The Armourer

The Armourer covers battles and campaigns including features on collecting medals, weapons, uniforms and equipment.

The Armourer

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IWM chief steps down

Nazi memorabilia sparks calls for ban

Last chance to see Tiger

Militaria for sale • Lenny Warren trawls the internet to find bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria

In the sale rooms • The weapons, uniforms, medals and militaria coming up for auction

Tattershall Castle • Duncan Evans rises above the Lincolnshire countryside, courtesy of a 130ft tall rare red-brick medieval castle

Under the hammer • Duncan Evans reports on the latest militaria sold at auctions around the country

Fine arms at C&T

Invasion of Grenada • When a coup deposed the government of a Caribbean island there were fears it would turn into another Cuba, as John C Pursley reveals

Warsaw Pact: Romania • Finishing his series looking at Eastern Bloc webbing, Edward Hallett looks to one of the poorest countries in the region, Romania

Prostitution in America • John C Pursley investigates efforts to curb threats to the health of US servicemen from an unexpected source during WWII

The battle in Fatshan Creek • Peter Duckers describes a medal awarded for a hand-to-hand action in the China Wars

SPECIAL EDITIONS

The 4th SS-Polizei Division • Ian Baxter has the story of a division that began as a private police force

Simonov’s automatic rifles and bayonets • Graham Priest traces the development of an iconic Russian rifle and its many derivatives

The rise of the tank • Irvin Balder continues tracing the evolution of WWI’s new breakthrough weapon

COLLECTING IDEAS

Collecting the US Army in Grenada • Edward Hallett looks at the uniforms, weapons and medals, related to the invasion of Grenada, for you to collect

Wilf Peek • Steve Woolnough recounts the story of a relative who was captured at Arnhem and sentenced to death

Peeping Tom joins the Army • John Wade discovers a massive Cold War spy camera like no other

The Greek War of Independence • Gabriele Esposito describes the main military events that led to the independence of Greece, from the Ottomans in 1830

The Photo Inspector • Ray Westlake looks at the uniform and badges of a piper of the 4th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers (Territorial Force)

The Battle of Stalingrad through German Eyes • JONATHAN TRIGG

The Cactus Air Force • HAMMEL/CLEAVER

Nato and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold War • MICHAEL GREEN

POW on the Sumatra Railway • JOHN GEOFFREY LEE

Tank Battles of the Cold War • ANTHONY TUCKER-JONES

Dünkirchen 1940 • ROBERT KERSHAW

Narvik 1940 • DAVID GREENTREE

Target Rommel • STEPHEN WYNN

Remarkable Women of the Second World War • VICTORIA PANTON BACON

I Served With Hitler in the Trenches • HANS VON MEND

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