T-80: The Soviet Union’s Last Tank

By In today’s article, Peter Suciu takes look at the T-80 main battle tank. The last main battle tank to enter service in…

German Marder III – Nazi Frankenstein Tank Destroyer

By In today’s article, Tom Laemlein examines the German tank destroyer called the Marder III. An improvised anti-tank weapon, the Marder III series…

Douglas SBD Dauntless: America’s Carrier Killer

By There were many military platforms in history that have been described as the “right tool” for the job. The Douglas SBD Dauntless…

F-100 Super Sabre: A Supersonic Coffin?

By A landmark in U.S. aviation, the F-100 Super Sabre was America’s first fighter jet capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. It…

Football in a Combat Zone: WWII’s “Spaghetti Bowl”

By Americans love football. In fact, they love the gridiron game so much, they’re even ready to play (and watch) football in a…

F-86 Sabre – America’s MiG Killer

By It was the most famed combat aircraft of its day, if not of the whole period in the early stages of the…

T-14 Armata Tank — The Russian Threat That Never Was?

By Media reports circulated last March that the Russian Army’s best tank formation, the 1st Guards Tank Army, would be equipped with a…

Gunfight Over England: Guns of the Battle of Britain

By The German bombers of 1940 had been designed as a support aircraft — ready to attack key targets in the enemy’s rear…

The Story of the Legendary General George S. Patton

By I met the man in my medical clinic. He was skinny and old. He looked like everybody’s grandfather. His right forearm was…

Douglas B-18 Bolo Bomber: The Plane that Bested the Flying Fortress

By At the outset of World War II, the United States was largely unprepared for the conflict to come. Many of the planes…

B-57 Canberra: The Most Impressive Attack Plane You’ve Never Heard Of..

By I struggle to understand the weird relationship between Red China and Taiwan. If the nations of the world were actually a family,…

Renault FT: Origin of the Modern Tank

By The French-made Renault FT light tank wasn’t the first armored vehicle to see service in the First World War, and it wasn’t…