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Eight East
In the cockpit of the jet bomber only faint luminescence comes from the dials. Outside the cockpit it's pitch black. Every 90 seconds the plane banks to avoid any SAM missiles. The powerful SAMS' that...
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Besotten Jenny
Thanks to Madest (EU server) for mentioning this story. In the early hours of 2nd of May 1945 two gunshots rang out through the darkness at the Castle Itter in Austria. The castle was lit by candles...
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Enemy of my Enemy
Part one. At the Age of 18 Josef Gangl had joined the Wehrmacht in 1928. Ever since then he'd been in uniform. Some how, even as an artillery officer, he'd won two Iron Crosses for his action in the...
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Not yet Dead
Back in the colonial period India was much larger, it incorporated the countries of Bangladesh and Pakistan. So when I talk of today's soldier, he was born in Hoshiarpur District of Punjab, but he...
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Atomic Horror
Thanks to Nemo (Us server) for his help with this.One thing I remember as a child at school was reading a history textbook that contained an apocryphal letter from a US Farmer sometime in the 1950's...
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Explosive Challenger
At the moment, there's several sites around the internet which claim that modern British tanks, such as the Challenger 2 use Explosive Reactive Armour. I believe this is wrong, and that the Panels used...
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O the Wild Charge
The area we now know as Jordan was in between the wars a British mandate called Trans-Jordan. The local forces here were known as the Arab Legion. They had a mechanised component known as the Desert...
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On both Sides
Kapitänleutnant Hans-Joachim Rahmlow had joined the Kriegsmarine in 1928, and had served nearly all of his career in coastal artillery. However around November 1940 he first set foot on a submarine....
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Development of the Scherz-Weapon
The following, although short is funny enough that several people I know demanded I turn it into an article. This is all true, and is filed in a report I recently read.In 1936 a British military...
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Courage or Desperation
The crew of U-570 were in an odd mood. First they had the overwhelming belief that they would soon be home with a German victory, but they were also surprised at the amount and range of food available...
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The Artillery Issue
Today I want to do something a bit different and talk about game play and ideas. Next week we'll be back to normal with a history article.There has been, and always will be an argument about artillery...
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Two Legends
A little while ago during one of the Quiz questions I occasionally write I asked about a shooting record for the SMLE. In the answer I mentioned a Sergeant Major Wallingford who put 37 rounds into the...
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Alphabet Soup
The Angolan Civil War was the usual nasty bush war you get when various factions are supported by larger countries. In this particular case it was another war by proxy between the Communist and Western...
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Close to port, far from Home
Just a heads up. The next few weeks are going to be a bit hectic for me. So articles might be a bit shorter than usual.Also reason for this appearing late is my Computer decided to go on strike, and...
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First Book
You know I said last week life was a bit busy, well here's reason #1 for it. My first book is out, and available to buy!Before we carry on, I want to be clear: This product is not endorsed by Wargaming...
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A busy Week
If you've been following my Facebook page you'll know I've had a bit of a busy week. What with a trip to Bovington Tank Museum, and last weeks book release. For that reason I'm having a bit of a quiet...
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Germany rules the Waves
In the first year of World War One the German forces in the colony of East Africa quickly managed to achieve supremacy over the waters of Lake Tanganyika. They managed this simply by getting there...
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Fido Tweet Meow
Part one On the 22nd of December HMS Mimi and Toutou were launched, and on the 26th they saw their first action with the third German vessel the Kingani which was a 45 ton steamship armed with a six...
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A boat of VC's
Just before 0700 on 22nd March 1916, Kapitan Ludwig Güntzel was staring through his periscope aboard the German submarine SM U-68. Less than a week into her first war patrol, she was laying off Dingle...
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I've had a bit of a busy week, so today's article is a bit of a quick one. A couple of weeks ago I was at a Armour collection and I took some photographs. I figured it'd be fun to see how well you know...
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