Vulture's Wargaming Blog

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

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

WW II Beer Flights

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In the lighter moments of World War II, the Spitfire was used in an unorthodox role: bringing beer kegs to the men in Normandy . During ...
Saturday, 28 January 2012

King Tiger Video

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Stumbled across some more video of the only working King Tiger (or Tiger II) taken at the French museum ' Musée des Blindésat ' at ...

Raymond Aubrac: How I tricked the Gestapo

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The capture of French Resistance hero Jean Moulin is one of the country's darkest chapters of the war. The last surviving Resistance lea...
Monday, 23 January 2012

Broadband Speed Test

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Nothing to do with gaming or the main subject of this blog, but I thought I'd share this link with you to a good Broadband Speed Test s...
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HMS Victory 'set to be recovered' from seabed

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The remains of a 300-year-old warship are to be raised from the sea bed, according to reports. The wreck of HMS Victory , a predecessor of ...
Sunday, 22 January 2012

MVT Area Meeting + Truck Problem

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The MVT Area meeting I wrote about on the 12th Jan went ahead, and was quite a success I feel with 26 (including myself) turning up. Rati...
Saturday, 21 January 2012

Inside story of the UK's secret mission to beat Gaddafi

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British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers w...
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Take Your Daughter to Work Day

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This is brilliant ! -
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Church Ladies With Typewriters

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These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:  ----------------------...
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Monday, 16 January 2012

Ship Launches - Good & Bad

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Some of these are great fun ! Especially the first one ! (if you like getting wet that is)

Falklands veteran meets Argentine 'enemy' 30 years on

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Thirty years after the Falklands War, a British veteran prepares to travel across the world to meet the Argentine pilot who he shot out of t...
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Sunday, 15 January 2012

Tiger Tank - Replica

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The replica Tiger I tank made made by a (Hungarian ?) company called ​​Rondo-S is quite an astonishing piece of work. This is no conversio...
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Thursday, 12 January 2012

F16 Low & Fast

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We like low fast passes, and this is a good one :) - -

Inaugural Meeting Of The Huntingdon & District Area of the Military Vehicle Trust (MVT)

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Regular follows of my ramblings will know I purchased my WW2 CCKW 352 in the end of July last year. At the time I joined the Military Vehi...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012

RAF veteran who flew secret mission told it’s too dangerous to sit in Spitfire

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A 91-year-old former RAF pilot who flew Spitfires in the Second World War was told he could not sit in one of the fighters at a museum becau...
Saturday, 7 January 2012

Battlemech Drawing

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Back in the early 1990s I used to play a huge amount of Battletech , and one of my gaming circle at that time was a talented artist. As a f...
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For rent: One WWII U-boat bunker

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Two government authorities are in conflict over a huge World War II submarine bunker near the northern German city-state of Bremen, which is...
Monday, 2 January 2012

Prometheus - Official Trailer [TRUE HD]

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Oh my... - -
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Sunday, 1 January 2012

German Tank Factory Vids

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It never ceases to amaze me what just pops up on U-Tube. The first vid shows PIII and StugIII production, the second shows stills of Tiger ...
Saturday, 31 December 2011

Happy New Year

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I'd like to wish readers of my blog all the best for the coming year.
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The 'Best Of' Gun Incidents 2011

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The 'Best Of' Gun Accidents | Military.com - -
Thursday, 29 December 2011

CCKW Truck Update

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Realise I haven't provided a truck update for a bit. I resolved the oil pipe problem by: a) Selling on the new one that didn't ...

A Merlin helicopter's journey to Afghanistan

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It is two years since the UK sent the first Merlin helicopters nearly 4,000 miles (6,400km) to Afghanistan. It is too far to fly the RAF hel...
Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Firefly

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Over this X-Mas break Mrs Vulture and I have been re-watching the Firefly series. - - There is such a lot to like about the series espe...
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Monday, 26 December 2011

How Germany's feared Scharnhorst ship was sunk in WWII

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On 26 December 1943 one of the great sea battles of World War II took place. Link - -
Sunday, 25 December 2011

Happy Christmas

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Just a quick posting to wish all the readers of my blog a happy and stress-free (as possible) Christmas.
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011

5 Most Mysterious Ghost Ships in History

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A ghost ship is a vessel that has mysteriously expelled its passengers and crew, refusing to indicate their whereabouts. Though theories suc...
Sunday, 18 December 2011

Battle of the Bulge star Cobra King goes under restoration

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This is an interesting article about one of the famous Shermans of the Battle of the Bugle. Link - -
Saturday, 17 December 2011

15mm Sci-Fi Drop Pods

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You know what is like, you see object and you think, 'wow' that would look great with X figures. Well that is what happened recentl...
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Ex Soviet Carrier Minsk

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There are some interesting pictures on this thread on the Historic Military Vehicle Forum, especially of the ex Soviet Carrier Minsk. http:/...
Friday, 16 December 2011

Tiger Tank 131

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Check out this vid of Tiger 131 being started for the first using the starting handle. - -
Monday, 12 December 2011

BLOODHOUND / Intel Atom animation

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This is quite a cool animation. - -
Sunday, 11 December 2011

Tank Accidents

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Some of these would take some recovering ! - -
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Saturday, 10 December 2011

Battle Of The Bulge - Rare Photos

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Came across this quite interesting photo gallery of the Battle Of The Bulge. - -

Low wall Space Hulk exhibit

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Came across this thread showing a home made 'low wall' Space Hulk set. Totally awesome looking it has to be said. Link - -
Thursday, 8 December 2011

All I Want For Christmas - HMS OCEAN

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Brilliant ! - - -
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Sunday, 4 December 2011

Oil Pipe Problem

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The problem with the oil pipe that meant I had to be recovered last Saturday ( Link ) continues.... - - I ordered a new from Rex Ward ...
Saturday, 3 December 2011

Stug III Found

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Its amazing what there still is out there to be found, and also the great condition it can be in as well. Link - -
Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Hind Helicopter

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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...
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Rome, Sweet Rome: Could a Single Marine Unit Destroy the Roman Empire ?

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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...
Monday, 28 November 2011

This Was Not In The Plan For The Day !

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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...
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The 'Superbowl' of Machine Gun Shoots

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

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Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: ...
Friday, 25 November 2011

Richard Johnson: Sketches from our front lines - Afghanistan

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This guy is a brilliant sketch artist. Link - -

Russian Bunker

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This link is worth checking out. This old Russian bunker is simply massive ! Would love to visit it. Link - -
Sunday, 20 November 2011

Honestly, I've got my membership card here somewhere ...

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List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll

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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...
Thursday, 17 November 2011

End Of An Era For Derelict 'A1 Lightning' Fighter Jet

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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...
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Germany's Corpse Hunter Helping the Lost Dead of WWII Rest in Peace

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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...
Monday, 14 November 2011

War Memorial

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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 ...
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