Rivets and Pins
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@peteblanchard.bsky.social 's military history account.
I focus primarily on AFV development/warfare 1915-42.
Warning: may contain humour.
For more detail: https://rivets-and-pins.beehiiv.com/
I focus primarily on AFV development/warfare 1915-42.
Warning: may contain humour.
For more detail: https://rivets-and-pins.beehiiv.com/
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Still looking for a present for the Napoleonic history buff in your life? Look no further!
Available on Amazon in paperback and in kindle.
Available on Amazon in paperback and in kindle.
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Still looking for a present for the Napoleonic history buff in your life? Look no further!
Available on Amazon in paperback and in kindle.
Available on Amazon in paperback and in kindle.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This weekend, I visited Lincoln. This city was the "birthplace of the tank", so I did some exploration.
South of the centre is where Foster's of Lincoln stood. Its Wellington Foundry in Firth Road was the centre of tank development in 1915-16.
Little Willie & Mother were designed & built here.
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South of the centre is where Foster's of Lincoln stood. Its Wellington Foundry in Firth Road was the centre of tank development in 1915-16.
Little Willie & Mother were designed & built here.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This weekend, I visited Lincoln. This city was the "birthplace of the tank", so I did some exploration.
South of the centre is where Foster's of Lincoln stood. Its Wellington Foundry in Firth Road was the centre of tank development in 1915-16.
Little Willie & Mother were designed & built here.
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South of the centre is where Foster's of Lincoln stood. Its Wellington Foundry in Firth Road was the centre of tank development in 1915-16.
Little Willie & Mother were designed & built here.
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Embracing the new normal I'm now shamelessly using my all-terrain wheelchair to plug my titles from Pen and Sword Books.
The first of these is the Land Rover, available, along with other great titles, from the Pen and Sword Books website;(www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Land-Craft-7...)
The first of these is the Land Rover, available, along with other great titles, from the Pen and Sword Books website;(www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Land-Craft-7...)
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Embracing the new normal I'm now shamelessly using my all-terrain wheelchair to plug my titles from Pen and Sword Books.
The first of these is the Land Rover, available, along with other great titles, from the Pen and Sword Books website;(www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Land-Craft-7...)
The first of these is the Land Rover, available, along with other great titles, from the Pen and Sword Books website;(www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Land-Craft-7...)
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Buy ICM models
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Buy ICM models
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🎙️ Provisional Itinerary: Michaelmas Talks & Guests open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
🎙️ Provisional Itinerary: Michaelmas Talks & Guests
Talks will normally be posted to Substack/YouTube on a Thursday.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🎙️ Provisional Itinerary: Michaelmas Talks & Guests open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
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Anyone out in Bath today. If you spot this bike and tell me where it is I will pay you fuckin handsomely. Pop a lock on it I’ll literally give you £500.
September 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Anyone out in Bath today. If you spot this bike and tell me where it is I will pay you fuckin handsomely. Pop a lock on it I’ll literally give you £500.
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Today in 1940, the German air force launched Operation Loge, a heavy bombing raid against London, starting a months-long air campaign known as the #Blitz. Hundreds of British and German aircraft tangle in the skies over southern England. But one pilot sits out the battle.
A thread... 1/20🧵
A thread... 1/20🧵
September 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today in 1940, the German air force launched Operation Loge, a heavy bombing raid against London, starting a months-long air campaign known as the #Blitz. Hundreds of British and German aircraft tangle in the skies over southern England. But one pilot sits out the battle.
A thread... 1/20🧵
A thread... 1/20🧵
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Here it is. I’m not going to use the word ‘pride’ of my collection. But it’s a great talking point about relative qualities of personal equipment during WW2. The Breda Modello 30.
Now I know what you’re thinking ‘it’s garbage’ well, yes. But let’s take a look at it a bit closer.
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Now I know what you’re thinking ‘it’s garbage’ well, yes. But let’s take a look at it a bit closer.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Here it is. I’m not going to use the word ‘pride’ of my collection. But it’s a great talking point about relative qualities of personal equipment during WW2. The Breda Modello 30.
Now I know what you’re thinking ‘it’s garbage’ well, yes. But let’s take a look at it a bit closer.
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Now I know what you’re thinking ‘it’s garbage’ well, yes. But let’s take a look at it a bit closer.
