Dec 9, 2023
Possibly the best light tank of the second world war, the M24 Chaffee would take its big gun and low logistics requirements all around the world blazing a lightly armoured path through the hottest moments of the Cold War.
The halftime interview features Hugh Cullimore talking about the Murrayville Tank Graveyard.
Nov 11, 2023
Misunderstood, misused, under-appreciated, the T-80 was cut from production a lifetime ago.
And yet the hard lessons of the Ukraine war have seen its qualities come to be perceived in a new light, and production has been restarted!
The halftime interview features Ross Manuel, you can find him at →...
Oct 14, 2023
Brought to you by the makers of the Titanic it was a vehicle only the British could conceive of. Monstrously heavy, incredibly slow, and anaemically armed.
Yet somehow over 5,000 Churchill tanks were built in the Second World War.
The halftime interview features author David Mitchelhill-Green, you can find his work at:
Sep 9, 2023
Pakistan has given a case study in how to make an adequate tank on a shoestring.
Also some thoughts on Ukraine.
Aug 12, 2023
It is poetic, if not inevitable, that a much-anticipated episode about the Panther tank would be plagued by an omnishambles of technical difficulties, and thus fail to meet expectations.
But there is some good stuff in here if you can get past what is not our finest performance!