The (intended) use of postwar heavy tanks
While many designs and prototypes of larger-than-normal tanks were made, the only American heavy tank to reach a degree of production was the M103. Even then, the Marines were more enthusiastic about...
View ArticleCircle Trigon Ranks
While looking at the Circle Trigon Aggressors (1940s-1970s), I saw their earlier and later ranks. Early Ranks: Later Ranks: Some notes: The early ranks are made with American insignia, using a mixture...
View ArticleA Study of a Slapdash Army
The later part of the book’s own title was evidence alone of it being severely dated. The book in question was “The Iraqi Threat and Saddam Hussein’s Weapons of Mass Destruction” by Stephen Hughes....
View ArticleArmies of Sand
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. In terms of fiction, it means (among other things) lots of new Fuldapocalypse reviews in waiting. But I figure I’d cover a non-fiction book here, Kenneth...
View ArticlePoliticized Armies
Kenneth Pollack’s Armies of Sand, and its thesis predecessor, “The Influence of Arab Culture on Arab Military Effectiveness”, is fascinating not just for its core claim, but also in how, culture aside,...
View ArticleThe Low-Pressure Missile Tank Age
Only a few actually made it into mass production, but around the world, there was eager development in the 1960s of low-pressure gun/missile launcher tanks, the kind best emphasized by the M551...
View ArticleThe Truck-APC
One of my weird current fascinations is the “Truck-APC”, for lack of a better word. This is an armored personnel carrier built on the platform of an existing truck. One of the first widespread...
View ArticleT-72-120
The T-72-120 upgrade explains how tank development can pass the point of diminishing returns. It’s a Ukrainian upgrade of a T-72 to have a bustle autoloader for a 120mm NATO tank gun along with the...
View ArticleReserve Formations
I’ve been on another MicroMark Army Lists binge recently, and the main subject was something that’s weirdly close to my heart-reservist formations. Why do I like them? First, because they’re frequently...
View ArticleThe Inter-Korean Military Balance
I’ve been, partially for one of my million plot ideas and partially just for fun, taking a look at the Cold War inter-Korean military balance from various old documents. So the picture forming is… From...
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