Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The T-34/76 shocked Germany in 1941 with sloped armor and a potent 76.2mm gun, but its legend masks real...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers were WWII’s most numerous flattops: 55 “Jeep” carriers mass-produced by Henry Kaiser’s yards to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The M48 Patton was America’s first truly post-WWII medium tank, built to solve Korea-era gaps in night fighting, mobility,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – HMS Vanguard was conceived in 1941 as a fast capital ship that could keep up with carriers and fight...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Why the Yamato-Class Battleships Were Obsolete The Moment They Sailed No warships have captured the paradoxical blend of immense power and tragic futility quite...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
PUBLISHED on August 16, 2025, 8:19 PM EDT – The USS Texas Is Homeless No Longer: The battleship USS Texas was finally given a...
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PUBLISHED on August 6, 2025, 11:21 AM EST – Key Points and Summary – Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this analysis...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The recurring fantasy of reactivating the Iowa-class battleships is a “nostalgic delusion.” -The 80-year-old warships are “logistical fossils” unsuited...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Horten Ho 229 was a German flying-wing jet prototype developed in the final days of World War II....