Casting call
Update 6th August 2020. Casting now closed. We are casting for 20 good men between 23 to 40. Athletic build. Ex UK Forces only! You will be required to grow these. You must know your way around a GPMG and have previously trained with our team (and we will know) If you want to be... Continue Reading →
Mother Russia Needs you.
Team PB are Casting. Mother Russia needs you. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY in the South west area. Tankodesantniki (Tank Borne Troops) ride T-34/76 tanks into battle Tank Desant (From the French Descent) was a Red Army invention during the Spanish Civil War. Desant is a Russian word meaning "drop" and was previously applied to naval and... Continue Reading →
Making a ghillie suit for a few seconds shot.
You see it for a few seconds on episode seven on Strike Back, but the hand made Ghillie suit took the Military Technical Adviser of the show two weeks to complete during filming the second block and while on recces for the third block of the series. Was it worth it for just a few... Continue Reading →
B-17. The Flying Fortress
B-17, also called Flying Fortress, U.S. heavy bomber used during World War II. The B-17 was designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company in response to the Army Air Corps specification that called for a four-engined bomber at a time when two engines were the norm. On 8 August 1934, the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC)... Continue Reading →
HBO. Catherine the Great. Behind the scenes.
A few photos and behind the scenes footage of the training provided for Catherine the Great in Lithuania. Please note this article will go live in full once the show airs.
EL ALAMEIN 1942
British forces in Libya had been roundly defeated by Rommel in mid-1942, and a reshuffle saw Bernard Montgomery take over the 8th Army dangerously close to Alexandria. Some essentials for success had been put in place by his predecessor, but Montgomery's refusal to attack until he was ready, careful briefings, pep talks to troops and... Continue Reading →
Sam Mendes’s film 1917 is a personal battle
Matthew Moore, Media Correspondent August 7 2019, 12:01am, The Times It has been described as a true First World War epic and Sam Mendes’s answer to Dunkirk. Yet very little is known about 1917 beyond that it has a star-studded British cast list including Richard Madden, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film, due to... Continue Reading →
Introduction for the Platoons for offensive action 1917
A few images taken for the pages of the Training manual issued by the General Staff in 1917.
The Great War
The great war youtube channel season 4 which focuses on the political and operational events of 1917. Episode one https://youtu.be/EdJjQdA-q-k