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Featured battle : Tiel

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 29 December 1794 - 30 December 1794

The determined defence by superior numbers drove the French back across the frozen river Waal. This local success could not be supported and the Coalition continued to withdraw across the Rhine.

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US M113 APC

US M113 APC

An M113 APC of 2nd Armoued Cavalry carrying a heavy mortar section, 'Ghost Troop'. The M113 has proved the US's most adaptable and longest lasting APC having been converted into many different versions, and been in service since the Vietnam War.

Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43

Featured review :

Fighting for the French Foreign Legion - Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire

Lochrie, Alex
There are quite a number of memoirs out there of men attracted by the legion, and I've read most of them. Luckily, this one ranks quite highly amongst those I've read. The author manages to join the legion at quite an advanced age - 38 - and so brings a different viewpoint to the training and life as an older man.
His training and experience as a member of their special forces is usual for this kind of book - he serves in Tchad, Bosnia, Desert Storm, but he becomes a technical specialist in photographic techniques and brings a sensitivity to his writing that is sometimes lacking in others. It's a more thoughtful book, and should be a good addition to anyone's Legion library.

Pen & Sword Military, 2013

Reviewed : 2015-05-27 20:14:20