by Ed Nash | Jan 14, 2020 | Military History, Weapons
TRANSCRIPT FOR VIDEO: The Blackburn Skua is, like many other contemporary aircraft designs of the mid-1930s, an aeroplane that had good performance when it was first proposed but which was outclassed when it entered service. Despite this the aircraft gave solid...
by Ed Nash | Jan 11, 2020 | Military History, Weapons
Today we are used to the idea that the best way to counter a submarine is another submarine. Quiet, sleek and lethal, the attack sub hunts its opposite number using acoustic hydrophones and sonar, stalking one another before dispatching them with torpedoes. But...
by Ed Nash | Jan 7, 2020 | Military History, Weapons
The German military pioneered some revolutionary concepts and technology during the Second World War. Weapons like the STG 44, the Me 262 jet fighter and the V1 and V2 missiles all proved concepts that would go on to have huge impacts on military – and even...
by Ed Nash | Jan 1, 2020 | Military History, Weapons
(If you want to avoid reading the article and prefer video format, here is essentially this article on YouTube…with cool dogfight clips!) The Gloster F.5/34 is one of many intriguing “what-if” fighter aircraft that aviation historians and enthusiasts still...
by Ed Nash | Dec 17, 2019 | Current Developments, Military History, Warriors
Many thanks to @vonoknow_niner for providing information and pictures for this article. Created only in 2001, Japan’s Special Boarding Unit (SBU / Tokubetsu-Keibitai) was born out of the unique circumstances that country’s military operates under and against a threat...
by Ed Nash | Dec 16, 2019 | Military History, Weapons
The RPG-2 is little remembered today, eclipsed as it is by both its famous descendant the RPG-7 and illustrious forebear, the Panzerfaust. So it’s easy to forget that it was a remarkable weapon that provided soldiers of its day with the ability to punish any armoured...
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