Vulture's Wargaming Blog

A blog about my interest in all things military, wargaming and last but not least my military vehicle adventures.

Monday, 27 June 2011

Air Commodore Peter Cribb -Obituary

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Air Commodore Peter Cribb, who has died aged 92, was one of the most successful and gallant master bombers of the Pathfinder Force; he flew ...
Sunday, 26 June 2011

Hadrian's Wall: A horde of ancient treasures make for a compelling new Cumbrian exhibition

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The Roman Emperor Hadrian , who came to the throne AD117, claimed that the gods had instructed him to "keep intact the Empire", ...
Saturday, 25 June 2011

SS Richard Montgomery

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Stumbled across this story yesterday. SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty ship built during World War II, one of the 2,710 used t...

Lock N Load Publishing - Old PC Games

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Found this interesting site that deals exclusively in old 'classic' PC games. They are all available for download for very reasonab...
Friday, 24 June 2011

AFV Combat Speed

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There is a very interesting recent thread on The Miniatures Page (TMP) web site about AFV Combat Speed. Well worth a read, many of the post...
Thursday, 23 June 2011

Low Fast Pass

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These are some of the lowest fastest passes you will ever see, fabulous ! -
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Saturday, 18 June 2011

Recent Purchases - For My 15mm Sci-Fi

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You know what it's like....you see something (a model or piece of scenery) and immediately think, that would just go brilliantly with X ...
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Friday, 17 June 2011

Invincible, pride of the Falklands, is broken up in knacker's yard

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There is nothing good at all about this, my favourite ship getting broken up :( Link -
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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Operation Crossbow: How 3D glasses helped defeat Hitler

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Newly released photographs show how a team of World War II experts disrupted Nazi plans to bombard Britain - with the help of 3D glasses lik...
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Saturday, 11 June 2011

WWI underground: Unearthing the hidden tunnel war

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Archaeologists are beginning the most detailed ever study of a Western Front battlefield, an untouched site where 28 British tunnellers lie ...
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Friday, 10 June 2011

Friday Humour

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After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Lancashire scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the co...
Thursday, 9 June 2011

German Tank Destroyer hoisted out from Baltic Sea

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Check out this video I found on U-Tube of a WWII German Hetzer SPG being dragged out of the Baltic sea ! - -
Saturday, 4 June 2011

Rorke's Drift hero Edward Savage memorial unveiled

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A memorial is to be unveiled in a Cardiff cemetery to a survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift . Newport-born Edward Savage was 20 w...

Apache helicopter: A tour around the attack aircraft

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The British army's fleet of Apache attack helicopters have clocked up a landmark 100,000 flying hours, a third of which have been flown ...
Friday, 3 June 2011

Friday Humour

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In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we ha...
Thursday, 2 June 2011

Dropship Horizon Blog - The End

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Slightly gutted today to find that one of my favour Blogs that I follow, Dropship Horizon is coming to an end. It has been a fabulous reso...
Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Joke Stuff - Great catches out there

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There are some great catches out there. Exerts from Irish personal adds. 1. Grossly overweight Louth turf-cutter, 42 years old and 23 stone...

Life at war captured through the eyes of soldiers

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Soldiers have been filming themselves on duty in Afghanistan for years. The UK Ministry of Defence has now released this powerful and uncens...
Monday, 23 May 2011

B-17 Flying Fortress conservation work begins

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A conservation team has begun a 16-month project to transform a World War II American bomber. The B-17 Flying Fortress, Mary Alice, had been...
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Friday, 20 May 2011

Friday Humour

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A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her, 'Father, may I ask a favor?' 'Of course, child...
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Saturday, 14 May 2011

Navy drops bombs off Scottish coast

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The far north-west tip of Britain is so remote that for the past 100 years it has been used by the military as a bombing range. Garvie Islan...
Monday, 9 May 2011

Capturing the Enigma: 70 years on

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70 years ago today, the Royal Navy captured U-Boat 110, an event which helped Britain crack the German's secret Enigma code during World...
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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Aerial surveys of Viking shipyard on Skye

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This is quite an interesting article about a 12th Century Viking shipbuilding site on Skye. Link -
Monday, 2 May 2011

Dambusters: Cambridge scientists recreate daring World War Two raid

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The development of a bouncing bomb - dropped at exactly 60ft above water in order to destroy German dams - was a testament to wartime Britai...
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Sunday, 1 May 2011

