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Surprise your Wife, Buy A Sherman Tank! Only 275k dollar!

1943 Sherman Tank ( Grizzly ) Canadian built M4-A1 This is an all original excellent condition Sherman It had a New R975 engine installed 8…

10 Biggest Nuclear Explosions

Most of us have seen footage or photographs of the explosions at Nagasaki and Hiroshima: the mushroom cloud, the radius, the devastation. Those, however, were…

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,…

Weird But 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…

Bovington Tank Museum: The Tank Factory – By World Of Tanks

Reminiscing about the first experiences with The Tank museum I recall my very first visit to The Tank Museum in Bovington way back in 1982.…

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…

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…

Watch The Tank Museum Tiger 131 In Battle As You’ve Never Seen It Before!

There is one thing you can count on during the Tank Museum’s annual Tank Fast, Tiger 131 will make it’s appearance. It will be showcased…

ISU-152 With Massive 152.4 mm Howitzer

During World War II, the Soviets developed a massive mobile gun to defend against the German tanks. It was based on the KV-1S tank and…

US Navy Sailors Firing the Powerfull Mk38/ M242 Bushmaster on a Boat

In February 2013 sailors assigned to LHD 3 USS Kearsarge conducted a firing exercise with live ammo using the powerful Mk38/ M242 Bushmaster at sea.…

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…

How Much Paper Does it Take to Stop a 50cal?

Today we are going to find out how much paper it takes to stop a .50 cal round! But let us start with some information…