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USA! Tariff things are happening very soon & it's very uncertain, so to encourage you to order now, if you use the code USA at the coupon section (and are in the USA) you get 10% off. We've got some plans in the pipeline but shh look it's an excuse to buy things at 10% off.
www.badsquiddogames.com
www.badsquiddogames.com
an american flag is waving in the wind with a blue sky in the background
Alt: an american flag is waving in the wind with a blue sky in the background
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August 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
USA! Tariff things are happening very soon & it's very uncertain, so to encourage you to order now, if you use the code USA at the coupon section (and are in the USA) you get 10% off. We've got some plans in the pipeline but shh look it's an excuse to buy things at 10% off.
www.badsquiddogames.com
www.badsquiddogames.com
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Final call to sign up to watch this tomorrow night.
#RoyalEngineers supporting the armoured & infantry formations throughout the lesser known Operations in the Western Deserts, Syria, Burma & Assam during WWII.
Maps, bridging, fieldworks and more.
#REspect
#VEDay80
www.instre.org/events/my-gr...
#RoyalEngineers supporting the armoured & infantry formations throughout the lesser known Operations in the Western Deserts, Syria, Burma & Assam during WWII.
Maps, bridging, fieldworks and more.
#REspect
#VEDay80
www.instre.org/events/my-gr...
14 August 25 "My Grandpa's war in the 12th Field Company RE" with Nathan Hutchinson - The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)
Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS)Webinar series 2025"My Grandpa's war in the 12th Field Company RE" with Nathan Hutchinson
www.instre.org
August 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Final call to sign up to watch this tomorrow night.
#RoyalEngineers supporting the armoured & infantry formations throughout the lesser known Operations in the Western Deserts, Syria, Burma & Assam during WWII.
Maps, bridging, fieldworks and more.
#REspect
#VEDay80
www.instre.org/events/my-gr...
#RoyalEngineers supporting the armoured & infantry formations throughout the lesser known Operations in the Western Deserts, Syria, Burma & Assam during WWII.
Maps, bridging, fieldworks and more.
#REspect
#VEDay80
www.instre.org/events/my-gr...
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US recruitment poster from 1943 at the Wright museum, NH. Feels a long way from the Ukraine meeting with Putin on Friday.
August 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
US recruitment poster from 1943 at the Wright museum, NH. Feels a long way from the Ukraine meeting with Putin on Friday.
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11th August 1943: Victoria Cross action of F/O Lloyd Trigg, RNZAF. Flying a Liberator of 200 Squadron RAF from Rusfisque in West Africa, he and his crew discovered U-468 on the surface south-west of Dakar. As Trigg flew in to attack, the submarine opened fire with its two 20mm flak guns.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
11th August 1943: Victoria Cross action of F/O Lloyd Trigg, RNZAF. Flying a Liberator of 200 Squadron RAF from Rusfisque in West Africa, he and his crew discovered U-468 on the surface south-west of Dakar. As Trigg flew in to attack, the submarine opened fire with its two 20mm flak guns.
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Couple more #ThenAndNow photos from yesterday.
Germans trying to retreat running into trouble in the form of 2nd Armd Div. In particular S/Sgt Cermak's 57mm A/T gun, visible in the first photo.
Le Pont Brocard.
#WW2 #Normandy44
Germans trying to retreat running into trouble in the form of 2nd Armd Div. In particular S/Sgt Cermak's 57mm A/T gun, visible in the first photo.
Le Pont Brocard.
#WW2 #Normandy44
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Couple more #ThenAndNow photos from yesterday.
Germans trying to retreat running into trouble in the form of 2nd Armd Div. In particular S/Sgt Cermak's 57mm A/T gun, visible in the first photo.
Le Pont Brocard.
#WW2 #Normandy44
Germans trying to retreat running into trouble in the form of 2nd Armd Div. In particular S/Sgt Cermak's 57mm A/T gun, visible in the first photo.
Le Pont Brocard.
#WW2 #Normandy44
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Always nice when people take the time to review your books.
Here's a new one from The Modelling News: www.themodellingnews.com/2025/07/read...
Here's a new one from The Modelling News: www.themodellingnews.com/2025/07/read...
Read n' reviewed: Niels Henkemans’ Defending Normandy Vol.1B by Panzerwrecks Publishing
Scale models, model reviews, tamiya, 1/32, 1/48th , aircraft modelling, model building, tank model, car model, figure model, 1/72nd scale, star wars,
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August 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Always nice when people take the time to review your books.
