The Armourer

The Armourer covers battles and campaigns including features on collecting medals, weapons, uniforms and equipment.

The Armourer

Welcome

militarianews • Duncan Evans reports on what’s happening in the world of military history and collecting

Militaria for sale • Lenny Warren trawls the internet to find bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria

In the sale rooms • The weapons, uniforms, medals and militaria coming up for auction

Medals and militaria at Noonans

Military Odyssey 2022 • Duncan Evans heads for Kent and the only show to deliver 2,000 years of conflict in a day

Under the hammer • Duncan Evans reports on the latest militaria sold at auctions around the country

Operation Torch • Graham Caldwell explains how the landings blooded American armed forces and determined future strategy in Europe

The Armourer • Incorporating Classic Arms & Militaria

Royal Berkshire badges • Ray Westlake looks at a selection of badges and plates issued to the Royal Berkshire Regiment

Battle of Tolentino • Graham Priest takes a look at the weapons used in another battle that took place the same year as Waterloo

Cities at war: Portsmouth • After almost being blitzed out of existence Britain’s premier naval port played a pivotal role for D-Day, as Graham Caldwell explains

The defence of Corygaum • Peter Duckers tells the tale of a clasp awarded for an Indian Rorke’s Drift

Weapons of the Viet Cong • Michael Heidler reveals the ingenuity of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam which lacked the resources of the North

A Panther called Cuckoo • Willow Fitzgerald relates how a German tank fought with the Coldstream Guards during WWII

Collecting Operation Torch • Edward Hallett looks at some collectables with a connection to the Allied invasion of North Africa

Naval gunnery in the Age of Sail • The Royal Navy’s dominance of the oceans in Nelson’s time period was due in no small part to the skill and accuracy of British gunners. Mark Wood investigates

The Henschel 297 rocket launcher • Michael Heidler investigates an anti-aircraft system devised to counter Allied air superiority in WWII

Blockade Runner Badge • Duncan Evans takes a look at one of the more obscure maritime awards of Nazi Germany

THE MEN BEHIND THE GUN: The first cartridge Colts • The advent of cartridge revolvers threatened the cap-lock’s primacy. John Walter explains how Colt responded

The Photo Inspector • Ray Westlake looks at the uniform and insignia of a Private of the Warwickshire Yeomanry c. 1909

reviewsroundup • Duncan Evans reviews the latest releases in the world of military history and collecting

Auction & Fair Diary

Book competition • ENTER ONLINE TODAY!