V1 Flying Bomb Ski Site – Launch and Storage Facility – Bois des Huit-Rues, Le Nieppe, France The V1 launch location was set up in the Bois des Huit-Rues (Eng. Huit-Rues forest) just north of … Posted April 18, 2024 (updated May 11, 2024) by Patrick
Krafwerk Nord West, V2 Rocket Bunker, Blockhaus d’ Éperlecques – Watten, France Trains with V2 rockets rolled into the bomb proof station next to the main bunker. The V2 rocket … Posted April 12, 2024 (updated October 23, 2024) by Patrick
V2 Rocket, Aggregat A4 – German Long-Range Guided Ballistic Missile The V2 rocket's original designation was Aggregate A4. This long range ballistic missile was developed by Wernher von … Posted February 5, 2024 (updated April 21, 2024) by Patrick
Ruhrstahl FX 1400 or Fritz X – German guided Air-to-Ground Anti-Ship missile The guided glide bomb FX 1400 better known as Fritz X was created by dr. Max Kramer who … Posted February 4, 2024 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick
7.62mm Tokarev TT-33 – Soviet Semi-automatic Pistol The semi-automatic Tokarev TT-33 pistol was adopted by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1936. TT-33 pistols were widely … Posted January 5, 2024 by Pascal
.45mm Colt M1911 A1 (Government Model) – American Semi-automatic Pistol The .45mm Colt M1911 A1 pistol is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning. During WWII … Posted November 27, 2023 (updated January 5, 2024) by Pascal
9mm Walther AP – German Semi-automatic Pistol The 9mm semiautomatic Walther AP model pistol is based on the 1934 Walther HP pistol, with an integrated … Posted November 26, 2023 (updated January 5, 2024) by Pascal
Nambu Type 14, 8 mm (M 1925) – Japanese Semi-automatic Pistol The Japanese 8mm Nambu Type 14 semiautomatic pistol was designed as a replacement for the Type 26 service … Posted November 26, 2023 (updated January 5, 2024) by Pascal
Nambu Type 94, 8 mm (M 1934) – Japanese Semi-automatic Pistol The 8 mm Type 94 Nambu pistol was developed as a light weapon for tank- and aircraft crews … Posted November 26, 2023 (updated January 5, 2024) by Pascal
The Enigma I – a Cipher Machine for the German Wehrmacht The Enigma I cipher machine was widely used by the German Military and government services to send encrypted … Posted November 20, 2023 by Pascal
7.7 mm Type 89 Dual Flexible Japanese machine gun This is a WW2 Japanese 7.7mm gas-operated Dual machine gun which was commonly used as an aircraft tail gun … Posted November 15, 2023 (updated November 16, 2023) by Pascal
Ouvrage Roche la Croix, Cable Car Mechanism – Meyronnes, Val-d’Oronaye, France This cable car mechanism used for construction and logistics on the Alpine Line of the Maginot is on … Posted September 12, 2023 by Pascal
Project Riese – Concrete Factory Osówka, Säuferhöhen – Owl Mountains, Walbrzych Poland The Osowka Tunnels lie in a remote area therefore the Germans constructed a concrete factory on the site, … Posted July 28, 2023 by Patrick
FG 42 – Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 – German Paratrooper Rifle Hermann Göring urged to develop of a new weapon for his troops. The experience from the Battle of … Posted May 18, 2023 (updated June 1, 2024) by Patrick
Remington M1903A4 with Weaver 330C Scope – United States Sniper Rifle The Remington M1903A4 sniper rifle has "W. Faucett" carved into the wood of the right side of the … Posted May 17, 2023 by Patrick
Henschel Hs 293 – German Radio Guided Surface to Air Glide Bomb The Henschel Hs 293 was the world's first operational anti-shipping missile, and very successful. Just like the Hensel … Posted April 22, 2023 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick
V1 Flying Bomb, Fieseler Fi 103 – German Cruise Missile On 13 June 1944 an new weapon was launched again Britain. The Germans created the world’s first ever … Posted April 8, 2023 by Patrick
Messerschmitt Enzian – German Wire Guided Surface to Air Missile The German surface to air rocket Enzian was an anti-aircraft missile developed during World War Two. [...]Read More... Posted March 15, 2023 (updated January 24, 2024) by Patrick
