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Battlefield Relics: The Stug III recovered in Russia (image heavy)

Recovered in 2005. The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany’s most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on…

MUST SEE: The Hurricane recovered from a lake near Murmansk

The loss of the Hurricane was discovered in 2001 when a research group of the ‘Federation of Aviarestoration’ found a wartime report whilst going through…

Top 10 US & UK Military Vehicles that Won WWII

Besides the men that put their lives on the line, it were the military vehicles that supported them and made their effort a possibility. For…

U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney: discovery of U637

The wreck is a very intact VIIC, which under normal circumstances would be difficult to tell from any other VIICs sunk during Operation Deadlight. However,…

Wheatcroft Collection Update: a rare Horch – 1941 SDKFZ 223

The bulk of this machine was recovered from Russia and a number of mechanical parts have been recovered separately from various collectors and fairs. It…

TIGER, TIGER – BURNING BRIGHT – By Mark Barnes

The WHO team attended Tiger Day at the Tank Museum, Bovington, where the film stars of Fury! the unique running Tiger 131 and the classic…

Last-Gasp Jet Fighter Heinkel He 162

 Partially completed Heinkel He-162 fighter jets sit on the assembly line in the underground factory at either Tarthun, Germany, or Hinterbrühl, Austria. This factory was…

Part II: The US Army Tests the Firefly, article by World of Tanks

If you missed Part 1, you might want to go back and check it before continuing. When we left our brave testers, they were standing…

Part I: The US Army Tests the Firefly, article by World of Tanks

      World of Tanks Military Specialist, Nicholas The Chieftain Moran: There are various stories going around about how the US Army was foolish for…

Remember the German WWII tanks & SPGs on the Bulgarian & Turkish border

During World War II, when Bulgaria joined the Axis powers in fighting the Soviet Union, they were given some 97 German Panzer IV tanks, about…

Part II of “Where did the names of tanks come from?” – From World of Tanks

  World of Tanks Military Specialist, Nicholas The Chieftain Moran: Some weeks ago, I put up a few discoveries about US tank names which I had found…

The only surviving Horten Ho 229 – “Hitler’s Stealth fighter”

The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…