Vulture's Wargaming Blog

Absolutely incredible photos from United States Edwards AFB with some sounds clips as well.  Certainly worth a look.   Link - -

This is one close call for the occupants of (what I assume is) a police car in Russia... - -

A new publication by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland shows photographs taken in the extermination camp during World War II alo...

Historic home made film of the 148th Ordnance Motor Vehicle Assembly Company that was a part of in WWII. They assembled GMC trucks for the R...

Nice looking aircraft, no doubt about it. -

It's 70 years since Japanese bombers swooped on Darwin, in northern Australia, sinking Allied ships in the harbour and killing hundreds ...

This is very thought provoking blog about Afghanistan written by an embedded journalist Michael Yon.  Well worth a look.  Link

You know those times when you see something which just leaves you open mouthed.... - -

Of all the challenges faced by generals through history, moving armies has been one of the greatest - and Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion ...

It's 70 years this week since the first US air force officer was killed in Europe, following America's entry into World War II. By ...

Extremely rare and striking photos of the days leading up to and after the historic D-Day invasion have been put on display, nearly 70 yea...

This was one massive aircraft !  So big it could carry the weight of a B17 !   Link -

Followed a link to Table Top Miniatures Games which is a site with 'Quick, Easy Miniatures Rules for Parents and other Busy People'...

These are classified ads, which were actually placed in U.K. Newspapers: FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER. 8 years old, Hateful little bastard. ...

Twenty-one German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter have been discovered 94 years after they were killed. The...

A bit of snow at this end last weekend... - - - Initially it got in the way of me sorting out my Thermostat issue (lack of) that I pos...

Gentlemen, can I refer you to one of my favourite Blogs ( BLMA ) that has an article about Joe Ekins, who has sadly passed away.   Link -

Its amazing what they build out of Lego !  Link -

I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me today, and we all could probably use more calm in our lives. Some doctor ...

One day I was walking down the beach with Some friends when someone shouted..... 'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at t...

A World War II glider that lay undiscovered in a field in Cumbria is now being restored at the Regimental Museum in Carlisle Castle . It...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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

This is brilliant ! -

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Oh my... - -

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 ...

I'd like to wish readers of my blog all the best for the coming year.

The 'Best Of' Gun Accidents | Military.com - -

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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

This is an interesting article about one of the famous Shermans of the Battle of the Bugle. Link - -

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...