Vulture's Wargaming Blog

- Last 10 pence A father walks into a restaurant with his young son.. He gives the young boy three 10p coins to play with to keep him occu...

Some 5,000 people boarded axed aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal after it opened its decks for the final time as part of a farewell send-off. ...

Okay, if your a sci-fi fan this looks quite good ! :) - -

After weeks of trying to get together with my 15mm sci-fi enthusiast chum (James) for a game, we at last managed it tonight trying out the f...

Richard Winters, the commanding officer of Easy Company, the Army unit whose gritty combat from the beaches of Normandy to the capture of Hi...

Well, after a few days taking it easy, the back has almost settled down and I've been fit enough to return to work. I've just this ...

Today after waking up with a bad back I went into work hoping it would ease off like yesterday. However... it didn't. To cut a long st...

To all the readers of my blog, I would like to wish you a happy and prosperous 2011. -

Whilst laid low with a heavy cold/( man)flu these last five days, I took the time to finish off a (average) novel about Alexander the Great ...

Found this propoganda film on U-Tube. There are some fascinating clips of some very rare vehicles like the Sdkfz 251/21 - Flakpanzerwagen w...

A very sad day... - Harrier jump jets flown by the RAF and Royal Navy have taken part in their last operational flights. The aircraft is reg...

For those in the UK who live near any of the bases named below, this is a last opportunity to see the Harrier flying with a flypast of 16 a...

Stumbled across this excellent little video on U-Tube of Panzerwerfer Nebelwerfer Rocket Launchers in action. You wouldn't have wanted t...

I found time over the weekend to take a few photos of some 15mm sci-fi figures that I painted up a couple of months back. The boys are made...

This is a quite an intersting article about a London-based scientist's use of a remote-control helicopter to get breath samples from wha...

This is very clever and well worth watching. Best Card Trick Ever -

This is quite good. It shows the work of a modern-day war artist. Link to BBC. -

This is an interesting article on the BBC web site about how an unknown warrior was carried from a French battlefield 90 years ago, to be la...

This is worth checking out on the BBC web site. - The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective. Featuring two remar...

This is an amazing piece of flying by this Chinook. Must confess I went cold when I saw how close the blades were to the ground... - -

A 550lb (250kg) bomb from World War II has been successfully detonated during a controlled explosion in a river in Potsdam, Germany. Nine to...

It was announced yesterday that the entire UK Harrier force is to be retired early. All flying will have ceased by 1 Apr 2011. As someone w...

How long could you go without daylight, family contact, or any precise idea of where you are? A submariner on HMS Talent can do it for three...

In the midst of World War II, workers at a Welsh aircraft factory gave up their weekend off to build a Wellington bomber from scratch in jus...

This is an interesting little essay on Armchair General web about the Italians in WW2. Link -

LONDON — The courage of the military personnel and volunteers who suffered the ordeal of the intense Nazi bombing of London was remembered T...

I've always had an interest in armoured vehicles, and thought I'd share some links with regard one I've been following for a whi...

Saw this today, and think it looks quite good :) - -

Stumbled across this intersting site about HMS Glowworm. - On 8th April 1940 The British destroyer HMS Glowworm, alone and outgunned took...

On a cloudy August day in 1940, the skies and seas around the Isle of Wight witnessed the first sustained clashes of the Battle of Britain. ...

For anyone interested in WW2, this site is an an intersting visit. It is called the WWII Database, and has a simply astonishing amount of d...

This is quite an intersting site with quite a comprehensive essay about HMS Dasher, and its rather poor in-service career during WW2 which e...

This is a fascinating little essay about Operation Catapult and the Naval Destruction at Mers-el-Kebir. This is where the part of the Frenc...

HMS Investigator had been sent in search of the Franklin expedition, but was lost while on a quest to find the Northwest Passage through th...

This is a very cool little video, well worth checking out. - The BBC has been given exclusive access to film the world's most advanced f...

A soldier who stood on a landmine in Afghanistan may owe his life to a rosary - just as his great-grandfather did in the Second World War. ...

This is very funny :) - -

I've almost finished listening to the pod casts that you can download from the UK Defence Academy site , so I have been casting around t...

WICOE (Women In Charge Of Everything) Is proud to announce the opening of its EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN! OPEN TO MEN ONLY, ALL ARE WELCOME Not...

This is excellent :) - -

Nothing to do with wargaming, but a classic song and video. - -

As I've mentioned before, I'm a huge fan of the Company Of Heroes Blitzkreig Mod (that can be downloaded for free). A small team o...

I saw part of the Typhoon display at RIAT last week. A very impressive aircraft, only the the F22 Raptor being better IMHO. Stumbled acro...

Made it to the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford on Thursday. I was fortunate enough to see (and video) the display by ...

I really really want one of these :-) - The Terrafugia Transition, a light aircraft that can convert into a road-legal automobile, is to go ...

This is quite an article on the BBC web site. - Link - In this collection of programmes and documents, we hear from some of the battle's...

Absouletely nothing to do with wargaming, but important nonetheless !! :-) - Bugatti's Veyron has reclaimed the title of world's fa...

Final preparations are under way for UK Armed Forces Day on Saturday and the Type 23 warship HMS Kent, one of the busiest in the Royal Navy,...

To many, it was Winston Churchill’s finest hour. The address he made to the British nation as it stood alone against the Nazi war machine i...

The longest day of the year today, the summer solstice ... Link -