Season 1

episodes

  1. 1. T34: The Queen of Tanks 1996-09-18 The story of the Soviet T34 tank, the manufacture of which heralded the largest industrial migration in history. In 1941, the Soviets faced almost certain defeat by the Germans, until the arrival of t...
  2. 2. The Bell Huey - Vietnam War Horse 1996-09-25 The Bell-Huey helicopter was designer and built for air mobility, the rapid transport of troops and the provision of gun and rocket support. It gave the Americans an early advantage in the jungles of...
  3. 3. The P-51: Cadillac of the Skies 1996-10-02 In 1943, the large and slow Flying Fortresses, used in the US Air Force's daylight bombing raids, were being shot out of the sky at a rate of up to 60 per day. Only one fighter plane could save them -...
  4. 4. The Bayonet - Cold Steel 1996-10-09
  5. 5. The Longbow - Wood Against Steel 1996-10-16 The longbow was the lethal weapon of the Middle Ages, a killing machine that could stop a fully-armoured knight dead in his tracks. Its simple form and devastating power made it the ideal weapon for t...
  6. 6. The Harrier - Jumping Jet Flash 1996-10-20 Untested in combat and generally derided by the British military establishment, the Harrier proved itself in the Falklands conflict when just 20 of them took on a 200-strong Argentinian air force.

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