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SMS Deutschland, the Civilian U-Boat
The idea of merchant submarines, a variation on standard merchant ships, has been suggested on multiple occasions, but has only been put into practice once, during WWI. In 1916 a class of seven u-boats...
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AFV Alphabet: M is for Maus
The Maus was a World War II German tank design, the result of a May 1942 demand from Hitler for an “indestructable” super-heavy tank. Most German generals considered the project a waste of time and...
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AFV Alphabet: T is for Tiger
Tiger 131 at Bovington Tank Museum The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf E might be an obvious choice, but it’s such an iconic vehicle that I decided it deserved a place. The Tiger was developed in...
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SMS Deutschland, the Civilian U-Boat
The idea of merchant submarines, a variation on standard merchant ships, has been suggested on multiple occasions, but has only been put into practice once, during WWI. In 1916 a class of seven u-boats...
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AFV Alphabet: M is for Maus
The Maus was a World War II German tank design, the result of a May 1942 demand from Hitler for an “indestructable” super-heavy tank. Most German generals considered the project a waste of time and...
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AFV Alphabet: T is for Tiger
Tiger 131 at Bovington Tank Museum The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf E might be an obvious choice, but it’s such an iconic vehicle that I decided it deserved a place. The Tiger was developed in...
View ArticleBridging the Gap: Warsaw Pact River Crossing
During the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact armies studied the disposition of rivers in western Europe. It concluded that they would have to cross water obstacles up to 100m wide every 35 to 60km. Every...
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