One of the earliest attempts to design an AFV that could cope with First World War battlefields was the bizarre Tsar Tank.…
David Porter takes a look at everything that went wrong with the Bachem BA 349 'Natter' (Viper)…
David Porter takes a look at everything that went wrong with the Large Light Cruiser.…
The Novgorod’s design originated in 1868, when the Scottish shipbuilder John Elder proposed widening the beam of a warship to reduce the…
Daffy, the forgotten fighter Ask most people to name an RAF fighter from the Battle of Britain and they will answer ‘Spitfire’…
It was a bold tactical concept. With war looming in 1913, the Royal Navy requested a submarine with sufficient surface speed to…
It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Nazi Germany needed a strategic heavy bomber capable of carrying six tonnes of bombs to…
Newspaper magnate Lord Beaverbrook was appointed Minister of Aircraft Production by Churchill in May 1940. At the time, German forces were advancing rapidly through France towards…
During the reign of King Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632) Sweden rose to become the dominant military power in Northern Europe on land.…
Named after its designers, Lavochkin, Gorbunov. and Gudkov, the LaGG-3 fighter was one of the most modern aircraft available to Soviet pilots…