Kampfgruppe Von Abt Website

This site is dedicated to 1/6th and 1/30th scale models built by the Kampfgruppe von Abt modelling team, living in England.  Well worth a look this site has some astonishingly good modelling on it.  Link
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Eve players stage giant online space battle

One of the largest video game space battles ever seen has taken place in the Eve Online game.
For five hours on 28 July about 4,000 players took part in the epic battle between two of the game's biggest alliances. Link
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Comment:  This looking incredibly cool.  Must confess I'd never heard of the game until reading the BBC article. Looks very interesting.
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Boeing 747 Does Extreme Low Pass !

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Comment:  We like low passes :)
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Minecraft

My 11 year old son has become totally immersed in the whole Minecraft thing.

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Is the Mosquito the greatest warplane of all?

The Spitfire is more famous but, discovers Jasper Copping, the de Havilland Mosquito can claim to be the plane that won the war. Read more here Link.
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Picture Of The Week - No 17 - Destroyed Sherman Tank

Comment:  I have never seen a Sherman so badly blown apart, supposedly by German engineers after the battle of Kasserine Pass.
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Film - A Field in England

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Comment:  I've read a couple of reviews (link) and this film is meant to be well worth seeing.
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World War 2 History: The Only Time in History a Submerged Submarine Sank Another Submerged Submarine

In movies and books about the Cold War and whatever era we are in now and wherever we're going, it is not uncommon for two submarines to fight each other deep below the ocean's surface. Usually, one emerges victorious, while the other, holed or blown to pieces, disappears into the freezing, inky depths below. In actuality, there is only one documented instance in history of a submerged sub attacking and destroying another submerged sub.  Link
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Russian T35/85 Tank - War And Peace Show

Nice bit of footage of a T34/85 at this years War & Peace Show here in the UK.  Wish I could have made it along...  :(
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How aerial photographs tracked down Hitler's flying bombs

At the height of WWII, as deadly German V1 and V2 rockets were fired from northern France towards the UK, a country house by the banks of the River Thames became the centre of Allied attempts to discover the Nazis' test and launch sites. Link to BBC web site.
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Yorkshire Wartime Experience - Military Event

Went along with the family plus CCKW truck to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience on Saturday 6th Jul with the family and my brother-in-law.  Fabulous weather helped make for an excellent event after it was almost washed out last year.  Lots of vehicles, trade stands to browse, re-enactment events and displays all made for an entertaining day.  I shall be along next year ! :)  Here's a few photos:
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M10 Tank Destroyer
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Nice replica PIIIM built on the chassis of a FV432.
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British Para re-enactors.
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M10 Tank Destroyer
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M24 Chaffee tank.
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Kursk legacy: Will there ever be another massive tank battle?

It's 70 years since Kursk, the largest ever tank battle. Will there ever be another battle involving thousands of tanks on each side or has armoured warfare had its day? Link to BBC web site.
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Russian Dash Cams

Some astonishing footage here...  (no-one gets hurt, so kid safe)

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