Vulture's Wargaming Blog

My brother-in-law (Mike) recently introduced myself and Alex (son) to the online game ' World of Warships '.  Must confess we are bo...

Took the truck out with the family for a drive earlier this week to the Marston Moor Battlefield, which is only about 5 miles from our hous...

- Comment : Awesomesomeness personified !  :) -

- Comment :  Nice piece of footage of the Vulcan from inside and outside the cockpit. -

- Comment : Simply fabulous camo scheme on this Leopard 2. -

Went to the GreatYorkshire Airshow on Saturday at the Church Fenton airfield.  The Vulcan put on a great display, one of a final handful bef...

For those with an interest in WW2 this quite an interesting video I came across on U-Tube. - - Spotted a flaw in the argument at the en...

- Comment :  This weeks picture shows a couple of WW2 British Shermans.  The one on the left being a Firefly, the one of the right being a...

For no particular reason I've been lax in posting updates to this Blog, need to give myself a talking to a I feel ! LOL  Been doing lots...

Went to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience on Saturday.  Took the truck over arriving around mid morning.  With over 450 vehicles on-s...

- Came across a good article about the battle on the Armchair General site - Link .  Certainly worth a read. -

Comment :  This makes for thought provoking viewing... - The Fallen of World War II from Neil Halloran on Vimeo .

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The mass casualties of World War One called for evacuation of the wounded on a scale never seen before. It could never have been managed wit...

For those interested in PBeM games, LORDS Of CONQUEST is an interesting site to check out: Link -

- Comment :  A good trailer for the 'War Thunder' PC game. -

During WW2 to confuse the German radar during bombing raids we used to drop an early form of chaff, code named 'Window ' - basically...

April and May have seen two military vehicle events in this part of the world.  Firstly there was the 'Crank Up' event staged by the...

Its been a little while since I've posted on the Blog, so this is the first of a few posts (not necessarily in chronological order) to b...

The counter clicked over today, and recorded that there had been over 200,000 page views of the Blog since I started it in 2007.  Thanks to ...

- Comment :  This weeks picture was taken by a guy who owns a CCKW truck like myself.  He's been storing the vehicle outside, and went...

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The Tapestry is an interesting web site dedicated to the SAGA rules.  Well worth a look.   Link -

- This is an interesting article in pastemagazine.com about the direction GW is taking Warhammer. Worth a read...   Link -

SAGA tournament iMovie trailer Posted by Scott McKenzie on Monday, 6 April 2015

Having recently been smitten by the SAGA system bug, this last Thursday was an opportunity to dust off some very old (for the most part badl...

16 Spitfires Flying Together The Sound of Victory " Goosebumps " Posted by NASV.org - Veteran Support Center on Sunday, 4...

WHAT CAUSES ARTHRITIS? A drunk man who smelled of beer sat down on a subway next to a priest. The man's tie was stained, his face wa...

- The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is being marked with an exhibition of records rarely seen by the public at Cambridge Uni...

- Comment:   This is totally brilliant, and very apt, as here in the UK the clocks change tonight. -

- Comment : Spotted this pic on Facebook.  Not something you see everyday when your driving along... -

Umpired a 15mm Sci-Fi game at the Harrogate Wargames Club on Thursday night.  Gavin, Mark and Simon attacking against John, Mick and Chris ...