Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Design A-150 “Super Yamato” was meant to be the ultimate battleship: up to 70,000–90,000 tons, six 510 mm...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – This piece explores a great naval “what if”: a gun duel between America’s never-built Montana-class battleships and Japan’s Yamato-class...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary and Key Points – The M4 Sherman has long been branded a “bad” tank, doomed against German Panthers and Tigers. -In reality,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Wasp (CV-7) was not a bad carrier so much as a compromised one. Squeezed under the Washington Naval...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – Iowa-class battleships were monsters of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm—floating fortresses that hurled 16-inch shells deep inland and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Supermarine Spitfire, Britain’s “iconic” WWII fighter, was born from a record-setting 400+ mph seaplane (the S.6B). -Answering a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Essex-class, with 24 carriers built rapidly during WWII, represents an industrial feat that “shames” modern U.S. shipbuilding, which...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Pre-war air doctrine claimed massed, gun-bristling bombers could penetrate enemy airspace without escorts. Reality hit hard in 1943—daylight raids...