L'Oeuf Electrique Is an Offbeat Yet Wonderful Electric Concept Car From 1942
6 Jan 2024, 16:01 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / The compact three-wheeled car boasted an aluminum and plexiglass body and was developed to be used as as a city car and reduce dependency on fossil fuels
1954 Packard Convertible Coupe Is a Relic of Great America, Hides Treasure Under Its Hood
26 Sep 2023, 15:04 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / An engineering dinosaur, this monument of Detroit fine engineering is the last Packard powered by an iconic powerplant, four years before Packard disappeared
Transmitter Bunker Is a Cool Way of Integrating WWII Heritage Into Everyday Life
5 Aug 2023, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Transmitter Bunker on the coast of Dorset, England was part of the Chain Home radar system, has now been turned into a unique home with a 4-person capacity
Remembering the 1946 Higgins Camp Trailer, the Lightweight Family-Sized Pop-Up RV
20 Apr 2023, 05:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / After WWII, Higgins Inc. tried to expand into the RV market, creating the Camp Trailer that aimed to set “a new standard in convenience and economy”
de Havilland Hornet: Like an E-Type Jag With Wings, The Perfect Twin-Engine Piston Fighter
4 Feb 2023, 01:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Sadly, not a single land-based Hornet survives intact today. At least one Sea Hornet was in the process of being restored in New Zealand as of 2017.
Chris Nolan Recreated an Atomic Bomb Explosion Without CGI for His Latest Movie
14 Dec 2022, 09:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Old-school filmmaker Nolan is still very much old-school, reveals process behind Oppenheimer, his historical biopic on the “father of the atomic bomb”
The Lousy Omen of Schleswig-Holstein: The Battleship That Unfurled the Bloodiest War Ever
9 Dec 2022, 19:40 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Launched in 1906, the German war vessel was doomed to obsolescence before it went afloat due to a critical shift in naval warfare design
You Can Own this Flyworthy Spitfire IX, One of the Most Iconic British WWII Aircraft
4 Dec 2022, 21:48 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Besides cars, vintage aircraft also have a competitive market, and their prices continue to beat many other stocks in terms of return on investments
An Engineer Built a Lancaster Bomber Cockpit Replica From Scratch, in His Garage
25 Nov 2022, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The replica sold at auction for an undisclosed amount, with pensioner Norman Groom hoping it might be put on display inside a war museum
Ikarus S-49: Yugoslavia's Answer to the Spitfire and the P-51 Mustang
23 Nov 2022, 17:59 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After the Tito-Stalin split of 1948 especially, the S-49 project was a matter of the utmost importance inside Yugoslavia.
No, a WWII Tiger Tank Can't Destroy an Abrams, Armchair War Historian Explains Why
13 Nov 2022, 17:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We once again thank LazerPig for being instrumental in putting yet another ridiculous myth about Second World War vehicles to bed
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero Was Slain by the Hellcat, This Survivor's Got an American Engine
18 Oct 2022, 19:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Of the 10,000 A6Ms Mitsubishi manufactured, between 25 and 40 numbers-matching airframes are known to survive, and just two originals are airworthy
78 Years Ago, the British Loaned the Americans Their Best Jet Engine, Immediately Broke It
18 Oct 2022, 16:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It can't be argued the Messerschmitt Me-262 was the first operational turbojet fighter. But it wasn't all just German science. The British had jets too
All but Forgotten, the 18-Liter GAA Was Ford’s Biggest, Most Reliable Gas-Guzzling V8
17 Oct 2022, 14:26 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Built more than eight decades ago and used by a legendary tank, the GAA remains Ford's largest gas-powered V8 and also one of its greatest
ZIS-6: The Original Soviet Truck Platform For the BM-13 Katyusha "Stalin's Organ"
14 Oct 2022, 04:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When the Katyusha rocket system was first deployed in battle, it rolled in one of these, the ZIS-6. This is the story of that truck
This Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Was Pulled From the Jungles of Papua New Guinea, Now Restored
13 Oct 2022, 00:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Most Second World War military planes still kicking around have an amazing story to tell. But this P-40 N Kittyhawk has one that rivals the best.
Alaskan Junkyard Is Loaded With Classic Trucks, Rare Military Haulers Included
11 Oct 2022, 16:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If you're a fan of 6x6 military beasts like the GMC CCKW and the Studebaker US6, you'll see quite a few of them. And they appear to be in great shape
1940s Chevy Blitz Military Truck Was Left to Rot in the Woods, Engine Refuses to Die
7 Oct 2022, 14:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Also known as the Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) truck, the Blitz was designed and built in Canada by Chevrolet, Ford, and Dodge.
Military Flight Sim IL-2 Sturmovik Takes Players to the Skies Above the Normandy
6 Oct 2022, 09:18 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / The next expansion for the legendary military flight sim brings 10 new aircraft to the series, a brand-new map, as well as new mission and airfield types
This 1944 Piper L4B Grasshopper is an Unsung War Hero, Now It's For Sale
2 Oct 2022, 17:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / While Mustangs and Thunderbolts protected them from enemy fighters, Grasshoppers, based on the civilian Piper Cub, surveyed battlefields, and transported VIPs.