The End Of A Proud Warship: Gut Wrenching Footage Of The HMS Barham Exploding In 1941 (Watch)
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…
7 Funny-Looking Tanks That Helped To Win On D-Day
The landings in Normandy demanded new sorts of hybrid tanks that were capable of fulfilling multiple engineering tasks to provide maximum support to the infantry.…
Tank Chats: The British Mark V Tank (Watch)
The Allies were the first to build tanks, and so the Germans had to come up with methods to stop them. At first, they widened…
Light Tank Mark II A – Two-Man Light Tank of the Early Thirties (Watch)
The first British light tank, the Mark I, evolved from the Carden-Loyd Carrier. The Mark II was produced in larger numbers and issued for service.…
WWII – Rare Footage of German Heavy Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Tank
The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the most feared tank by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The thing that made this…
They Bought An Old Tank To Restore – Then They Found $2.4 Million In Gold Inside It (Watch)
The people working at Tanks-A-Lot in the UK spend their days restoring old tanks and driving them around. They also supply tanks for movies and…
Fascinating Reminders Of War – Abandoned Tanks From All Over The World (Watch)
What is more fascinating than an enormous instrument of war wasting away in a landscape that has long forgotten the war that occurred there? These…
“PANZER III: Owners Workshop Manual” – Book Review by Mark Barnes
We are back after an extended break with yet another outing from Haynes Publishing. This time round we get a detailed look at a true…
The Awesome AMX 13 – France’s Post-WWII Tank Design Features An Oscillating Turret And Is Still Used Today
Following the fall of France in 1940, the country’s development of armored vehicles was suspended for a period that lasted throughout WWII. France probably had…
Surviving A Kamikaze Attack: A Story From USS Callaway During The War In The Pacific
January 7, 1945. USS Callaway (APA-35) was steaming towards Lingayen Gulf, in the Philippines, as one ship in a massive invasion fleet. Onboard she had…
An Amazing Idea – Making An Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice and Sawdust
In WWII the British were desperate. Metal was in short supply, and German U-boats were sinking Britain’s lifeline – ships. The Allies needed an unsinkable…
The Tank Museum’s Tiger 131 – First Appearance After Renovation, 2004 (Watch)
In 1942, Germany deployed the Tiger I, a heavy tank that went on to see action in both Europe and Africa. These powerful war machines…