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May 17, 2019

Convincing Children That Airfix Is Still Fun | James May’s Toy Stories | Spark

Filed under: History, Military, Randomness — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Spark
Published on 6 Apr 2019

James May subjects traditional toys to spectacular, supersize challenges. Children have taken their attention by video games and mobile phones since they became heavily accesible, can they be convinced that outdated Airfix’s models are still fun?

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May 16, 2019

Boys Anti-Tank Rifle: Mk I and Mk I* Improvements

Filed under: Britain, Cancon, History, Military, Technology, Weapons — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Forgotten Weapons
Published on 11 Apr 2019

These rifles are lots #1087 and #1088 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction:
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The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was adopted by the British military in 1937, and remained in production until 1943 when it was replaced by the PIAT. During that time more than 114,000 were made, both in the UK and in Canada. Canadian engineers at the John Inglis company devised a number of improvements to the rifle in 1942, which were adopted as the Mk I* pattern that year. Today we are looking at these improvements with examples of each type side by side. They are a new style of muzzle brake, simplified rear sight, and improved bipod design.

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May 2, 2019

The French Char B Tank – WORLD WAR TWO Special

Filed under: France, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

World War Two
Published on 30 Apr 2019

After the Great War was over, the French reconsidered their army’s function and the role that tanks would play in future warfare. On the brink of World War Two, the Char B tank is deeply embedded in the structure of the French armoured defences. David Willey from the Tank Museum in Bovington (UK) tells how French politics influenced how the Char B will be used if the Germans attack. To learn more about the technical details of the Char B, check out the Tank Chat that David Fletcher from the Tank Museum has done about the Char B-1 Bis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8L1…

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Research by: David Willey
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David Willey from the Tank Museum in Bovington (UK) explains brilliantly what impact French politics in the 1920s and 1930s had on the development and use of French tanks leading up to World War Two. On their own channel, the Tank Museums own David Flecher dives into the technical ins and outs of the Char B-1 tank. You can find that right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8L1FU74Rs Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel too, as it perfectly compliments the content that we show here. Cheers!

April 25, 2019

Muzzle Brakes – what are they for?

Filed under: Military, Technology — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Lindybeige
Published on 15 Dec 2016

Those things on the end of some gun barrels – what do they do?

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A mystery that lasted for many years with me — what is the purpose of those strange things on the end of some, but far from all, gun barrels? It turns out that they are called muzzle brakes, and that I can ramble for rather a long time about them, if I let myself get sidelined enough.

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April 17, 2019

Tank Chats #46 Ram Kangaroo | The Funnies | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, Cancon, History, Military, Technology, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published on 16 Feb 2018

As part of the Funnies mini-series, David Fletcher takes a look at the troop-carrying Ram Kangaroo.

Towards the end of World War Two, Canadian Ram tanks were converted into Armoured Personnel Carriers called Kangaroos.

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April 16, 2019

World War 2 British Armour Doctrine & Tactics with David Willey of the Tank Museum at Bovington

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, WW1, WW2 — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Military History Visualized
Published on 8 Dec 2017

David Willey the Curator of the Tank Museum at Bovington explains British Interwar and World War 2 Armour Doctrine and Tactics. Especially, about the Infantry and Cruiser tank “concept”. Additionally, we talk a bit about the 2nd Battle of El Alamein, Montgomery and Rommel.

April 13, 2019

TAB Episode 43: QF 2pdr Anti-Tank Gun

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Armourer’s Bench
Published on Mar 10, 2019

Introduced just before the beginning of WW2 the 2pdr AT Gun was more than capable of dealing with Axis tanks at the beginning of the war but as tank armour got thicker it became outgunned. Despite this the 2pdr remained in service and equipped a plethora of tanks and armoured cars including the Valentine and Matilda.

The 2pdr performed well during the Battle of France, in North Africa and during the defence of Malaya against the Japanese but it was eventually replaced by bigger and better guns. In this video Matt looks at the history, development and use of Britain’s first anti-tank gun.

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April 3, 2019

Tank Chats #45 Major General Sir Percy Hobart | The Funnies | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Technology, WW2 — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published on 10 Feb 2018

Welcome to the first in the Tank Chat Funnies mini-series!

In Tank Chats #45 David begins a series on one of his personal interests, the Funnies of the 79th Armoured Division. However the 79th and its Funnies would have been nothing without its inspirational leader Major General Percy Hobart, so David starts with the man and we promise will follow very shortly with his machines.

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March 21, 2019

Tank Chats #44 T14 and A33 (Excelsior) Assault Tanks | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Technology, USA, WW2 — Tags: — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published on 13 Jan 2018

The Second World War American T14 and British A33 (Excelsior) Assault tanks were made to the same specification as one another, neither ever went in to service and only one of each were made. They both survive at The Tank Museum.

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March 19, 2019

Last German Panzer Battle – Six Day War 1967

Filed under: Germany, History, Middle East, Military — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Mark Felton Productions
Published on 9 Feb 2019

WW2-era German Panzers last saw combat during the Six Day War in 1967, when Syria used them against Israel on the Golan Heights. Discover how Syria was able to acquire so many WW2 German vehicles and how they fared in combat against IDF Shermans and Centurions.

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March 15, 2019

What Computer Games get Wrong about Tank Combat – with a Veteran

Filed under: Gaming, History, Military, Technology, Weapons — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Military History not Visualized
Published on 12 Feb 2019

In this video I talk with Martin Carr (Ex-Cavalry Officer Australian Defence Force) on what computer games get wrong about war. We particularly focus on Tank Combat, since a) we are standing on a Panzerkampfwagen V Panther in the Panzermuseum Munster (Germany) and b) we both played War Thunder, etc.

Games mentioned: War Thunder, World of Tanks & Post Scriptum.

Disclaimer: We were invited by the Panzermuseum Munster.

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March 3, 2019

Tank Chats #43 Matilda I | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Technology, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published on 22 Dec 2017

Development of Matilda I began in 1935. Production began just before the outbreak of the Second World War in July 1939 and 139 vehicles were delivered by August 1940. 97 of these were lost after the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, without having had much use. The rest were removed from British service in 1941, but captured vehicles stayed in German service in domestic security roles.

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March 1, 2019

Development of the British Tank Arm, 1918-1939

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Technology — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The_Chieftain
Published on 5 Jan 2019

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The second in the series of videos discussing how various nations spent the time in between the two wars analyzing what did or did not work for their tank doctrines, how they were developed, and what they came up with. This video (obviously) looks at the British, where budgets and votes were far more important than tank capability.

References:
Mechanised Force, David Fletcher
The Challenge of Change, Harold Winton
Military Innovation in the Interwar Period, Williamson Murray
The Business of Tanks, G. Mcleod Ross
Men, Ideas and Tanks, J.P. Harris

February 17, 2019

Tank Chats #42 Elefant | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published on 18 Aug 2017

Originally known as the Ferdinand, then later renamed Elefant, 90 of this heavily armed and armoured vehicle were built, seeing service in the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany.

Although deployed as a tank destroyer, the Elefant had its origins in Ferdinand Porsche’s attempt to build what became the Tiger tank.

This particular Elefant is part of The Tiger Collection at The Tank Museum, Bovington, on loan from the US Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center, VA.

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February 5, 2019

Tiger vs. Comet – Germany 1945

Filed under: Britain, Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: — Nicholas @ 02:00

Mark Felton Productions
Published on 18 Dec 2018

The Comet was Britain’s newest tank in 1945, and led the charge into Northern Germany. In this episode, find out what happened when Royal Tank Regiment Comets encountered a lone German Tiger in the forest.

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