Author: The Kid
Birds of Prey: Lethality in the Skies
It’s a typical pattern of evolution. Each generation recognizes something that was absurd or incredible in the past as ordinary in the present. As time…
The German Surrender & V-E Day
An idea that had seemed so far away at the crux of the war in Europe had quickly come to the forefront of the mind…
T145 175 mm Gun
The T145 175 mm Gun has the distinction of being part of two different families. The first of these is the Annie Family, which saw…
The Totally (not) Real Story of the Quad City War
Recently, a request came up regarding an M103 Heavy Tank that was located on a public island on the Mississippi River. The island has been…
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Born out of the need of a high-altitude, high-speed, strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird is one of the world’s most iconic aircraft ever produced. The…
An Update Amid the Chaos: New Stuff, Polls, and a Bit of a Rant
I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I am so over this pandemic… I left work on the evening of 13 March with…
April 2020 on Facebook
It’s hard to believe it’s the end of the month already. It has been over one month since I was last in my office, the…
MGR-3 318 MM Unguided Rocket
In 1955, Rock Island Arsenal’s Research and Development Division began designing a towed, helicopter-transportable launcher for the 318MM Little John rocket. The project went through…
MGR-1 762 MM Unguided Rocket
Developed in the early 1950s, the Honest John was the U.S. Army’s primary field artillery rocket until the mid-1970s. A mobile tactical system, the free-flight,…
M2A2 105 MM Auxiliary Powered Howitzer
This experimental model was designed to improve the mobility of towed artillery weapons. The Terra-Star major/minor wheel running gear was fitted to a standard M2A2…
