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Scout Down
Part OnePart TwoPart Three A Warning: The recent temperatures seem to have melted my proof readers computer, and so this article hasn't been proof read. The operation to sweep the Wadi Dubsan was now...
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The Boys from Australia
About four miles SWW from the port of Tobruk, is a junction of four main roads. In January 1941 the Italians had erected a place called 'Fort Pilastrino'. In reality it was not a fort, just a low wall...
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Shadow of the Conqueror
I had a great article prepared for you today, something a little bit odd, and really came together well. But yesterday I came across a document while looking for other things, that pointed to not wrong...
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Flamming Tiger
From the 13th of June to the 13th of July 1944, the New Zealand 20th Armoured Battalion was given a rest period in the Liri Valley, after its part in the push to Rome. It was a time of training and...
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The Story of White 9
Sitting in the cockpit of his BF109E, called 'White 9', Oberleutnant Karl Fischer begun to bounce down the grass runway at Guines airfield. The date was the 30th of September, 1940. The Battle of...
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Recovering James
In 2003 the British armed forces took part in the invasion of Iraq, at first they were part of the push north with the rest of the Allies. Then as Basra was surrounded the British contingent were...
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Beehive
Today when you mention 'Beehive' in a military context most people think of the Beehive rounds that came to be well known in Vietnam. These were clumps of flechettes blasted down range from large...
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Demolition Rocket
Time for another short article. I feel I should give a quick explanation on why we're getting so many quick and dirty emergency articles these days. I currently work shifts six days a week. That only...
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RAM Kangaroo Ram
There is some confusion about the Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers of the Second World War. This comes mainly from pictures of a turret-less Stuart tank in North Africa, it is claimed these were...
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Welcome to Texas!
After the dust settled on the Six-Day War of 1967 the situation was resolved with Israeli controlling the entirety of the Sinai Desert. This had been a stinging defeat for the Egyptians, and despite...
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Komet Come
On the 10th of April 1945 American forces were approaching Leipzig. In support of this push the RAF launched a daylight raid on the marshalling yards. Around 200 bombers were dispatched, consisting of...
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No Longer Lurking
Back in 2015 I posted an article about Japanese Heavy tanks, entitled Japanese Monster. In it I mentioned several Japanese tank designs I had discovered in the UK archives. These designs and some...
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The Jungle is Neutral
In the Second World War the Japanese forces had a reputation for infiltration and surprise, supported by little logistics. In early 1943 a small force of raiders was inserted into the mountains about...
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The Bulldozer!
A little while back I was doing some research on military bulldozers, and I grabbed a file marked 'The Bulldozer', that'll be full of dozing specifications, right?Nope. It was a magazine put out by the...
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Forgotten Tanks Supplement
Edit: I've just been informed that there is some question to the first part of this article, that the tank was a demonstration piece of stupid ideas from Europe. In which case that throws the whole...
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At the War's End
At 0900 on the 19th of April 1945 the Chief of Leipzig's fire department scrambled through the rubble of his home city. To either side crouched men and soldiers of the Volkssturm and the remnants of...
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What is in a Name?
Creating a code name for a project is tricky. You want something that is easy to remember but doesn't give away what the project is. On a few occasions during the Second World War British Intelligence...
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The Eyes have It
Thanks to Ed Francis for helping me on this one. Often British tanks will sport a pair of eyes painted on them. This tradition is done so the tank may see where it is going, and its enemies, in...
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Jetbug
At 1410 on the 15th of August 1944, a Mosquito Mk.XVI climbed into the afternoon sky from its airbase at San Severo. Piloting was Captain Salomon Pienaar, with his observer Lieutenant Archer Ronald...
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Bombing Canyon
On 28th of March 1967 a flight of Blackburn Buccaneers lifted into the sky from RNAS Lossiemouth, their internal bays were loaded with 1,000lbs bombs, and they were the opening strike package on a...
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