Tag: Cold War
Transporting The Bear: Vehicles In The Bear’s Claws
Rakovich’s Ride: The BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle In The Bear’s Claws, the main character, Praporshchik Vladislav Rakovich, rides in a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle. Like an armoured ... Read More
Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact now in paperback and hardback
After some difficulties and delays, I’ve finally managed to create a compendium paper edition of the first three books in my Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series. It is now available in p... Read More
New Book: The Bear’s Claws
I read both fiction and non-fiction, but until recently, I’d only ever written non-fiction. A while ago, a writer friend and I decided it would be interesting to work on a project together. The ... Read More
Soviet 100mm T-12 & MT-12 Anti-Tank Gun
The T-12 was developed as a replacement for the D-48 85mm anti-tank gun, and was the first smoothbore anti-tank gun to enter service, in 1961. The decision to adopt a smoothbore barrel led to improved... Read More
History Playlist
I'm not a fan of Christmas songs, so I thought it would be interesting to make a playlist of music related to, or about history. With one exception, all the songs here are from my personal collection.... Read More
M65 “Atomic Annie” Was Not The Only Nuclear Gun
Recently, I saw a link to an Atlas Obscura article about the M65 “Atomic Annie”. The M65 was a US 280mm artillery gun that could fire nuclear ammunition. The article claims that it was the world... Read More
Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact – Ebook box set now available
I’m happy to announce that I’ve just released an ebook of the first three books in the Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series. If you haven’t already bought the ebooks, this... Read More
The Swedish Strv 103 (S-Tank)
Development of the Stridsvagn 103 began in 1958, led by Bofors. A contract was awarded in 1959 for two prototypes, followed by a pre-production order from the Swedish army for 10 vehicles in mid 1960.... Read More