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...
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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
Key Points and Summary – USS Iowa (BB-61) was built as a fast battleship to screen aircraft carriers, duel surface threats, and bombard ashore....
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
Key Points and Summary – The historic battleship USS Texas (BB-35), America’s last surviving dreadnought to have served in both World War I and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The P-61 Black Widow was America’s first purpose-built night fighter, a heavily armed, twin-engine aircraft equipped with revolutionary airborne...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
PUBLISHED on August 7, 2025, 7:10 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary – Eighty years ago this week, the United States dropped two...