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