A low-tech tank with fragile armour, a tank that never saw the enemy, and the tank used to teach how not to build tanks.

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 70 views • 8:50

Why did soldiers in World War Two get issued with clips of ammunition instead of magazines? The reasons are quite practical.

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 6:44

A scene in which nothing happens can be very important. Many great scenes are about what the characters are not saying. Here's one.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 62 views • 5:18

Stirling engines are having a bit of a revival. What are they, and how do they work? Could they generate our electricity in the future?

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 611 views • 19:06

For two years, I went to a British public boarding school, and recently, I attended a reunion. I talk about them.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 8:24

A 130lb bow with a very hard arrowhead shooting at a steel breastplate at twenty yards. Will it penetrate?

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 1 week ago • 529 views • 3:23

We ask soldiers to shoot people in combat, but how many men find this easy to do? What proportion can pull the ?

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 weeks ago • 90 views • 23:40

Fire-arrows - did archers really use them in battles?

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 3 weeks ago • 208 views • 11:28

(youtube) Our presenter demonstrates the falsehood of Hollywood sound effects foley artists, with regard to the verisimilitude of sword-drawing noise, with a joke at the end for those patient enough to... continue reading

posted by pumkinandstorm 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 14,962 views • 3:43