Tank of the week: America’s answer to the Tiger, M26 Tank Heavy Pershing
As the Second World War was coming to its end, the technologies on the battlefields of Europe were becoming more and more complex. The tank…
The Most Prolific Rifle of WWII: The M1 Carbine
The most used gun by US forces during World War Two was the M1 Carbine. Made from 1942 to 1945 the M1 Carbine was provided…
Exclusive from excerpt author Alex Kershaw – THE FEW AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Their Finest Hour “You catch him right smack in the middle of your sights and give him a complete burst. The Brownings go to work,…
Tankfest 29th – 30th June 2013 Update – Programme Announced!! – Tank Museum
With less than 150 days to go until TANKFEST 2013, The Tank Museum has announced an outline programme for the weekend’s arena displays. Among the…
Douglas Haig – butcher or hero? By Rupert Colley
Douglas Haig, Britain’s First World War commander-in-chief from December 1915 to the end of the war, is remembered as the archetypal ‘donkey’ leading ‘lions’ to…
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and the Locust by Peter Brown
Following their use of Tetrarch tanks landed by glider in support of the D Day landings, 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment RAC’s next action was…
Bringing the story of Witold Pilecki, Polish hero who volunteered to go INTO Auschwitz, to America
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…