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• UNIVERSAL DISCOVERY

  Created: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00

  From Richard Pullen comes news of the discovery of the remains of a Universal Carrier in Belgium. ‘I've just had an e-mail from a friend of mine in Belgium,’ he reports, ‘regarding something he found whilst out walking over some of the ...

• THE DEFENSE OF MOSCOW 1941

  Created: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00

  THE DEFENSE OF MOSCOW 1941The Northern Flank In October 1941, when most of the Red Army forces standing between the German Army and Moscow had been smashed or encircled, and no reserves were available to defend the capital, all that stood in Hitler's w...

• A MODEL T

  Created: Tuesday, 08 January 2013 00:00

  How’s this for an impressive model? Dennis Jones from Poole was kind enough to send in photos of a 1:6 scale Diamond T tank transporter that he and Barry Dominy constructed from scratch. The rig is around 10ft (3m) long and weighs in at 660 lb (300kg)...

• WAR BOOTY?

  Created: Wednesday, 02 January 2013 00:00

  We’ve all heard of soldiers serving in the Far East bringing home samurai swords and the like as souvenirs, but this is ridiculous! The photo was taken on Roi-Namur, one of the Marshall Islands, in February 1944. Loaded aboard the Sherman M4A2 is a Ja...

• GIBBS BRAND LUBRICANT

  Created: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 00:00

  Gibbs Brand is claimed to be a revolutionary, patented product with many unique features. It works in all temperatures to clean and eliminate corrosion, to penetrate, waterproof, and to lubricate all metals and mechanical hardware. It’s even safe to u...

• RARE MOTO GUZZI FIND

  Created: Tuesday, 18 December 2012 00:00

  A UK businessman has discovered a cache of rare Moto Guzzi military motorcycles. They were discovered in a room hidden from public view during a routine visit to a military base in Macedonia. The bikes are all ex-Yugoslavian Army and it is believed some...

• AMBULANCE ART?

  Created: Wednesday, 12 December 2012 00:00

  We’ve all heard of ‘nose art’ but this rendition, on the headlining of an ambulance of the 316th Medical Battalion, 91st Infantry Division, serving in Italy, is hardly ‘in the best possible taste’. Having said that, anyone that duplicates it i...

• RARE CARRIER

  Created: Wednesday, 05 December 2012 00:00

  Is this the only Scout Carrier Mk I in existence? It has just been imported into the UK from Australia by Ben Hawkins and we hope to follow its restoration. ‘It's an Aveling Barford-made Scout Carrier Mk I (T5329, registration RMY683) from a 1938/9 c...

• War & Peace is dead… long live The War and Peace Revival!

  Created: Tuesday, 04 December 2012 00:00

  Following a difficult War & Peace 2012, the cracks that have been developing in recent years between the show team led by Rex Cadman, and the owners of the Hop Farm, home to the event since 1987, have finally developed into a yawning chasm. The event ...

• NORMANDY LVTS

  Created: Wednesday, 28 November 2012 00:00

  Peter Osborne was kind enough to send in photographs of a pair of LVTs he spotted on the premises of C B Menuiserie on the N13 about two miles east of Carentan in Normandy. Our best guess is that they are destined for a proposed new museum expected to o...

• AUBURN AUCTION

  Created: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:00

  Auctions America will conclude its 2012 auction season by helping the National Military History Center (NMHC) in Auburn, Indiana, sell more than 80 vintage military vehicles as well as a diverse assortment of more than 100 pieces of war memorabilia at n...

• PANZER SLIPPERS

  Created: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 10:54

  How are these for the Christmas gift you never knew you wanted… a pair of comfy panzer-shaped slippers we came across while idly surfing the net. Designed by Miligurumis, the pattern is available for purchase as a pdf file for $6.99 (about £4.50) fro...

• ARMOURFAST LATEST

  Created: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 00:00

  Armourfast Military Models has just released a 1:72 scale kit of a farmhouse to complement its comprehensive range of WW2 armour models and military figures. Priced at £8.50, the farmhouse model is available direct from www.armourfast.com or from good ...

• SCAMMELL CALENDAR

  Created: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 00:00

  Some years ago, Scammell Explorer owner Alan Plummer was approached by a gentleman who had served on Explorers while undertaking his National Service with REME in the fifties. As the relationship developed, the gentleman presented Alan with a series of ...

• FUEL TANK REPAIR SEALANT

  Created: Wednesday, 07 November 2012 00:00

  RatSport is the European distributor for Bill Hirsch Gas Tank Sealant, an American product claimed to be the best way to repair and restore a petrol or diesel tank. Once the liquid is poured inside it works by setting and lining the tank to fo...

• MYSTERY DONOR RETURNS ‘STOLEN’ TIGER ARTIFACT

  Created: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:00

  An anonymous donation has reunited the Tank Museum’s Tiger tank with an item that was pinched from within its turret by a young soldier 40 years ago. The apologetic letter which accompanied the mystery package on its arrival at the museum said: ‘In ...

• RAF CUTBACKS

  Created: Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:00

  Milweb’s Nigel Hay has again been trawling the internet for interesting snippets. Here is a shot taken last week as the RAF’s latest intake commenced training. Ongoing cutbacks mean that the pole will be shortened by 10% from January 2013.   ...

• DISNEY DODGES

  Created: Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:00

  A break in Florida during September didn’t prove completely military-vehicle free, as I couldn’t resist photographing the handful of Dodge types used at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in an around the Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lo...

• THE ULTIMATE DAZZLE CAMO SCHEME

  Created: Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:00

  Sweet candy-striped Jesus… what is this? Although it might look like another product of Disney’s imagination, it in fact came from the factory like this. Willys introduced the two-wheel drive DJ-3A family in 1955 and, in 1959, came out with the Jeep...

• TIME ON YOUR HANDS?

  Created: Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:00

  The long-awaited third volume of Ulrich Publishing’s German Military Timepieces of WWII series has just been released. The new volume details all known timepieces relating to the German Army and the Waffen-SS, and specifically charts all serial number...