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U.K. Challenger 2 - Baghdad- SKN: 85019 | SCALE: 1:32 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank Challenger 2 is an advanced main battle tank built by BAE Systems Land Systems (formerly Vickers Defence Systems, then Alvis Vickers Ltd). Challenger 2 is in service with...
U.S. Marines M60A1 Patton - Desert Storm - SKN: 80209 | SCALE: 1:32 The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other damn bastard die for his country. --General George S.Patton-- M60A1 Patton The M60A1 was the principal production...
U.S. M3A2 Bradley - Desert Storm - SKN: 80002 | SCALE: 1:32 M2 and M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (BFVS) The M2/M3 BFVS family consists of the M2/M2A1/M2A2/M2A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle, the M3/M3A1/M3A2/M3A3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle and derivatives...
Volkswagen (Porsche) Type 166 Schwimmwagen The Schwimmwagen was developed for the German Army by professor Ferdinand Porsche in 1940-'41. During the nazi era many industries where working for the war effort and Porsche was no exception. He even helped...
............................................ German Tiger I - Eastern Front-SKN: 80304 | SCALE: 1:32 Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 - sPzAbt 505 The 505th was the last independent battalion created with the old organization of 20 Tigers and 25 PzKpfw III....
PzKpfw VI Ausf. B. Tiger II Tiger II is the common name of a a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B and the tank also had the ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 182. It is also known...
Infantry Tank, Churchill Mk. VII (A22F) was an armored vehicle (tank, AFV or armoured fighting vehicle) in combat use during the Second World War (World War II or WWII) in various theaters. The Churchill was a fully tracked all-terrain vehicle designed...
How did men become U-boat commanders? There were some different groups of commanders, which had gone their very different ways into command. 1. The pre-war Commanders This group of commanders took command of the first 36 U-boats in 1935 and 1936 with...
The roots of military police in the German armed forces can be traced back to the "Proffoss"of the 16th Century, and the creation of the Feldjagerkorps zu Pferd (shortly changed to Reitendes Feldjagerkorps) by Friedrich II in 1740. The primary duties...
"European Volunteers,Join to Fight Bolshevism!" Germany headed a stong movement in Europe to actively campaign (politically and through warfare) against the ideals of Bolshevist Communism. This culminated in 1941, when the German armed forces were pitted...
Historical: More than 27.000 WC 56 and WC 57 (w/winch) produced from 1942 - 1945 at Dodge Division of Chrysler Corporation in Mound Park, Michigan. The 3/4 ton command car was the third of three generations of command cars built by Dodge. The first being...
The term "armistice" means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations. In the context of the First World War 'the armistice' is generally referred to in context of the agreement between the Germans and the Allies to end the war on November...
George S. Welch Pearl Harbor Hero Written by Raymond J. Castagnaro and Lyle F. Padilla for their History, Legend and Myth: Hollywood and the Medal of Honor website Welch was assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group flying P-40 Kittyhawks...
Unimax Forces of Valor Military Replica Series By Jerry D. Morelock, Armchair General Editor in Chief and A J Summersgill, ACG Website Staff Published Sunday, February 24, 2008 Collecting Militaria: Thinking “Small” Can be the Answer to a “Big” Problem...
. Even though the world had seen wide-spread mechanisation of the military during World War I, and the US Army had already used 4x4 trucks in it, supplied by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. (FWD), by the time World War II was dawning, the United States...
Millions of Chineses, officials, students and workers are feverishly fine-tuning parades and firework displays on a scale that will dwarf the Beijing Olympics. Special “parade villages” have been set up at military airfields outside the capital to drill...
. Sherman M4A3 The M4 General Sherman was the main battle tank designed and built by the United States for the conduct of World War II. The M4 was the most widely used tank series in the war, being employed not only by the US Army and Marine Corps but...
VF-84 Jolly Rogers CALLSIGN: VICTORY 1 July 1955 - 1 October 1995 When VF-84 was first established on 1 July, 1955, at NAS Oceana, they were known as the Vagabonds and the FJ-3 Fury was their mount. The name Jolly Rogers originated from the Fighting Seventeen...
. . The 82nd Airborne during World War II The double "A" on the shoulder patch refers to the nickname "All American Division" adopted by the organization in France during World War I. On 25 March 1942,the 82nd Infantry Division was reactivated at Camp...
5 Th Special Forces Group The first Special Forces unit in the Army was formed on June 11, 1952, when the 10th Special Forces Group was activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A major expansion of Special Forces occurred during the 1960s, with a total...
The United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) forces are the elite Special Operations Forces of the U.S. Navy, employed in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, Counter-Terrorism, and special reconnaissance operations. Those...
British 6th Airborne Division In 1940 the British established the Central Landing School at Manchester's Ringway airport to evaluate airborne operations under the aegis of the Director of Combined Operations, but this effort enjoyed only a low priority...
When SEAL Team Six was first created it was devoted exclusively to counter-terrorism with a worldwide maritime responsibility; its objectives typically included targets such as ships, oil rigs, naval bases, coastal embassies, and other civilian or military...
. . Panzerkampfwagen IV Sd. Kfz. 161 - Ausf. A-F (1937-1942) Sd. Kfz. 161/1 - Ausf. F2/G (1942-1943) Sd. Kfz. 161/2 - Ausf. G-J (1943-1945) The idea of the tank with all of the characteristics later incorporated in the development of Panzerkampfwagen...
German Sd. Kfz. 251/9 Kanonenwagen -Normandy- SKN: 81210 | SCALE: 1:32 Sd.Kfz.251/9 which entered in service in 1942 was armed with the short gun at low initial speed of 75 mm KwK 37 L/24 which armed Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf.A-F. Oddly it is only about the second...
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