Kugelpanzer: What Was the Purpose of This German Armored Vehicle?
The Germans developed an array of combat vehicles over the course of the Second World War. The majority have accompanying documentation that allow historians to…
US Navy Conducts Explosive Test On Newest Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. Navy is preparing its newest and most expensive aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), for battle. It recently completed a…
1940s LVT Buffalo Dug Up In Remarkable Condition In The UK
A WWII armored vehicle has been uncovered near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, after spending 74 years buried underground. The vehicle is a WWII LVT-4 Buffalo, also known…
Project Habakkuk: The British Once Tried to Construct an Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest-running campaign of World War II. The Kriegsmarine had seized control of the mid-Atlantic, using U-boats to sink…
British Army Green-Lights £800m Contract For Challenger 3 MBTs
An £800 million contract has been signed that will see the delivery of 148 new Challenger 3 main battle tanks (MBTs). These new vehicles are…
Bell P-39 Airacobra: World War II’s Most Controversial Low-Altitude Fighter
A substantial portion of combat during World War II occurred in the skies as countries developed their aerospace technology. That included the United States, which…
Avro Arrow: The Groundbreaking Jet Interceptor Canada Will Never Forget
The Avro Arrow is the subject of a frustrating and tragic story about a world-class aircraft that was simply too ambitious for the nation that…
These Large Military Aircraft Make Us Wonder How They Ever Got Off the Ground
As with every list about extreme machinery, equipment designed for the military typically ranks high in comparison to its civilian counterparts, which often have far…
Nearly 80 Years After Sinking, the SS Richard Montgomery Still a Cause for Concern
During the summer of 1944, the SS Richard Montgomery left port in Philadelphia for the United Kingdom. Carrying thousands of tons of munitions, the trip…
World’s First Modern Submarine HMS D1 Identified In the English Channel
Divers have discovered a historically valuable submarine wreck on the seafloor of the English Channel, close to the coast of Devon. This 112-year-old British vessel,…
America’s First Female Cryptanalyst Is Having a Ship Named In Her Honor
Mississippi shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun work on a new Legend-class cutter for the US Coast Guard. This new National Security cutter (NSC) is named…
The US Navy’s Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Will Be the First Outfitted with Hypersonic Missiles
The biggest research and development effort in the US Navy is hypersonic missiles – projectiles that move faster than the speed of sound. It had…