War Truckin' - the Putilov-Garford Armored Truck

While the most enduring image of the Western Front is trench warfare, the Eastern Front was more open. Armored cars delivered valuable service. One of the more eye-catching ones is the Russian Putilov-Garford, built by the Russian Putilov factory on an American Garford truck body.

The Vespers War goes on a field trip

This weekend, I took a little trip to the Virginia War Museum, since I had seen on Surviving Panzers that they had some World War I era vehicles. So, here's a bit of a photo gallery post for everyone.

Adventures in joint ventures - the Tank Mark VIII

Known as the Liberty or the International, the Tank Mark VIII was intended to be a pan-Entente joint venture, primarily designed by England, built in France using machinery and parts supplied by the United States. The plan was to build at least 1,500 tanks during 1918 in preparation for the 1919 offensive, with production starting in April and building up to a rate of 300 per month, with the factory being capable of expanding to 1,200 per month. This was a very ambitious plan, given that Britain's total tank production was around 150 per month.