The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is one of the two great military humiliations in the glittered history of the Roman Empire. Between 15,000 and 20,000 Roman soldiers and their commanders, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus, a general under the emperor Augustus, were destroyed by Germanic warriors in a series of guerrilla-style attacks. The soldiers … Read more
The lives of Britain’s elite soldiers and police officers could be at risk from inadequate new body armour, a safety test carried out for The Mail on Sunday has revealed. Safety experts said the result of our experiment on the lightweight polyethylene chest plates, increasingly being rolled out among Special Forces, Royal protection teams and … Read more
Not your average two-bedroom home! Cottage worth £345,000 features lavish interior inspired by a CASTLE with a suit of armour, chandeliers and a four-poster bed Interior of the two-bedroom cottage was inspired by Belvoir Castle and has been uniquely styled throughout The grade-II listed building is in Cranford, near Kettering, Northamptonshire and has been sold … Read more
The authoritarian president of Belarus made a dramatic show of defiance Sunday against the massive protests demanding his resignation, toting a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest as he strode off a helicopter that landed at his residence while demonstrators massed nearby. It comes as tens of thousands of Belarusians joined an anti-government demonstration in … Read more
A coating to make body armour impervious to bullets, lasers, microbes and even poison gas is being developed in the US from the same material as shrimp shells. Chitin is a robust natural material which forms the shells of crustaceans, protects butterfly wings and is found in mushroom cells. The material is a naturally occurring, and … Read more