On 18 July 1944, an officer in the Irish Guards named LT John Gorman commanded a section of three M4 Shermans out looking for trouble as part of Operation Goodwood.
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Lieutenant John Reginald Gorman: The British Tiger-Killing Kamikaze Spy
Published: April 19, 2025 { 5 comments }
Dr. Dabbs – Grand Theft Armor: The San Diego Tank Fiasco
Published: August 5, 2023 { 0 comments }I’m honestly surprised they didn’t just pass some fresh new tank control laws to guarantee that the Shawn Nelsons of the world could no longer steal tanks. Freaking California…
Ernst Barkmann: Panther Ace
Published: July 13, 2022 { 26 comments }The Germans gifted the world with the first examples of the assault rifle, optimized combat submarines, operational jet fighters, and surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. While German military innovations have shaped the world for seventy years, in no place has the Nazi martial mythos been more profoundly manifest than in their tanks. The German Panther and Tiger tanks struck fear in the hearts of Allied servicemen wherever they fought.