Prof Richard Holmes, acclaimed military historian, dies

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It is with some sadness that I read this morning on the BBC web that Prof Richard Holmes has died. Over the years I have greatly enjoyed wa...
Saturday, 30 April 2011

Royal Wedding

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Must confess I watched all the Royal Wedding on the TV yesterday. I had intended only dipping into the event and now and then whilst paintin...
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Monday, 25 April 2011

William Shatner Says ‘Goodnight, Space Shuttle’

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William Shatner telling the story of the U.S. spacecraft most directly inspired by Star Trek. The final space shuttle mission ever (by Atla...
Sunday, 17 April 2011

US Civil War 150th anniversary: How US remains divided

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The US is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the country's most destructive conflict, the Civil War. In Charleston in the state of S...
Friday, 15 April 2011

From the English to American Civil Wars: How East Anglians came to control the world

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I found this quite an intersting article on the BBC web site, as I live in East Anglia . Link . -
Friday, 8 April 2011

Luftwaffe Dornier 17 at Goodwin Sands 'still intact'

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The discovery of a unique German warplane off the Kent coast left experts "incredulous". New images suggest the Dornier 17 is stil...
Thursday, 7 April 2011

Aircraft Carrier: A Mind-Boggling Building Job

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In a shipyard in Scotland the future of the Royal Navy is slowly taking shape. But the construction of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizab...
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Joke Of The Day - 'Phones'

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Several men are in the locker room at the golf club. A mobile phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and b...
Saturday, 2 April 2011

HMS Invincible makes final journey to Turkish scrapyard

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- Saw this news article on the BBC web site. 'The aircraft carrier HMS Invincible has left Portsmouth for the last time before it is b...
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Friday, 1 April 2011

Remembering the secret mission of Cockleshell Heroes

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A memorial to the Royal Marines who canoed almost 100 miles behind enemy lines to blow up ships in a daring World War II raid has been unvei...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Coded American Civil War message in bottle deciphered

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A message in a bottle delivered to a Confederate general during the American Civil War has been deciphered, 147 years after it was written. ...
Sunday, 27 March 2011

New Walker 'Chomper' Completed

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Just completed a Walker I bought some months ago. Made by Blue Moon Manufacturing it is from their 15/18mm Vehicle range. The body is resin...
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Saturday, 26 March 2011

Vintage Wargaming Blog

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Stumbled across this interesting blog which is dedicated to vintage wargaming. Well worth a look, and one I shall be following. Link -
Wednesday, 23 March 2011

New Combat Mission Game Coming Out

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I was a massive fan of the first Combat Mission ‘Beyond Overlord’ that the company Battlefront released 2000. For me this was just a fabul...
Friday, 18 March 2011

British Battles

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Quite by accident I stumbled across this rather good little site all about British battles. Link -
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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

'The Eagle' - Film

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In 1993 I read Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) which tells the story of a young Roman youn...
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Lost city of Atlantis, swamped by tsunami, may be found

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This is quite an interesting posting by Reuters. A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary...
Sunday, 6 March 2011

TMP - New 15mm Sci-Fi Message Board

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On The Miniatures Page (TMP) a new message board has been created for those interested specifically in 15mm Sc-Fi gaming. Link -
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Saturday, 5 March 2011

Dawn Of War 2 - Retribution - Review

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Found this review of the up and coming next release for the Dawn Of War 2 computer game on U-Tube. Beautiful :) - -
Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Why is King John the classic villain?

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This is quite an intersting article about the medevial English monarch, King John on the BBC web site. Link -
Thursday, 17 February 2011

Humour - Complaint About Trains

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The following is an actual exchange of correspondence between a customer and the Irish Railway Company. Gentlemen, I have been riding your t...
Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Retired military icons: The ultimate boys' toys?

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There is quite a fun article on the BBC web site regarding buying ex military hardware. Link . -
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Thursday, 27 January 2011

Joke Of The Day - Last 10 pence

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- 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...
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Monday, 24 January 2011

Portsmouth bids farewell to warship HMS Ark Royal

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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. ...
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Saturday, 22 January 2011

Battle: Los Angeles Trailer 3 (2011)

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Okay, if your a sci-fi fan this looks quite good ! :) - -
Thursday, 13 January 2011

First FUBAR Game

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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...
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