The Armoured Suicide Vehicle Based Improvised Explosive Device (ASVBIED) really came to the world’s attention when they were heavily used by the Islamic state, ISIS, in Iraq and Syria. Basically an armoured suicide car bomb, these simple and brutally effective weapons were used by ISIS in hundreds, possibly thousands of attacks.

The Siemens-Schuckert D.IV; Best Fighter of the First World War?
When it comes to aircraft of great potential, those of the First World War are often overlooked. And while the dogfights between aircraft like the Sopwith Camel, the Fokker Dr.1 triplane and the SPAD XIII are often the source for historical recollection, this tends to...