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Flame War
A search for methods to combat tanks began as soon as the tanks themselves reached the battlefield. The first anti-tank rifles and anti-tank cannons were already created during the First World War....
View ArticleVideo: Not-so-Soviet Inventions
We all know that Scotch was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad, but there were Soviet inventions that had foreign roots and not necessarily the ones you might think. Check out this video to...
View ArticleForeign Tanks in Winter
 "Report on the tactical use of English made MK-2 and MK-3 tanks as well as domestic T-60 tanks in combat1. The 23rd Tank Brigade was engaged in nonstop fighting from December 16th to December 31st,...
View ArticleVideo: How the T-34 got an 85 mm gun
The T-34 tank was upgraded with an 85 mm gun in a new enlarged turret in 1944. The true story of how the new gun and turret ended up on a 4 year old chassis is an interesting and complicated one. Find...
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There are Always Two
The tank was initially conceived as a mobile fortress; huge and slow. However, the army had to rein in their appetites from a 300 ton monster to just 28 tons. This didn’t mean that the idea of a mobile...
View ArticleVideo: Evolution of the T-34's Armour
The T-34 tank might look like it started and ended the Second World War with more or less the same level of armour protection, but things are more complicated than they first appear. In this video, I...
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Single Hatch for Tank Turrets
The interwar period was a time of new technical solutions, and tanks were no exception. Even though tank development was allocated a limited budget, experiments never stopped. The budgets began to...
View ArticleVideo: Why are we so obsessed with the Tiger tank?
Even though the Tiger tank was built in very limited numbers and not used very widely, it's seen as the quintessential German tank of the Second World War. I look at some reasons why that could be in...
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Quick-Fix Tank Destroyer
British tank building was in crisis in the spring-summer of 1941. The latest Pz.Kpfw.III and Pz.Kpfw.IV tanks encountered in North Africa could only be defeated with the 2-pounder gun at short range....
View ArticleVideo: Historically Accurate Panzer '46
Many German tank designs allegedly on the brink of going into production were actually borderline fiction, while one new tank that was actually good to go is very rarely talked about. Find out what...
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Experience in the Far East
Soviet tanks and SPGs during the Battle of Lake Hasan and its impact on Soviet tank developmentBattle is the main stimulus for development of tank armament and protection. No matter how much technology...
View ArticleVideo: IS-3 in 1945
The IS-3 entered production shortly before Germany surrendered, but how well would it have fought if VE Day was postponed by a few months? Check out my latest video to find out.
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German predecessor to the Soviet Gun Carrier
The Germans had the most diverse self propelled artillery branch of all belligerents in the Second World War. Even if it wasn't the most numerous, there were many different types from tank destroyers...
View ArticleVideo: Soviet Optics vs German Optics
Just how good were Soviet optics? Would a Soviet tank struggle to hit the broad side of a barn, or could Soviet glass go toe to toe with German-made lenses? I whip out my vintage camera collection to...
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BA-10 at the Height of Power
It was not a surprise that armoured cars quickly made way for tanks in the food chain of the battlefield. The problem with an armoured car is its chassis. Even the best car falls short of a tank,...
View ArticleVideo: The Myth of the Disposable T-34
You often hear that the T-34 was a disposable tank that was never intended to survive for very long on the battlefield, so there was no reason to make it particularly reliable, but how true is that...
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Pz.Kpfw.I Weak Spots
"Brief characteristics:Armour: front, side, and turret armour is 13 mm thick.Engine: gasoline.Length: 3.7 m, width: 2.1 m, height: 1.8 mArmament: 2 machine guns, 2 smoke launchers Vulnerable range:For...
View ArticleVideo: T-54 in 1945
The T-54 is best known as a Cold War era tank, but if the war unfolded a little differently it could have seen battle in WW2. Check out my latest video to see when the T-54 was ready for battle and why...
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A Paper Alternative to the Panzer IV/70
The performance of German armoured vehicles is often overestimated, particularly of those that remained on paper. It can be anywhere between interesting and sad to watch an attempt to turn a doodle on...
View ArticleVideo: Soviet Super-powered Tank Destroyers
 If the Maus or E-100 reached the battlefield during the Second World War, it would not be anywhere as invincible as it might have appeared. The Soviets had four prospective tank destroyers going...
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Tank Archives on Bluesky
Numbers don't lie, and the numbers haven't been in favour of my Twitter account for quite some time. Despite an increase in content, growth has plateaued and the effort hasn't been worth it....
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Track Bashing
 Changing tracks on T-34 and T-34-85 tanks at the Museum of National Military HistoryAs the saying goes, there is no such thing as a light tank. Many operations that seem quite simple are actually very...
View ArticleTank Archives on the big screen
My reenacting group sometimes acts as extras in war movies, but we also decided to make our own! The audio is in Russian, but English subtitles are available.
View ArticleVideo: Historically Accurate Panzer '46 - Heavy Tank M26 Pershing
The Americans were the first to get their next generation tank to the battlefield in 1945. How did it fare and what upgrades did they test out that could have been applied to the design had the war...
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Armour vs Time
The battle of the sword and shield raged since time immemorial. The sword got an edge once, which led to the end of the era of knights clad in armour. However, history repeats itself, and the idea of...
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