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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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