I've just found out that Amazon currently has the paperback version of The Bear Marches West for £7.49 - that's 25% off the usual price of £9.99.
I don't know how long it will be at this price, so if you want a copy, buy it now.
I've just found out that Amazon currently has the paperback version of The Bear Marches West for £7.49 - that's 25% off the usual price of £9.99.
I don't know how long it will be at this price, so if you want a copy, buy it now.
New Article: The Swedish Strv 103 (S-Tank)
The Swedish Strv 103, commonly known as the "S-Tank", was an odd-looking, but effective design. The 105mm gun was fixed, aimed by moving the entire vehicle.
Image credit: Jorchr, via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA]
In the late 1970s, Czechoslovakia began development of a wheeled 152mm self-propelled gun-howitzer. The result was the vzor 77 Dana, which entered service with the Czech army in 1981. It had an eight-wheeled chassis based on components of the Tatra 813 8x8 lorry, rather than the more usual tracked chassis.
Read the full article HERE
Image: Czech vzor 77 Dana (Joint Multinational Training Command Public Affairs Office from Grafenwoehr, Germany [CC-BY])
In the 1950s, the British army investigated the possibility of a main battle tank weighing around 20-30 tons. Named the FV4401 Contentious, it was part of Project Prodigal, which eventually led to the highly successful CVR(T) range, some of which are still in service today.
Russell Phillips is proud to announce the latest in the Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series - Rivets of the Warsaw Pact. A must-read for all rivet counters, it's available as a free PDF from his website for a limited time.