One of the more bizarre weapons in military history was the Great Panjandrum, a huge rocket-powered spinning wheel of explosives designed to take out Nazi defenses along the Atlantic in WWII.
V8 Ford Stands For Victory Over Nazis
This picture, taken in 1945 by Norwegian resistance fighter Trygve Grabow, shows Norwegian, British, and German officers meeting seven days after the Nazis surrendered Norway. A Ford V8 with an American star on the door signifies victory more than anything else in the photograph.
This WWII Fighter Plane Spent 70 Years In The Sahara Desert
A Polish oil worker recently stumbled upon a wrecked World War II fighter plane that's been sitting in the Sahara Desert unmolested for the past 70 years.
Meet the man behind Chris Brown's P-51 Lamborghini
After stumbling across Chris Brown's Lamborghini Gallardo up done in a World War II fighter plane theme, a tipster pointed us to the man who came up with the idea and pulled off the detailed airbrush painting.
Finally, A Sidecar Based On An F4-F Wildcat
If there's one thing missing from our lives, it's a totally camp sidecar based on a WWII fighter plane. This F4-F Wildcat was created by a man so obsessed with Americana he runs a Wild West theme park in Hungary.
Retired Dentist Builds Amazingly Intricate All-Aluminum WWII Fighter…
Hawaiian dentist Young C. Park has turned his attention to detail from teeth to models, constructing elaborately exact 1/16 WWII fighter plane replicas entirely out of aluminum — complete with working control rods, chains and gears.
Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine …
Lotus tasked itself with repairing a painstakingly accurate replica of a Spitfire fighter plane in preparation for the Battle of Britain's 70th Anniversary. Hey, can you think of anyone else with such an expertise in fiberglass?
View From The Pilot's Seat: 12 Hours Of Sebring Flyby
Check out the 12 Hours of Sebring action from the skies with the Blue Sky Yakrobatics aerial stunt team as they strut their WWII vintage aircraft during pre-race National Anthem ceremonies.
Stop Worrying and Love the T-34
We here at tha Jalop tend toward two sorts of vehicular affection. We adore the high-tech and revolutionary, but we're just as smitten with mass-produced machines for the general populace. The T-34 strikes us as the 20th Century vehicle that really hit smack-dab in the middle of that matrix. It was KISS-simple, it…
The Sherman DD, America's Floating Tank
We've been inside, around, and on top of a Sherman tank. Despite the fact that plenty of tanks before and after were heavier, the Sherman's still an ominous beast. So how to make one float? Give it a big collar filled with air, seal the lower hull and stick a prop on the back. Design to provide amphibious infantry…
