The Big Guns go hunting The Second World War saw a constant evolution in armoured vehicles, with some real monstrously large machines prowling the battlefields by late 1944. The biggest of these were the assault guns of the Russians and German forces, with the most monstrous of all being the German Jagdtiger, still the heaviest…
Hyksos is a term used to describe the people who overran Egypt and established a dynasty at the end of the Middle Bronze Age. They came from the east to invade Egypt where Aamu or Amorite tribes had been living for centuries. It is postulated that the Hyksos, (meaning “rulers of foreign lands”), were generally…
A good friend to Warlord, Dr Dave James, recently interviewed a chap who served in the Worcesters during WWII and wore a Dennison smock, carried a Luger and an MP40! Here is his report: A few months ago I was lucky enough to meet an elderly gent here in Worcester. He is Pvt Eric Tipping,…
This army covers the Middle Assyrian period of the Late Bronze Age only. It should not be confused with the Early Neo-Assyrian Army which is often twinned with Middle Assyrian in many wargames lists. The Middle period Assyrian army of the Late Bronze Age is thought to have been the same in dress and character to…
The Kassites were originally Highlanders from the Zagros Mountains who overran Babylonia after the Hittite destruction of Babylon at the end of the Middle Bronze Age in 1595 BCE. They set up a Dynasty which lasted for more than five hundred years: the longest rule by any dynasty in Babylonian history. They went on to…
Jacob Bebbington has been delving into the mud and snow of the Ardennes as he explores the background to one of the most famous and bitterly fought battles of the western front in 1944. Panzer Lehr, also known as the 130th Panzer Lehr Division, was possibly one of the most lavishly equipped elite units in…
This week Andy Singleton of Volleyfire Painting looks at those two eastern front nemesis of the late war era, the Panzer IV Ausf H and the T34/85. Both of these tanks are very similar in performance, but also have a few interesting options as well. The Panzer IV Panzer IV’s were the longest serving…
Few things could strike fear into Allied soldiers like German tanks could, the sight of a Panther tank, was often enough to make Allied tank crews and infantry baulk. Even worse if you couldn’t see it. The Germans were highly adept at camouflage schemes, laying ambushes and remaining hidden, but at least you could call…
These are the armies of the Late Bronze Age Hurrian speaking State of Mitanni, (also known as Hanigalbat by the Assyrians and Nahrin by the Egyptians), which came to prominence after the Hittites destroyed the Amorite Babylonian Kingdom at the end of the Middle Bronze Age. Mitanni came to dominate northern Mesopotamia (between the Tigris…
The legendary first Pharaoh of Egypt was Menes or Narmer who unified Upper and Lower Egypt and founded the 1st Dynasty in the early 3rd millennium BCE. The Old Kingdom of Egypt is also often referred to as the “Age of the Pyramids”, being the period when a large number of the pyramids were built,…
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