Tanks | War History

ARMOURED WARFARE IN THE VIETNAM WAR – Review by Mark Barnes

Not so much hot but warmishly on the heals of the magnificent RAF in the Cold War album in this series comes this equally as…

LOOK! A chance to be involved in the Workshop preparations of the Tiger for Tiger Day, which includes a ride in the tan

Are you a Tiger 131 fan? Want to get closer to this vehicle than ever before? Then this is the experience for you. You will…

Inside a T–72 with Wargamings very own Military Specialist Richard The Challenger Cutland

Wargaming EU very own ‘Military Special’ Richard Cutland i.e. “The Challenger”. Has recently teamed up with our colleagues from Wargaming Asia to go “down under”…

Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte – Hitlers Idiotic Heavy Tank Design

As the beginning of the war swept over Europe, with lightening speed, Hitler felt invincible, at least for the first two years of the war.…

WOW! Win a ride in Tiger 131

To help raise funds for The Tank Museum, we are holding a raffle to give you the chance to win a ride in Tiger 131!…

America’s answer to the Tiger- the M26 Pershing & you can see one at the Tank Museum, Bovington

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The Pershing evolved from a design programme that began in 1942. It incorporated many new features when compared with earlier American tanks including torsion bar…

Panther: Probably the best German tank design of WWII?

Image@Mark Barnes Probably the best German tank design of WWII. . The basic design of the Panther can be traced back to drawings produced in…

If you go to the Tank Museum, Bovington go & look at the JAGDTIGER!

Without doubt the most powerful tracked combat weapons to see service in WW2 were the Jagdtiger self-propelled guns, based upon the Tiger II tank. They…

‘A battle here … a battle there’

World War II veteran

World War II veteran shares story as gunner aboard M-18 “Hellcat” By Jeremy P. Ämick “The World War II folks are getting pretty scarce,” said…

World War II Tanks, Guns And More Found In Iraq (Watch)

Imagine yourself a modern day soldier, you are in Iraq fighting insurgents when all of a sudden you are faced with tanks that seem to…

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – Reviewed by Mark Barnes

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE

I can’t see any point in diving into a discourse on the Battle of the Bulge. The story, including it’s iconic elements – Bastogne, Malmedy,…

FINAL DRIVE – A Dorset misadventure – by Mark Barnes

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The best laid plans of mice and men are always game for a laugh. The WHO command team had been planning a meet up between…