How The Allies Used A Nonexistent Army To Fool The Nazis And Win World War II

In 1944 the Allies used a "Ghost Army" of inflatable tanks and personnel carriers to fool German recon missions. A handful of British…

Rocket Launcher T34 Calliope

In an effort to provide increased firepower to assault troops, the United States Ordnance Department began a series of projects experimenting with the…

The Object 705A

Contents: Design Hull 152 mm M-51 Turret Suspension & Running Gear A Maturing Tank Force Object 718 Specifications Sources Soviet Union (1945-1948) Superheavy…

Object 770 – The loneliest heavy tank

The Object 770 is one of the final heavy tanks ever made, although today it is often buried in the list of weird…

Jagdpanzer E 100: Germany’s 136-Ton Superheavy Tank

The E100 is a fascinating, elusive superheavy tank developed by Germany during the Second World War. At 136 tons its only beaten by…

Soviet T-35 Tank: An Overcomplicated Monstrosity of War

The T-35 is a Soviet heavy tank of insane proportions, with five turrets, five machine guns, three cannons, a crew of 12 and…

When Russia Built An Insane Tricycle Tank — That Failed Spectacularly For One Little Reason

During World War I, Russia constructed the Tsar Tank, a vehicle unlike anything the world had ever seen. But this tricycle-like behemoth had…

The Story Of The Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte — Hitler’s 1,000 Ton Super Tank

ullstein bild/Getty ImagesAdolf Hitler inspects a tank in 1945. In the midst of World War II , Hitler pushed for the creation of…

Hitler’s Precision-Guided Bombs: Fritz X & Hs 293

Perhaps the most memorable depictions of recent conflict are the videos showing small targets hit by bombs guided by lasers or the Global…

V2 Rocket, Aggregat A4 – German Long-Range Guided Ballistic Missile

Aggregate A4 , V2 Rocket – V1 Flying Bomb – Hagelkorn BV246 – Henschel Hs 298 and Rheintochter – photo 2017 Aggregat A4…