Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42
German Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42 (FG-42, FjG42), the automatic rifle of the paratroopers (Part II). Manufacture and service, animated 3D model, pictures and video. Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42 (Part II) Back to Part I: […]
How WWII Rifle Design Influenced Modern AR-15 Development
Discover how WWII rifle design influenced modern AR-15 development, shaping weight, ergonomics, magazines, and performance today. When you pick up an AR-15, you are holding a rifle shaped by decades
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Diary January 27, 1916
Diary for Thursday, January 27, 1916: Western Front Flanders and Artois: German attacks at Loos and Neuville-St Vaast. Argonne: Mining and counter-mining activity. Verdun: Falkenhayn‘s final orders for Operation ‘Gericht’,
Diary January 27, 1941
Diary for Monday, January 27, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British sub Upholder operates against Italian convoy route, Trapani (Sicily) – Tripoli.
T-34 tank
T-34 Model 1941 and 1942 with 76.2-mm-gun F-34. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model of the Soviet medium battle tank of WW2. Soviet T-34 tank T-34
Diary January 26, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 26, 1916: Southern Fronts Falkenhayn orders Gallwitz to prepare attack across Greek frontier; despite Bulgar protests Germans stock shells at Veles, but single-line railway overstrained. African
Diary January 26, 1941
Diary for Sunday, January 26, 1941: East Africa British capture Biscia in Eritrea. Politics Wendell Willkie, defeated US presidential candidate, visits London.
Me 109 Gustav in foreign service
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G series in foreign service. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Messerschmitt Bf 109 Gustav in foreign service Messerschmitt Bf 109 Gustav in foreign service.
Diary January 25, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 25, 1916: Middle East Armenia: Russian battalion seizes key Kargapazar (‘Crow Bazaar’) Ridge (c.9750 ft); 15 miles northeast of Erzerum. Whole 4th Caucasus Rifle Division concentrates
Diary January 25, 1941
Diary for Saturday, January 25, 1941: Balkans Many cases of frostbite are reported on both sides (Greeks and Italians) in wild mountain battle areas of South Albania. Italian soldiers also
History of Greenland and Why It Belongs to Denmark
History of Greenland and Why It Belongs to Denmark: Origins, Law & Modern Relations. Greenland is the world’s largest island, sitting in the North Atlantic and mostly blanketed by ice.
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Diary January 24, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 24, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer becomes C-in-C German High Seas Fleet in succession to Pohl (resigns January 19, dies in February of
Diary January 24, 1941
Diary for Friday, January 24, 1941: Politics Lord Halifax, new British Ambassador to USA, arrives aboard new battleship King George V.
Vickers Mk VI
British Light Tanks Mk VIA, VIB, VIC from the beginning of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Vickers Mark I-VI, VIA, VIB, VIC. Type: Light tank.
Diary January 23, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 23, 1916: Air War First Royal Flying Corps all-FE2b two-seat pusher squadron (No 20) reaches France (No 25 on 20 February; No 23 on 16 March;
Diary January 23, 1941
Diary for Thursday, January 23, 1941: Sea War After emergency repairs carrier Illustrious leaves Malta for Alexandria (then goes to Norfolk Navy Yard, USA). Five Norwegian merchant ships – interned
Hitler – Character
The Five Faces of Adolf Hitler. An attempt to describe the character of the German leader or ‘Fuehrer’ of the Third Reich and supreme commander during WW2. The character of
Diary January 22, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 22, 1916: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Austrians occupy Antivari and Culcigno on coast. Albania: Austro-Bulgarian troops take Berat. Sea War Montenegro: Allied evacuation at San Giovanni di
Diary January 22, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, January 22, 1941: North Africa BRITISH CAPTURE TOBRUK. Sea War Atlantic – Operation Berlin: Battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst leave Kiel in Baltic to attack Atlantic convoys.
Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
German heavy cruiser class Hipper: Admiral Hipper, Blücher, Prinz Eugen. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. German heavy cruiser Hipper class Hipper class (3 ships: Admiral Hipper, Blücher,
