[WoTB] ASAP Video for Blitz
New ASAP video for Blitz dedicated to 1.3 update.And answering some of the questions to it.Q. What about British tank line? :(A. Will come later this year after we add Maus branch for Germans.Q. When...
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Tank Race, History style!
I've just got back from Churchill college where I was doing some research, in their rather nice little archive. Now we all know of the Chaffee Race going on, well:I asked permission to stick this up on...
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Horror at 25,000 feet (Part 1)
People occasionally ask where I find the stories I put up. Some I've known about for years, others I stumble across as I'm reading, such is the case today. While researching another story I was reading...
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The Ghost of Edward
Nearly a year ago I wrote about Soviet robotic tanks. As with all nations with this sort of research they kept the program a secret. Well its no surprise that other nations started thinking along the...
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Stug Ace
Hugo Primozic was born in 1914 in Württemberg, Germany to a German mother and a Slovenian father. He enlisted with the German army in May 1934 and joined the Artillery. During the Polish campaign he...
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The Armoured Soldier
From the moment at Agincourt when a single soldier was killed by a gunpowder weapon, armour protection became more and more impractical. The large scale of issue needed and the cost due to lack of...
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.45-Zero
This article is in essence two stories, but one couldn't have happened without the other, and I'm sorry to say, one of them is not a happy story.Bombing raid over the Pyinmana bridgeOn March 31st, 1943...
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Horror at 25,000 feet (part 2)
A few weeks ago I posted part one of a story about a B17 bomber. When we left the bomber was damaged, with two very seriously wounded crew on board.In the navigator's position 2nd Lt Koske was faced...
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Defence Capabilities Centre Shrivenham
About a year ago myself, Jingles and another EU Community Contributor, Ed Francis, were invited along to the Defence Capabilities Centre at Shrivenham. This is a teaching environment for the UK...
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Glorious Glosters
If you mention the Gloucestershire Regiment, most people immediately think of the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War. This battle occurred in 1951, a battalion from the regiment stood on...
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The British Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad is a battle that needs no introduction, a place where the Red Army dug in and held the German tanks attacking the city. However 23 years earlier the Red Army had tried to hold Stalingrad...
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Armans Raid
The Russian ship MV Komsomol arrived atCartagena on 12th October 1936. In her hold were 50 brand new T-26's. Later in December the Komsomol was challenged by a Spanish cruiser, and in light of its past...
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Beetle and Ferret
Everyone is aware of the Goliath, and its larger cousin the Borgward IV. Its commonly thought that it was a uniquely German series of developments. However as I showed with the Edward program, the...
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Some of our planes are Missing
Warfare is full of stories of friendly fire, however when both sides are using the same weapons it causes problems of its own. One small engagement, when three sides were using the same planes nearly...
View ArticleCompetition!
This week we have something a bit special. Wargaming have supplied a number of Prizes, and asked me to run some competitions to get the prize out to you.We have three groups of prizes up for grabs. The...
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The Oncoming Tempest
Two weeks ago we looked at the events of the morning of 7th of January 1949. Here's the Afternoon of that ill fated day.Back at Fayid Airfield the leisurely pace of operations continued unaware of the...
View ArticleCompetition Aftermath
Two weeks ago I ran a little competition with the prizes supplied by the Wargaming EU office. Now its my first time doing something like that, and I made a few mistakes. So for the answers and to find...
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The only Tank in the Village
Here’s the first of the Competition articles. This was originally written by NAKKE_FIN from the EU server. With his permission I’ve gone through and tweaked some of the English for a better flow, and...
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The Chocolate War
Today's article is another contest entry. This one came from Azaz129 on the NA server.There are three things universal to all wars: soldiers, weapons, and food - though not many tend to focus on...
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Witnessing the Ferdinand
Here’s another of the Competition articles. This was originally written by haeschn from the EU server. With his permission I’ve gone through and tweaked some of the English for a better flow, and added...
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