Battle Order

New video talking about some developments in US Marine Rifle Squad weapons since my last video on this topic. It boils down to this: 2d Battalion, 7th Marines did a little range with the 3d Ranger Battalion where they fired off some of the Rangers' KAC LAMG belt-fed machine guns. I'm told that next

I am retiring the current 4x6" artcard design for Corporals, Sergeants and Sergeants Major and replacing it with the artwork I commissioned for my 2024 April Fool's video: the 2037 Battle of the Barrigada Wendy's. New Patrons who were already signed up before this point should get the original artca

The Canadian Army is restructuring from one being based around 4 regions (west, central, east and Atlantic) to one based around 4 functions (warfighting, homeland defense, garrison support, and training). This video dives into how Canada's new divisions will be organized in much greater detail than

A short about the organization of the French Army Infantry Squad (Groupe de fusiliers-voltigeurs) in 1940 on the eve of the German invasion. I talk about both the 8mm and 7.5mm armed variants and the squad's LMG ammo loading (both magazines and loose rounds) and the example grenade load. 🇫🇷 French

New variety episode talking about 3 somewhat silly looking military vehicles, including how they fit into organizations and their capabilities. Two were 8x8s, 2 were from World War II, 2 were amphibious, and 1 was 2 stories tall. 3 Silly Military Vehicles I Love (YouTube)

New video on how the U.S. Army authorized self-propelled howitzers for its Infantry Regiments during World War II. Cannon Companies were artillery organic to the Infantry Regiment supplementing the Division Artillery. It was one of the most interesting subunits in the regiment in my opinion because

New video comparing the French Army's Light Infantry Rifle Squad (Groupe de combat) and the Australian Army's Rifle Section in 1967 (the year of one of France's organizational reforms and when the Australian's released an infantry platoon pam). For the Australians both the doctrinal and the Vietnam-

This new video covers the current organization and weapons of the German Panzergrenadier and Jäger Squads and Platoons mounted in Puma and Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Boxer armored personnel carriers. I talked with 15 German soldiers to get the details and synthesize the numerous unit-leve

This new video covers what's currently been published on the U.S. Army's new Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company (MFRC). It's basically the new brigade recon company/troop. I cover the organization of its 4 specialized sub-units down to the squad-level and present a tactical application of the M

Since January 2026 I have been posting "What's New" recaps on my website listing everything I've done for a given period, since I do more than just videos. This month was focused on prepping assets and talking with soldiers from different militaries I haven't made videos on yet, hopefully to set me

This video takes a look at the experimental organization of the U.S. Army's Rifle Company for the new Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT). This is based on the Feb 2026 MBCT Handbook (non-doctrinal but formatted like a manual) and a student presentation from TRADOC on its experimental TO&E. I also cov

The US 3rd Infantry Division is experimenting with reorganizing the Armored Brigade Combat Team for Transformation in Contact and this video covers the current state of their task org. Major elements of their redesign include the integration of loitering munitions, FPV one-way attack drones, and UAS

In this video I go over the last 10+ years of developments in the realm of U.S. Marine Rifle Squads and their small arms and small arms accessories, from the status quo of 2014 to today. I cover both the squad as fielded and the numerous experimental Rifle Squad organizations that came and went over

I've been in a bit of a source cataloging mood recently. USAHEC's digitized collections have been down for months and I regret not downloading everything relevent I read on it. Plus, the old web 1.0 TO&E sites are dropping like flies. So I've created two new pages on my site: U.S. Army & U.S. Marine

I don't usually post here when I am feeding the beast with shorts, but this one is relatively long (2.5 minutes) and covers a topic I get asked about a bit. This covers the evolution of the U.S. Army's Parachute Rifle Squad during World War II. The personnel stayed basically the same, but the weapon

New video on the state of U.S. Army Tank Forces before it entered World War II, and how its pre-war tank units formed the basis of its very first armored units What the U.S. Did With its Pre-WW2 Tank Units (YouTube)

New video on the organization, weaponry and vehicles of Thai Reconnaissance Cavalry Companies and Platoons. Towards the end it goes into doctrinal options for task organization and some examples of tactical situations where those task org options may be applied. Thai Cavalry Platoons are Peak Cold W

New video covering the development history, specifications, and unit organization of the 2S9 Nona-S Airborne Self-Propelled Gun-Mortar in the USSR, Russia and Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Guide to Russia’s 2S9 Nona-S Airborne Artillery (YouTube)

New video on almost everything to know about humanity's Marines in the Mass Effect franchise. This is my first video to tackle fiction (other than that one April Fool's) and the first to make use of real 3D models, which I might do more of in the future. Even if you aren't familiar with the Mass Eff

France's 1st Marine Infantry Regiment (1er RIMa) has converted one of its armored squadrons into a "drones de chasse" or hunter-killer drone squadron. It involves stacks of vertically launching FPV drones, loitering munitions, and fixed wing ISR drones to support the brigade and independent battalio

New video on Sweden's Lvkv 90 platoons. The Lvkv 90 is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun variant of the CV90 and they provide close-in, organic air defense to Sweden's mechanized battalions. How is Sweden’s ARMORED ANTI-AIR Organized? (Lvkv 90) (YouTube)

New video on recent structure changes to the 25th Infantry Division's Artillery Brigade (DIVARTY), particularly how it seems to be a pilot for adding a HIMARS rocket artillery battalion to light divisions U.S. Army Divisions Rearming with HIMARS (New Info) (YouTube)

I've done my once-a-quarter graphics-making binge, which is also cacheing research and assets to use in future videos. U.S. Army Separate Airborne Tank Company (Sept 1944) — During WW2 the U.S. Army experimented with notionally airlandable T9/M22 airborne light tanks (nicknamed Locust by the British

This is a graphic of the U.S. Army Infantry Regiment (Medium Tanks) in 1939 based on The Nafziger Collection's TO&Es. There was only one medium tank regiment at the time, the 67th Infantry Regiment (Medium Tanks). However, for basically the entire interwar this was a small formation. Prior to the 67

New video explaining the mess that is U.S. Army unit lineages and unit designation practices. I use Easy Company, 506th PIR as a convenient and famous vehicle to talk about it, but also cover some other units that are weird. For example, the 7th Infantry Divisions brigades that are designated 1st an