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Many things have appeared on the dial of an Omega Speedmaster, from cartoon dogs to mission crests to the god Apollo and Buzz Aldrinâs⦠rear end. But one design that rarely makes it is the moon itself, other than on the 2004 âMoon To Marsâ edition. Of course, this is easily remedied with a moonphase complication and while I concede that this is hardly a technical requirement for a tool watch, there is a certain charm to watching the progress of the moon across the dial of a Speedy.Â
Running parallel to the classic Speedmaster Professional series were a range of Speedies referred to as the âMarkâ series. Starting at Mark II in 1969, implying that the original Moonwatch was Mark I, these were considered as potential replacements but ended up as variations on a theme. Their history is a little convoluted. The Mark II and Mark IV were all considered âProfessionalsâ despite not being âflight qualifiedâ by Nasa, while some
It sounds like a modern military fiction story, but its what actually happened in the 1940s.
Here s What You Need To Remember: As military planners today contemplate ways to defend against the threat of today’s far more survivable, longer-range, and precise cruise missiles, the Allied experience in Operation Diver should offer both hope and a sobering warning.
London was under siege as it never had been before. Starting June 13, 1944 merely a week after the triumph of the D-Day landings V-1 cruise missiles launched from Nazi-occupied France began raining down upon the metropolis, their rapid-firing pulset jet motors emitting a horrid buzzing drone.
The Bren Gun Literally Waged War During World War I and II
While never completely replacing the Vickers, the Bren did serve as the primary support arm for British and Commonwealth troops through World War II and Korea.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Bren gun wasn t the best submachine gun of the war - but it was cheap to make, easy to use, and reliable to a fault.
While all the combatant nations engaged in World War I fielded machine guns during the conflict, the British Army’s Vickers was arguably the best medium machine gun of the war, while their Lewis gun an American design but perfected by the English was the most effective light machine gun.