Here's a new one from The Modelling News: www.themodellingnews.com/2025/07/read...
Here's a new one from The Modelling News: www.themodellingnews.com/2025/07/read...
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The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza.
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
July 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza.
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
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Fantastic reproduction of #WW1 Field #Medical Cards by Somme Poppies Reproductions, going straight into my #FWW display for schools! Get yours here www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... Plenty of WW2 paperwork, packaging etc available too.
July 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fantastic reproduction of #WW1 Field #Medical Cards by Somme Poppies Reproductions, going straight into my #FWW display for schools! Get yours here www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... Plenty of WW2 paperwork, packaging etc available too.
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I guess the academic online bully blocked everyone, instead of owning his petty and vindictive bullsh*t
July 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I guess the academic online bully blocked everyone, instead of owning his petty and vindictive bullsh*t
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🧵This weekend’s post is something different.
From Biggles to Bovington, from Hassel’s pulp to SS comics at the Tank Museum—here’s a summer journey through the war stories we read before we learned how to read war.
open.substack.com/pub/killingg...
From Biggles to Bovington, from Hassel’s pulp to SS comics at the Tank Museum—here’s a summer journey through the war stories we read before we learned how to read war.
open.substack.com/pub/killingg...
July 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🧵This weekend’s post is something different.
From Biggles to Bovington, from Hassel’s pulp to SS comics at the Tank Museum—here’s a summer journey through the war stories we read before we learned how to read war.
open.substack.com/pub/killingg...
From Biggles to Bovington, from Hassel’s pulp to SS comics at the Tank Museum—here’s a summer journey through the war stories we read before we learned how to read war.
open.substack.com/pub/killingg...
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With the 81st anniversary of D-Day coming up, here's a reminder that talks about my research can be found at @ww2tv.bsky.social brilliant Youtube channel.
My most popular show is my talk about German armour in Normandy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mofF... It's long but well worth it 😉
With the 81st anniversary of D-Day coming up, here's a reminder that talks about my research can be found at @ww2tv.bsky.social brilliant Youtube channel.
My most popular show is my talk about German armour in Normandy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mofF... It's long but well worth it 😉
Panzers - German Armoured Units in Normandy on D-Day
YouTube video by WW2TV
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May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thread, 1/7
With the 81st anniversary of D-Day coming up, here's a reminder that talks about my research can be found at @ww2tv.bsky.social brilliant Youtube channel.
My most popular show is my talk about German armour in Normandy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mofF... It's long but well worth it 😉
With the 81st anniversary of D-Day coming up, here's a reminder that talks about my research can be found at @ww2tv.bsky.social brilliant Youtube channel.
My most popular show is my talk about German armour in Normandy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mofF... It's long but well worth it 😉
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(Time again to promote my two books, something I tend to forget to do regularly. 😟) If you like to collect all available facts and form your own opinion about Market Garden please visit my website pre-jump.nl. (I have no marketing department so a repost is really appreciated.)
A Bridge Too Far is a Hollywood view of Market Garden. My two books are based on facts, primary sources.
Why and where did Market Garden fail? Purchase Lost at Nijmegen. All Market Garden facts from primary sources? Purchase Little Sense of Urgency
pre-jump.nl
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
(Time again to promote my two books, something I tend to forget to do regularly. 😟) If you like to collect all available facts and form your own opinion about Market Garden please visit my website pre-jump.nl. (I have no marketing department so a repost is really appreciated.)
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Five years ago today it seemed that the golden age of naval idiocy had disappeared forever.
That was before the Venezuelan patrol vessel Naiguatá managed to recapture some of this spirit by fighting - at least at that point - the dumbest action of the 21st century.
That was before the Venezuelan patrol vessel Naiguatá managed to recapture some of this spirit by fighting - at least at that point - the dumbest action of the 21st century.
March 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Five years ago today it seemed that the golden age of naval idiocy had disappeared forever.
That was before the Venezuelan patrol vessel Naiguatá managed to recapture some of this spirit by fighting - at least at that point - the dumbest action of the 21st century.
That was before the Venezuelan patrol vessel Naiguatá managed to recapture some of this spirit by fighting - at least at that point - the dumbest action of the 21st century.