Hi all, After posting about Major George Brighty and getting some help I thought I should post something about general development of the...
Hi all, I can't find a single mention of this individual on the forum. As I understand it, Brighty was a Major in the RTR and/or Department of...
Lifted from the Book-buying problem thread as it triggered some chat on a subject that always rumbles under here, but we maybe haven't looked at...
I was looking for information on tank transmissions today and came across this article from 1965 by Mr Butterfield, who at the time was Assistant...
As per title, are there any internet links which provide even a basic but systematic run-through the history of innovations, either on global or...
Archive Awareness This blog is dedicated to bringing (mostly Soviet) World War II era tank archives to a wider audience, by translating them...
TNA Catalogue Reference: DSIR 27/65 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Road Research Laboratory Reports, Reports to Ministry of...
In August 1943, Montgomery wrote to the Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff about tanks: “We are badly behind the Germans in this respect,...
This book is written by Peter Beale a WW2 tankie. As the title implies the book is a close scrutiny of the development of Tanks and tank doctrine....
The Special Vehicle Development Committee of the Ministry of Supply, perhaps more commonly known as 'The Old Gang'. Many are aware of the...
Nice little insight into the difficult world of British Armour development in the period: RREC - Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club - Cartoons...
It's cropped up a couple of times as links but I thought deserved a thread of it's own. Rather good when you type in your terms of interest:...
Something of a change from the usual WW2 memoir. A Rolls Royce engineer remembers work at Belper on tank development: The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts'...
Having recently found out that my Dad did some training on Covenanters in March '43 (even though he was in the TA RA??) I'd like to get a book...
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