Aft turret of HMS Furious in 1917. Note that these mountings used sighting ports in the glacis plate rather than sighting hoods. National…
The 42-cm gamma mortars were manufactured by Krupp to meet the needs of the General Staff for guns capable of destroying the heavy…
By While Germany’s massive Tiger and Panther tanks and their variants demanded the attention of Allied troops in Europe, it was likely that…
Major General Erwin Rommel, commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the German invasion of the Low Counties and France in 1940.…
Today, the U.S. Marine Corps has the leading role in developing and fielding short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) warplanes like the AV-8B Harrier II…
While flying over Papua New Guinea in 1972, airmen from the Royal Australian Air Force spotted something strange in the swamplands below. The…
Ever since they made their combat debut during the Battle of the Somme in World War I , tanks have played a critical…
In the decades since the end of the Second World War, thousands of discoveries have been made. From sunken ships and downed aircraft…
Tanks are undoubtedly some of the most powerful military vehicles ever produced, and they made a world of difference to those fighting in…
Tanks were incredibly important during World War I and became even more so during the Second World War. During the latter, the United…
When the Second World War began, German leadership ordered the use of blitzkrieg tactics to quickly overwhelm their enemies. One of the key…