I remember reading Fork Tailed Devil as a kid and after that building every P-38 model I could find and reading every book.
Category: Military Tech
World News: War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Threatens to Drag in Bigger Participants
War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Threatens to Drag in Bigger Participants Great overview of this growing proxy conflict. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Armor: Chinese Stryker Brigade
Critical information on the development, task, purpose and implementation of the Chinese ZBL-09. Read the original at Strategy Page. -NCS China has begun organizing its first combined arms brigade based on the American experience with brigades equipped largely with the Stryker wheeled armored vehicle. This comes 17 years after the Americans introduced the Stryker but… Armor:…
Know Your WW2 History: The Iron Fist – 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
Marder I, 17 SS Panzergrenadier Division Gotz von Berlichingen 17. SS commander Werner von Ostendorf (left) plans the attack on Carentan with Fallschirmjager commander Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (centre). Thrown into combat on 10 June 1944 near Carentan, the reconnaissance battalion of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division fought the American paratroops of the […]…
Know Your WW2 History: The Blitzkrieg – Word and Concept
I never used the word Blitzkrieg because it is a very stupid word. Adolf Hitler, 8 November 1941 The Word “Blitzkrieg” In sober military language, there is hardly any other word that is so strikingly full of significance and at the same time so misleading and subject to misinterpretation as the term blitzkrieg. Its early […]…
We Accept Death, We Hand Out Death I
Hitler envisaged the star turn of his Ardennes offensive to be the Sixth Panzer Army, an entirely new creation. That it was to be led by the Waffen-SS’s senior field commander, and contain four SS panzer divisions, was no accident. This was another of the Führer’s responses to 20 July: thereafter the only organisation with […]…
Transition to Third-Generation Warfare
For further reading on this subject. I highly recommend The Breaking Point, Sedan and the Fall of France 1940. At 4:45 a.m. on September 1, 1939, the German army invaded Poland. By September 19, they forced the surrender of the last Polish army in the field. Eight days later, they completed mopping up the…
China’s Version of GPS is Almost Complete
China’s version of GPS is almost complete. Here’s what that means Keeping an eye on China. From their Tech Developments to Military Exercises, it all means something. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Robo-Boat
The U.S. Navy’s New Robo-Boat Has No People, But It Does Have a Very Big Gun The Autonomous 4GW Battlefield.
Death to the Drones
This Is How a Laser Weapon Torches Drones Out of the Sky Being able to defend yourself against these little snoopy bastards will soon be a needed skill-set among the average civilian. Of course if you can’t afford the laser, a 12 Gauge with #8 Birdshot will do. 👍😀 Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!