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The Flaming Coffin, The German Heavy Dive Bomber The Luftwaffe Hated

The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was an aircraft doomed from the start of its inception. Its design was intrinsically flawed, its engines frequently caught…

20 Amazing Pictures of the Aircraft Boneyard in Tuscon Arizona

The Boneyard can be found in Tuscon, Arizona, in the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Of course, its official title is slightly less mysterious than its…

Top 5 Submachine Guns

The submachine gun is falling quickly into obsolescence, but they still fill a few important roles and are incredibly fun to shoot. In this episode…

7 Oddest Weapons That Have Been Made In the Past

You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…

5 Things You Don’t Know: M1 Garand (Watch)

The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…

Waking Up To Find A German U-Boat on the Beach

On April 16, 1919, the residents at Queens Hotel, a beach-front hotel in Hastings, on the Sussex coast in England, awoke to the most amazing…

Tiger Day 2016 – Biggest Ever

Eager crowds gathered at The Tank Museum on Saturday, for a day dedicated to Tiger 131, the only running Tiger 1 in the world.Almost 4000…

TIGER DAY SEES THOUSANDS OF HAPPY FACES AT THE TANK MUSEUM

The WHO team enjoyed another classic day in the spring sunshine at Bovington. Words and photographs by Mark Barnes. Coffee and donuts by Jack Beckett.…

Even Better Than The Mustang – These Soviet Yak 3 Fighters Owned The Sky (Watch)

The Soviet Yak fighter (Yakovlev Yak-3) was a Soviet dogfighter that was used in World War 2. This was a robust craft, and its maintenance…

World War II Bombers – Destruction from Above

It was during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 when the first bomb was dropped from an aircraft, and ever since then the concept of wreaking…

Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch Matilda II Part 4 – By World of Tanks

The last part of a four-part tour of the Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda II. The Infantry Tank Mark II, best known as the Matilda,…

The Supermarine Spitfire: From WWII’s Greatest Battles All the Way to the Silver Screen

All of the greatest man-made inventions have stood the test of time. They remain living testaments to the evolutionary process and creative innovation of some…