Tag: USSR
The Soviet BREM-1 Armoured Recovery Vehicle
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
Soviet 73mm SPG-9 Kopye Recoilless Gun
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
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
Military History Merchandise
I’ve started a range of military history-themed merchandise, which you can get from Redbubble. There are four designs so far, including one inspired by the 1970s US Army “Soviet Big 7̶... 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
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