War of Words – ‘Tank’
With Marc DeSantis
Tanks
Thunder in the East: Armoured warfare in South-East Asia and the Pacific, 1937-1945
From Burma to Iwo Jima, armoured fighting vehicles played a key role in some of World War II’s most challenging environments. Our military technology expert David Porter takes notes.
An armoured Balaklava: Lessons from the Gothic Line
Less well-known than the invasion of Normandy, the Allied campaign in northern Italy saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second World War. Eighty years on, Patrick Mercer looks in detail at one action to understand how things went wrong.
Back to the drawing board: The A38 Valiant Infantry Tank
David Porter on military history's doomed inventions.
The Panzers of Prokhorovka: The myth of Hitler’s greatest armoured defeat
REVIEW BY TOBY CLARK This new book by Dr Ben Wheatley of the University of East Anglia can claim success in the fields of both academic and popular history. With a nod to the Soviet ideal of ‘deep battle’, Wheatley…
Museum Review: Muckleburgh Military Collection
Open 10am-5pm daily (1 April to 30 October)Weybourne, Norfolk, NR25 7ERwww.muckleburgh.co.uk+ 44 (0)1263 588 210 The Muckleburgh Military Collection is the largest privately owned military museum in the United Kingdom. It was opened to the public in 1988 by Michael…
Military history exhibitions, events, and festivals – March listings
Festivals IWM Duxford flying season: 50th anniversary April-October 2023IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4QR, UKwww.iwm.org.uk/duxford-air-shows-50+44 (0)20 7416 5000 In the summer of 1973, ‘Duxford Air Day’ was first staged at the historic aerodrome in Cambridgeshire to celebrate the area’s aviation heritage.…
Film Review: Lebanon
Lebanon is a powerful vision of men at war, made real and intense by the fact that we never once move outside the tank, and only see the outside world from the interior.
War of words – ‘Panzer’
Panzer is a German word meaning ‘mail’ or ‘coat of mail’, with mail being body armour composed of interlocking metal rings. In the early 20th century, the word was applied to the tank, and thereafter entered English as a term…
Back to the Drawing Board: the M11/39 Medium Tank
DAVID PORTER ON MILITARY HISTORY’S DOOMED INVENTIONS
Back to the Drawing Board: the Cruiser Tank Mark V ‘Covenanter’ (A13 Mk III)
DAVID PORTER ON MILITARY HISTORY’S DOOMED INVENTIONS.
University partners with Tank Museum to preserve historic vehicles
Many of the tanks on display and in storage are examples of British engineering heritage.
Monty ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ his first fight with Rommel, letter reveals
The letter is dated 6 October of that year, just weeks before the battle that marked a turnaround in Allied fortunes in the war.
ISU-152 self-propelled gun, Chernobyl, Ukraine
It was designed by the Soviet Union during the Second World War to take on the German Tigers and Panthers.
Back to the Drawing Board: T-35 Heavy Tank
David Porter on Military History's doomed inventions.