeeded, scientists had to address the problem of breaking the sound barrier. During the…

Take A Look inside a U-boat, 42 Stunning Images That Show Every Detail

The U-Boat War The Battle of the Atlantic was a vital arena of the Second World War. A protracted campaign that lasted for most of…

Messerschmitt BF 110 – Luftwaffe’s Airborne Artillery & Night Fighter (Pictures)

In the 1930s Nazi Germany developed a twin-engine heavy fighter and fighter-bomber which became known as the Bf 110. Armed with four MG 17 machine…

Tank Chats: The British Mark V Tank (Watch)

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

The Only Surviving Horten Ho 229 – “Hitler’s Stealth fighter”

The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…