We recently were featured in an episode of the youtube channel Military History Not Visualized.
Tanks of World War II – Episode 7: Renault R-35 and Hotchkiss H-35
November 29, 2018 by 1 Comment
Finally, a new episode of The Tanks of World War II! This one looks at the French Renault R-35 and the Hotchkiss H-35. Don’t forget to check out our page of further reading suggestions.
Book Review: British Battle Tanks
November 29, 2018 by 2 Comments
We do a quick video review of the three volume set on British Battle Tanks from 1916 through World War II by David Fletcher.
Video Book Review: Smashing Hitler’s Panzers
November 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Here is our video book review of the new book by Steven Zaloga,Smashing Hitler’s Panzers: The Defeat of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge
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From Our Readers: Reading Between the Lines – Tiger Articles
September 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A couple years ago a reader named Matt Dederick submitted an arcitle titled Reading Between the Lines: Estimating Tiger Tank Production. He recently followed that article up with two more entries in his Reading Between the Lines series. One article is on The Tiger I Tank Purchased By Japan, the other is titled What Colour Was It?
The articles can be downloaded in PDF format at the links below.
Reading Between the Lines: The Tiger I Tank Purchased By Japan
Reading Between the Lines: What Colour Was It
Book Review: Professor Porsche’s Wars
September 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Here is our video book review of the book Professor Porsche’s Wars: The Secret Life of Legendary Engineer Ferdinand Porsche Who Armed Two Belligerents Through Four Decades
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Regarded as one of the great automotive engineers of the twentieth century, Ferdinand Porsche is well remembered today for his remarkable automotive designs including the Volkswagen Beetle and Auto Union Grand Prix cars. Yet there is another side to his extraordinary career, for he was an equally inventive designer of military vehicles and machinery. In this field too he excelled. Indeed the sheer versatility of his contribution is astonishing. Karl Ludvigsen’s study is the definitive guide.
He tells the complete story, focusing on Porsche’s relations with the German armed forces and on the stream of advanced designs he was responsible for. Included are Austro Daimler’s pioneering aero engines, the Kübelwagen, Schwimmwagen, Type 100 Leopard tank, Ferdinand or Elefant tank destroyer and the astounding Type 205 Maus tank. He also describes Porsche’s creative work on aero engines, tank engines and even a turbojet for the V-1 flying bomb.
Karl Ludvigsen’s account confirms the preeminence of Ferdinand Porsche as a brilliant and prolific engineer, one of the most remarkable of his generation.
