Some Chinese fans of World of Tanks have built a replica of the ball tank. The ball tank was an experimental project of such a combat vehicle that was developed in the USSR during the Second World War, but things did not go further than the prototype. Chinese enthusiasts invested 200,000 yuan ($ 30,000) in their work and…
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War Stories – the forgotten tank destroyer – Avenger I
The overall concept for a new British tank destroyer was ready by the end of December of 1943. According to the requirements, the mass was no more than 30 tons, and the top speed would be 52 kph. The chassis was the same as the Challenger, but the turret had to be lowered (and coaxial…
War Stories – Lost Squadron from Greenland
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning was found in the Greenland glacier. On July 29, Popular Mechanics magazine reported that the non-profit Arctic organization Hot Point Solutions announced that it had found another plane from the so-called “Lost Squadron“. In July 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighters and two Boeing B-17 bombers flew from the Greenland military base…
War Stories – brief History of Monitor Warship
As you know, the ships are equally deadly and beautiful: for this reason they are the basis for the modeling community. However, some of them, like the monitors, were simply strange … What were the monitors? Monitors were defensive ships, very popular in the one hundred years between the civil war and the Vietnam war….
War Stories – Pocket Battleships – a looser and a lucky man for the Hitler fleet
After a very long work, here is the original Russian text traslated from Warspot article. You can read the original one by clicking Warspot icon below, author: Vladislav Goncharov Dopo un lungo lavoro, ecco la traduzione del testo russo originale da un articolo di Warspot. Puoi leggere quello originale facendo clic sull’icona di Warspot sotto, autore:…
Beutepanzer – Infanterie Pz Kpw MK II 5cm KwK 38 L42 Matilda II – Oswald
From Matilda to Oswald The history of Infanterie Pz Kpw MK II mit 5cm KwK 38 L42 is barely unknown. A captured Matilda II with turret number 111 was sent to Terneuzen, Holland, at the and of 1942. Here, this tank was used for exercises near the harbour of Terneuzen on a landing craft. Otherwise,…