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Schwimmwagen Battalion

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Scharnhorst

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Predicting Barbarossa

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Mid-Century Modern

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Milstack Saturday (3 May 2025)

The Heavy Brigades of Army Corps

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Milstack Saturday (26 April 2025)

Separate Armies

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De Minima Non Curat (III B)

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A German Gun for the Royal Horse Artillery

Milstack Saturday (19 April 2025)

Well-Worn Bores

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Milstack Saturday (5 April 2025)

Reconnaissance Battalion 13

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Fortress Battalions of 1944

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Milstack Saturday (1 March 2025)

Tactical Dreams

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Milstack Saturday (22 February 2025)

The Tank Destroyer Company

Red Army Handbook

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Milstack Snowy Day Special

The US Army System of Mobile Artillery

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Milstack Saturday (8 February 2025)

German Pioneer Battalions 1893-1913

President Bonaparte's 12-Pounder

The Metric 12-Pounder

The American War of Independence

The Grenadier Company

Battle Basics for the Leader of a Motorized Infantry Company

Early Experience with Assault Rifles

Guns and Howitzers (The Rule of Two)

British Heavy Artillery (1899-1915)

British Heavy Artillery (1899-1915)

Milstack Saturday (1 February 2025)

British Heavy Artillery (1899-1915)

Minor Tactics 1920

British Heavy Artillery (1899-1915)

Heavy Artillery Handbooks & Histories

British Heavy Artillery (1899-1915)

Milstack Saturday (25 January 2025)

British Heavy Artillery (1899-1915)

The American One-Pounder (1918-1923)

Turning Off 'Automatic Renewal'

Milstack Saturday (18 January 2025)

The 'Infantry Artillery' Family of 1923

75mm Rifled Mortars

Milstack Saturday (11 January 2025)

The French 37mm Gun (Model 1916)

Robot War

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Milstack Snowy Day Special

Military Innovation (Encore)

Infantry Weapons on Bougainville

Milstack Saturday (4 January 2025)

Milstack Annual (2024)

Milstack Monthly (December 2024)

AI-Directed Drones

Firing Mortars in the Jungle