Ghosts of the East: Soviet AFVs that never existed
During the Cold War, both sides did what they could to hide the capabilities of their military equipment. As Sun…
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Bridging the Gap: Warsaw Pact River Crossing
During the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact armies studied the disposition of rivers in western Europe. It concluded that they…
FV1620 Humber Hornet
The FV1620 Humber Hornet was an early British ATGM carrier, which mounted two Malkara missiles on a vehicle based on…
Shilka: The ZSU-23-4
The ZSU-23-4 entered service in 1966, as a replacement for the much less effective ZSU-57-2. The ZSU-57-2 mounted a pair…
A Tank by Any Other Name
Military vehicles are often mis-identified as tanks, even by respected media outlets. The caption for this Reuters video states that…
Quiz: A Tank by Any Other Name
.description { display: none; font-weight: bold; } This interactive quiz has been created as a companion to my "A Tank…