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Tag: Cold War

Photograph of a BREM-1

The Soviet BREM-1 Armoured Recovery Vehicle

Posted on 12th January 202118th January 2021 by Russell Phillips
In contrast to the German army during the Second World War, the Soviet army did not have specialised recovery vehicles or tactics for using them. They started to experiment with their use at the end o... Read More

The Iranian Embassy Siege: The Myth of the Wall

Posted on 5th May 202011th November 2020 by Russell Phillips
On 30th April 1980, terrorists stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and took twenty-six hostages. A six-day siege ensued, during which the embassy’s press attaché, Abbas Lavasani, was murdered... Read More
Handley Page vehicle with wings extended

Project Prodigal and the British Army’s Flying Cars

Posted on 17th March 202017th March 2020 by Russell Phillips
On a visit to the National Archives, I ordered document AVIA 65/1540, “Project PRODIGAL: army vehicle with limited airborne capability”. I was expecting it to be about FV4401 Contentious, ... Read More
Photograph of Afghan soldiers loading a 73mm SPG-9

Soviet 73mm SPG-9 Kopye Recoilless Gun

Posted on 7th January 202019th October 2020 by Russell Phillips
Introduced in the late 1960s, the SPG-9 was a light anti-tank gun mounted on a tripod. It had a four-man crew, and could be carried by two soldiers.... Read More

Transporting The Bear: Vehicles In The Bear’s Claws

Posted on 15th October 201915th October 2019 by Russell Phillips
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

Posted on 30th September 201912th October 2019 by Russell Phillips
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
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New Book: The Bear’s Claws

Posted on 12th September 201912th September 2019 by Russell Phillips
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
MT-12 firing

Soviet 100mm T-12 & MT-12 Anti-Tank Gun

Posted on 11th March 201926th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
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
Record player. Photo by Gavin Whitner.

History Playlist

Posted on 18th December 201813th April 2020 by Russell Phillips
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

Posted on 28th November 201826th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
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
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