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The Texas Military Forces Museum
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The Texas Military Forces Museum

 The Texas Military Forces Museum (officially the Brigadier General John C.L. Scribner Texas Military Forces Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas. It is hosted by the Texas Military Department at Camp Mabry and is part of the United...
  • November 18, 2023
National Museum of the Pacific War
Events and History

National Museum of the Pacific War

 The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas, the boyhood home of Fleet AdmiralChester W. Nimitz. Nimitz served as commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPAC), and was soon afterward named commander in chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II.[1] The...
  • August 4, 2023
Model Build: WW1 British Mark IV
Model Builds

Model Build: WW1 British Mark IV

 The Mark IV (pronounced Mark four) was a British tank of the First World War. Introduced in 1917, it benefited from significant developments of the Mark I tank (the intervening designs being small batches used for training). The main improvements were in armour, the re-siting of the fuel tank...
  • December 27, 2022
Model Build: Tamiya Tiger 1 Ausf E
Model Builds

Model Build: Tamiya Tiger 1 Ausf E

 ———– Under Construction —— History of the Tiger 1 The Tiger I (listen (help·info)) was a German heavy tank of World War II that operated beginning in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted...
  • December 27, 2022
Model Build: Panther Ausf D – Battle of the Bulge
Model Builds

Model Build: Panther Ausf D – Battle of the Bulge

 —- under construction —- The Panther was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 medium tank and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. Nevertheless, it served alongside the Panzer IV and the heavier Tiger I until the end of the war. It had excellent firepower, protection...
  • December 27, 2022
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