The Tank Museum: Sydney Hadley’s Glass Eye
One of the personal objects on display in The Tank Men exhibition is emblematic of the personal sacrifice made by so many men in World…
John Reginald Gorman – The Amazing Irish Kamikaze Tank Buster
In WWII, the Germans had a reputation for their formidable technology. What they did not consider, however, was the formidable Irish reputation for bullishness. John…
Tanks For The Memories: The First Ever Tank Commander, by The Tank Museum
The first man ever to command a tank in battle only volunteered for the secret mission because learning to fly aeroplanes was so dangerous, his…
John Reginald Gorman – The Amazing Irish Kamikaze Tank Buster
In WWII, the Germans had a reputation for their formidable technology. What they did not consider, however, was the formidable Irish reputation for bullishness. John…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 5 and 6
What Shot Tiger 131 Evidence suggests that there were four key strikes to Tiger 131 before it was captured, although the order they landed can…
Many of Germany’s finest tacticians & commanders of WWII served in the panzer forces. One of those men was Walther Nehring
First World War Born in 1892, Nehring entered the German army in 1911. At the start of WWI, he was sent to the Eastern Front…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 4 – 48 Royal Tank Regiment At Point 174
Three days after the attack on Djebbel Djaffa, B Squadron of 48 RTR was detached from 21 Tank Brigade and sent to Guhriatt El Atach,…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: 3 – Major Lidderdale’s Recovery
The earliest documentary evidence from The Tank Museum Archive on the subject of Tiger 131 tells us that the tank was recovered from the battlefield…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 1 and 2
New research has added another chapter to the story of The Tank Museum’s most famous exhibit, Tiger 131. British forces disabled the infamous tank in…
From The Tank Museum: Tiger Construction
Tank construction has always been a labour intensive, expensive process. The need to manufacture far larger numbers during the Second World War saw the warring…
From The Tank Museum: Soviet Tanks At Kursk
The Soviet defenders in the Kursk salient had over 1.3 million men, 3500 tanks and 28,000 pieces of artillery and anti-tank guns plus more in…
From The Tank Museum: The Battle Of Kursk – Part II
Prior knowledge of the German attack enabled the Soviets to bring Operation Citadel to a halt. Part 2 tells the story of the Soviet counterattack…