The Italian light cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli was a fast, well-armed vessel of the Condottieri class, featuring significant improvements over earlier designs with stronger armor (60mm belt, 30mm deck), capable of 37 knots, armed with eight 152mm guns, 100mm AA guns, and torpedoes, serving as a substantial evolution towards a more protected "proper" cruiser during WWII before becoming a training ship postwar. #historyeveryday #history #learneveryday #share #facebook | Ships & Models by Erick Na

Veteran Sam King - originally from the West Indies - talks about his experiences in World War II where he served as an aircraft engineer in the RAF. UK Armed Forces are celebrating black heroes past and present as part of Black History Month which starts today. Find out more at defencehq.tumblr.com | HM Armed Forces

The 17th Mechanized Battalion is a military unit of the Swiss armed forces. This review is made from footage shot during annual course in the region of Bure, Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, professional soldiers constitute about 5 percent of the military and the rest are conscripts or volunteers aged 19 to 34 (in some cases up to 50). Soldiers keep their own personal equipment, including all personally assigned weapons | Military Leak

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