Vulture's Wargaming Blog

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

Friday, 23 May 2014

Spitfire 944

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Wednesday, 21 May 2014

DDay-Overlord - Reconstruction

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Post by DDay-Overlord .
Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Outings In The Truck

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These last four weeks have seen quite a bit of activity with the CCKW truck.  The first outing was to attend the Yorkshire Military Vehicle ...
Saturday, 10 May 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 30 - Sturmtiger

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- Comment :  This weeks pic of a WW2 German ' Sturmtiger ' at the Deutsches Panzermuseum at Munster in Germany .  I like this pic...
Monday, 5 May 2014

AK47 - First Game

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As a change from the recent fare of 10mm scale Flames of War, at my local club we have decided to start planning for an AK47 campaign in 15m...

Humour - Lost Wife

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Subject: Missing Wife A husband went to the police station to file a "missing person" report for his missing wife: Husband :-I...
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Sunday, 4 May 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 29 - Target Practice

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- Comment :  Looks like someone has been using the side of this WW2 German Stug III for target practice ! -
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Friday, 2 May 2014

New Series on British TV - Combat Dealers

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The wheeler-dealer who 'taught tanks' to Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt: Wartime memorabilia fanatic is star of new series dubbed 'Anti...
Tuesday, 29 April 2014

The tank graveyard: German depot that has dismantled more than 15,000 armoured vehicles built for the Cold War but now sit waiting to be stripped and melted down

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- With conflict in European soil in east Ukraine, Russia allegedly massing her forces at the border, it may seem odd that many of the cont...
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Monday, 28 April 2014

Tiger Day at the Tank Museum 2014

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- Comment :  Simply awesome :) -
Saturday, 19 April 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 28 - Harriers

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Friday, 18 April 2014

Plan to put back in running condition the only remaining Panzer VIII Maus tank.

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Wargaming Public Co Ltd will join with its long-term partner, the Russian Kubinka Tank Museum , to reconstruct and put back in running cond...
Thursday, 17 April 2014

Restored Stug IIIG

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Some nice footage here of a restored Stug IIIG. - -
Monday, 14 April 2014

10 inventions that owe their success to World War One

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10 inventions that owe their success to World War One are explained here on the BBC web site - Link -

The Great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Panic

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In an era of potent concern over internet pornography, cyber-bullying, and drugs, it is hard to imagine a game being controversial. But 30 y...

Thoughts For The Day

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1. Appreciate your life. Be grateful that you get to live today and that you have the power to create change and affect other people. I...
Wednesday, 9 April 2014

T72 Tank

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For those interested in post-war armour this is an interesting article on the T72, and the effectiveness of its armour. Link -
Sunday, 6 April 2014

Goodgame Empire

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On Facebook I clicked on one of the games they advertise, and I have found myself this weekend sucked into playing a game on the silvergames...

Tiger Day - Bovington Tank Museum

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- Comment :  The Bovington Tank Museum hold a Tiger Day once a year.  Would love to go along one year.  Here's some footage posted on ...
Saturday, 5 April 2014

Humour

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A husband is dying in hospital with his wife by his bedside. He says – There are some things I have to confess. Wife – It’s OK honey, yo...
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Thursday, 3 April 2014

Lost City of the Legion: Caerleon

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- As centuries pass in such historic venues, history often melds into romance, and so it was with the lost city of the legion. Though much...
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Monday, 31 March 2014

B17 Bomber The Mission - Animation

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Saturday, 29 March 2014

Humour - HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY ? (written by kids)

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1. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids) - You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like spor...
Friday, 28 March 2014

Tank Museum - Veteran Podcasts

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Veteran Podcasts Go to this link and you will hear snippets from a series of personal accounts given by former British servicemen who fou...
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Truck - Rust Hole

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I can share with you I'm doing some bodywork restoration on the CCKW at the moment and recently had it home to work on.  I focused on ru...
Monday, 24 March 2014

Peiper und die Leibstandarte Dezember 1944 - Mai 1945

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Saturday, 22 March 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 27 - 'Oopss'

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- Comment :  Someone's got some explaining to do... -
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Friday, 21 March 2014

WW2 20mm Bolt Action Game

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Had a very entertaining 20mm game using the Bolt Action rules at the club last night.  I was on the British side with John and Steve agains...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

WW1 memories: my grandfather's story

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The Imperial War Museum (in the UK) wants us all to share stories of relatives who fought in the First World War. Toby Helm looks through th...

Why the so-called 'Dark Ages' were just as civilised as the savage Roman Empire

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This is a link to a brilliant article about the Darkages and the Romans written by Dominic Selwood .  Definitely worth a read:   Link -

B29 kee bird crash

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Sunday, 16 March 2014

WW2 - Lancaster on Bombing Raid in 1944 - Colour Film

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Monday, 10 March 2014

Documentary film T-34

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Saturday, 8 March 2014

Film - When Trumpets Fade

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The full film about the WW2 Battle of the Hurtgen forest can be viewed on U-Tube: Link
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Huge Tank Graveyard In The Ukraine

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Perhaps they should have held on to them. Hundreds of rusting tanks abandoned in secret Ukrainian depot unveiled as Russia's armoured ve...

10mm M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer

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Work continues to get some paint on my 10mm US army.  Here's a couple of M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer from Pendraken Miniatures that been...
Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 26 - How To Disable An Elefant

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- Comment :  A fascinating picture produced in WW2 by the Russian army showing how to disable a German Elefant heavy tank destroyer. -
Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Humour

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A Husband takes his  wife to play her first game of golf. Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the...
Friday, 28 February 2014

Tiger Tank 131 "Hand Crank Engine Start Up"

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- Comment:  None  of your newfangled electric starts here ! -
Friday, 21 February 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 25 - Stug

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- Commentary : 105mm SP Howitzer Sturmhaubitz 42 lurking in a building on the Italian front - Jan 1944. -
Monday, 17 February 2014

Humour - 'Dear Mum'

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Dear Mum Letter … A mother passing by her son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely m...
Sunday, 9 February 2014

Picture Of The Week - No 24 - Typhoons At Falaise

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Friday, 7 February 2014

Multiplayer Like You've Never Seen Before

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This looks incredibly cool :)   Link to the full article. - -

4000 Point Flames of War Game

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Enthused with Flames of War my gaming crowd started on a FoW games two weeks back   4 players per side, I took my cleaning living god fearin...
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