Category: Weapons and Technology
Break Out Gear – Five Improvised Gadgets That Helped Allied POWs Escape the Nazis
“Each item helped the fugitives survive on the run inside Nazi Occupied Europe.” By Dr. Mark Felton AT OFLAG VI B Warburg POW camp in Germany on Aug. 30, 1942, 40 British, Australian and New Zealand…
“Reunion of Giants” – Film About 2014 Lancaster Tour Hits Theatres in November
“The 88-minute feature is expected to screen on Remembrance Day at movie houses nationwide. Admission will be free.” MILITARY AVIATION BUFFS will soon be reliving last summer’s twin Lancaster bomber tour on the big screen, thanks to a team…
Poison Gas — The Seven Most Feared Chemical Weapons of WWI
“I wish those people who talk about going on with this war whatever it costs could see the soldiers suffering from mustard gas poisoning.” Vera Brittain, First World War nurse “The use in war of…
P-82 Twin Mustang – Meet America’s Strangest Piston-Engined Fighter
“The plane’s innovative airframe featured two slightly elongated P-51 fuselages to offer additional fuel capacity.” WORLD WAR TWO ended before one of the most improbable piston-engine fighter planes ever designed had the chance to see…
Mustang 2.0 – Did the USAF Really Plan to Modernize the P-51 During the 1980s?
“As recently as the 1980s, the Pentagon considered bringing heavily modified variants of the legendary 1940s warbird back into service. Here’s the story.” WHILE THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE remains on the cutting edge of advanced fighter…
The Sirens of Death – 11 Amazing Facts About the Ju 87 Stuka
“The Stuka was more than just a terror weapon – its ability to deliver bombs where needed with then unheard of precision made it a potent war machine.” By GermanWarMachine.com IT WOULD BE difficult to…
