Vulture's Wargaming Blog

My 9 year old son has been playing quite a bit of Battlefield 2 Special Forces these last few days, and felt inspired tonight to draw his f...

It was a hypothetical question that became a long online discussion and now a movie in development: Could a small group of heavily armed mod...

Its fair to say that Saturday wasn't without its stress... 1. New doors I've picked up for the CCKW truck won't fit without me...

Only in America could you own your own 3" anti-tank gun ! Cool ! I want one :) - -

Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: ...

This guy is a brilliant sketch artist. Link - -

This link is worth checking out. This old Russian bunker is simply massive ! Would love to visit it. Link - -

This was too good a picture, not to post :) Click on it to see all of it. - -

This is a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll. It covers the lowest estimate of death as well as the highest estimate, th...

Apparently the old Lightning on the A1 is no more :( I wondered what had happened to it... Link - Here's a (rather poor quality) pictu...

During battles at the end of World War II, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians never got a decent burial. For almost 30 years, one m...

The family and I attended a short service at the Warboys village war memorial yesterday. Looking at the long list of those who gave their ...

A 33ft (10m) poppy placed on a hill in Wiltshire to launch the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal will appear on the BBC's Countryf...

For ALL those who have died for their country in ANY war.. THE FINAL INSPECTION The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to p...

The mass slaughter of WW1 1914-18 robbed the UK of a million lives, leaving no part of the country untouched. But there was a tiny handful ...

An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic uncovered huge, remarkably preserved chunks of plane and s...

There is some excellent footage of StugIIIs in this Finish film clip. - -

Futher to my blog posting on 7th Aug about the Military & Flying Machine Show I attended on 6th Aug near Upminster, I finally got round...

My son had some of my Battlemechs out recently to play with. Tidying them away last night off one of our collapsable gaming tables (to mak...

Egypt is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. The unexploded ordnance left lying in its desert from World War II battles ra...

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like t...

There are some really good podcasts to download off the official website of the BBC History Magazine. Well worth checking out. Link -

Its quite amazing what gets recovered out of bogs, and how good the condition is ! - -

The open cab on the truck is great in the summer, however, when the temperature drops it can get pretty cold to say the least. Visibility w...

It is 10 years since a deal to protect the world's thousands of shipwrecks, but the UK and several other major maritime powers are yet t...

Apparently it is possible to keep a track of your favourite blogs by subscribing to this site called 'Bloglovin'. It lets you know ...

A former factory worker from the British Midlands may be the last living master of the centuries-old Sikh battlefield art of shastar vidya. ...

A great clip on U-Tube from the BBC Earth Channel. Definitely worth watching. - -

Some good footage here of the fighting in Normandy from the German perspective. - -

In Philadelphia, American and British lawyers have debated the legality of America's founding documents. Link -

Saw these today, and thought I'd share :) - - -

Chaps, have a look at the pictures in this link of a Tiger I replica that has been built. Awesome looking job it has to be said. Link - ...

------------------------------------------------- My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you believe that 2:30am?! Lu...

The title says it all :) - -

Thought I'd share that we have a new Hamster here at the Vulture's Roost. 'Bubbles' a 10 week old male Syrian Hamster has ...

Stumbled across this on on U-Tube. A truly awesome modelling job ! - - Here we can see a scene from a previous Kampfgruppe von abt dior...

Whilst over visiting family is Crewe, I popped into the local GW shop. After fending off the store assistant three times who wouldn't t...

Love this little video on U-Tube all about WWII vehicle maintenance. Lots of CCKW trucks on show :) - -

This site is hosting old computer wargames done by companies such as SSI. They are free to download. Link -

The Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II made its first landing Monday aboard a Navy warship at sea, the service announced. The hop apparently w...

Lest we forget.... - The UK's military role in Afghanistan since 2001 has not been without its human toll. Members of the Army, RAF, Roy...

Believe it or not a company in Hungary (I think) are making a replica Tiger Tank. They are almost there, just need to sort the tracks out f...

After a couple of abortive attempts to take our CCKW 352 truck to local events, plans came good on Sunday when my son and I took a leisurely...

An amazing piece of flying this.... - -

For anyone who might think that after 10 years in Afghan things should be getting easier, this BBC article makes kinda depressing reading......

Absolutely nothing to do with gaming or military stuff, but I would like to recommend to you my favourite economics blog called Mindful O Mo...

A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemet...

This is quite a jaw dropping article, well worth a read. Link - -

Such a nice September afternoon here in the UK (although a bit windy), took the CCKW truck out for couple of runs. Made a short video of t...

“People don’t understand what wind does to someone at that speed.” - This is worth watching guys, make you think... - -