Machinery & Gear | War History

US Army to Replace the M4 & SAW With NGSW System Within 2 Years

Ian Harvey

The US Army is looking at the NGSW system to replace both the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and the M16/M4/carbine used by close combat…

Sold to One of the World’s Largest Private Collectors – Kevin Wheatcroft

Back in the 1960s, MGM made a film entitled “The Yellow Rolls Royce”. With an all-star cast it charted the life of a primrose yellow…

Historic & Restored LCT 7074 Delivered to Museum

Landfall, a 300 tonne D-Day Landing Craft, also known as LCT 7074 has been delivered to Southsea in the UK prior to delivery to a…

“Bazooka” Charlie’s Piper L-4H Reconnaissance Plane

It took 18 months of work, but Colin Powers has completed restoration work on “Bazooka” Charlie Carpenter’s Piper L-4H airplane, known as “Rosie the Rocketer.”…

The Italian Navy Arrives in World of Warships: Legends

World of Warships: Legends brings in the first Italian warships, a new collaboration with Transformers, and a new system for players to manage and upgrade…

Graf Spee Eagle Worth $26 MILLION, Could be Displayed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

In the first naval battle of World War II, the British navy was able to ‘sink the’ German pocket battleship Graf Spee. Fatally crippled by…

Now You Can Hire USS Cobia a WW2 Sub For a Night

Make history when you spend the night on USS Cobia, our fully restored World War II submarine. “USS Cobia (SS 245) was launched November 28, 1943, in…

Victoria Cross for “Teddy” 78 Years After Going Down With His Ship

This year, a panel revisited the Australian Navy’s request to award the Victoria Cross to Ordinary Seaman Edward “Teddy” Sheean. On August 12th, they overturned…

Help & Save This D-Day Veteran

A lightship, number LV72, helped to guide Canadian forces through a minefield in the English Channel, on their way to Juno Beach during D-Day in…

“Holy Grail” Was Discovered in 2015 with $17 Billion Cargo

In 2015 a robot submarine  discovered a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea with a cargo thought to be worth as much as $17 billion –…

For Sale: Sherman M4A1 “Grizzly”

The Sherman M4 is one of the most famous and brilliant combat tanks of the Second World War. Succeeding the M3 from 1941, it was…

Fantastic News! Wheatcroft Collection’s S130 – The Last Survivor Has New Home

PRESS RELEASE – THE WHEATCROFT COLLECTION ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED THE HISTORIC RICHMOND DRY DOCK, WHICH WILL BECOME THE PERMANENT HOME…