All You Need To Know About the Browning M1918 BAR (Watch)
The Browning Automatic Rifle, or simply BAR, proved to be one of the most reliable weapons of the Second World War. Developed on the eve…
Seen these before? Beautiful Original WWII Color Images of Warbirds
We found some amazing color photographs of aircraft in World War II. They were all taken in 1942 and recently released by the Library of…
Two Jet Fighters Sent Up to Shoot Down a WWII Warbird in 1956 – Blasted 208 Rockets at it, it Survived
In August 1956, a drone went rogue over Southern California, threatening cities, including Los Angeles. In its aftermath, over 1,000 acres were destroyed, forests and…
Leonardo’s War Machines – Did The Italian Genius Deliberately Sabotage His Own Design?
Born in the Tuscan town of Vinci on the 15th of April, 1452, Leonardo Da Vinci is perhaps best known as the painter of the…
Focke-Wulf 190 – 27 Of The Best Pics We Could Find On The Net!
The 190 is literally one of the best fighters of all time, no Allied plane that fought against it will ever forget what it could…
10 Biggest Nuclear Explosions
Most of us have seen footage or photographs of the explosions at Nagasaki and Hiroshima: the mushroom cloud, the radius, the devastation. Those, however, were…
Harrier Pilot Lands On STOOL On Aircraft Carrier After Landing Gear Fails
Flying an airplane at the best of time demands enormous skill, years of training and the ability to keep a cool head, no matter what…
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch: ’43 NATO Survey Pt 1 – By World Of Tanks
In my most recent trip to the Archives, I ran across a section of files of observations from the front. I’ll be going over a…
A Rough Guide of the Costs of Guns During WWII
We know that millions of weapons were made during WWII – but do we know the cost of their production? This isn’t a bulletproof guide,…
It Was Weird But It Worked! Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake”
During WWII the United States Navy built experimental fighter aircraft through its Vought XF5U “Flying Flapjack” program. One of the aircrafts built was the Vought…
20 Images of Damaged B-17 Bombers That Miraculously Made It Home
The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for being able to take a lot of damage and still make it back to base. We have collected…
Captured German Tanks and Equipment dump in Normandy
This massive dump of captured or destroyed German equipment lies near Isigny-sur-Mer on the crossroads of the D196 and the D203 in the direction of Lison, east…