Season 1
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S01E01 The Country Fair
- April 30, 2014
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Military equipment collector Bruce Compton travels the world to view vehicles and memorabilia worth buying and restoring. In the first edition, the larger-than-life Londoner gets his hands on a 70-year-old Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - an amphibious car that he test-drives through a lake at a country fare.
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S01E02 The Russians Are Coming
- May 7, 2014
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Bruce Compton hopes to buy a rare German Hetzer tank from Russian oligarch Slava, who will need some persuading.
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S01E03 Hollywood's Calling
- May 14, 2014
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Bruce Compton hopes to make some money selling props to Hollywood producers who require genuine military vehicles for a movie shoot.
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S01E04 The D-Day Parachute Jump
- May 21, 2014
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Military equipment collector Bruce Compton recreates a D-Day parachute jump in a genuine Second World War uniform.
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S01E05 Bangs and Bombs
- May 28, 2014
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Military equipment collector Bruce Compton visits Germany, where he discovers a nuclear core from a secret Nazi weapon-testing factory.
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S01E06 Operation Clear-Out
- June 4, 2014
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Bruce Compton hopes to make a handsome profit by selling some of the long-forgotten treasures that lie around his cluttered warehouse.
Season 2
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S02E01 Philippines
- August 5, 2015
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Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton is in the Philippines with Freddy where they find an artillery gun from the Japanese occupation in the Second World War.
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S02E02 Finland
- August 12, 2015
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Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Compton travels the world to view vehicles and memorabilia worth buying and restoring.
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S02E03 Australia
- August 19, 2015
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Military equipment collector Bruce Compton flogs an Australian museum a Second World War tank destroyer worth half a million pounds, which still needs a barrel.
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S02E04 UK/France
- August 26, 2015
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Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton takes on a huge project to restore and rebuild a German Panther tank. But to do so he must part with some Second World War `halftracks'.
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S02E05 Germany
- September 2, 2015
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The twins ride the Redball Express, while Bruce Crompton blows up a van with Second World War rifle grenades and tracks down a `Deuce-and-a-half' American army truck.
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S02E06 US
- September 9, 2015
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Bruce travels from Plymouth to Illinois by buying and selling various German hardware, while his mate Kevin purchases the last remaining German torpedo boat for five million pounds.
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S02E07 US/Holland
- September 16, 2015
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Bruce purchases a Second World War army uniform for £40,000 when hunting for paratrooper gear, while Hus almost throws up when doing loops in a Mustang.
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S02E08 UK/Holland
- September 23, 2015
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Bruce is doing up a wartime German tank engine so that he can pay for Glenn Miller's army uniform, a special Second World War relic.
Season 3
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S03E01 Secrets And Spies
- January 10, 2017
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Military collector Bruce Crompton travels the globe to buy and sell the biggest and best wartime memorabilia.
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S03E02 From Russia With Love
- January 17, 2017
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Military collector Bruce Crompton travels the globe to buy and sell the biggest and best wartime memorabilia.
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S03E03 Channel Islands: Nazi Occupied Britain
- January 24, 2017
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Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to a Martello Tower on the Channel Islands. Meanwhile, the twins are tasked to get a Second World War Napalm filled flamethrower ready for a buyer.
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S03E04 The Italian Job
- January 31, 2017
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Bruce and Hus are on an Italian road-trip. From Venice to Lake Garda they meet up with dealers whose objects tell the incredible story of Italy in WWII.
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S03E05 Hidden Heroes Of D-Day
- February 7, 2017
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Bruce uncovers plans for the D-Day invasion, there's a bumpy landing for a Dakota aeroplane, and in France his passion hits new heights with a parachute jump!
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S03E06 The Pink Panther
- February 14, 2017
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Bruce Crompton acquires an extremely rare - and valuable - German Panther tank - and its original undercoat is more pink than camouflage. However, getting parts is a struggle.
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S03E07 Battle of Britain
- February 21, 2017
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At Biggin Hill, south-east London, military equipment collector Bruce Crompton views a collector's haul of Second World War Spitfires. Plus, the twins prepare some wartime artillery guns to export to Australia - but it's no easy feat.
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S03E08 Mission Impossible
- February 28, 2017
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Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to Finland looking for props, including Cold War Russian anti-aircraft guns, for a new blockbuster movie.
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S03E09 World War One Mystery
- March 7, 2017
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Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads on a First World War treasure hunt, finding a mysterious soldier's medal from the Battle of the Somme as well as the world's most expensive football.
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S03E10 The Sherman
- March 14, 2017
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Bruce Crompton buys a rare Sherman tank in Ohio. However, before he sells it on it he wants to boost its authenticity and value, so consultd a tank expert for advice.
Season 4
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S04E01 French Resistance
- September 25, 2018
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Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton is tasked with creating a display based on the French Resistance - a parachute basket filled with items the RAF would have dropped to the Resistance during the Second World War.
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S04E02 WWI
- October 2, 2018
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Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to Ypres in Belgium looking for items from the Great War. He tracks down a German trench mortar and also goes for a ride in a First World War-era British tank - one of the first tanks ever used in combat.
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S04E03 Dunkirk
- October 9, 2018
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Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton finds a picture in his attic from Dunkirk, given to him by a soldier who was there. He then goes on a hunt for kit that tells the real story of the wartime evacuation.
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S04E04 Battle of the Bulge
- October 16, 2018
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One of Bruce Crompton's clients wants a half-track armoured personnel carrier converted into a Pioneer variant, as used by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge.
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S04E05 War Factories
- October 23, 2018
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A French museum asks eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton for help in acquiring an incredibly rare German Panzer 1 tank. He also explores the remains of secret underground Nazi war factorie.
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S04E06 After D-Day
- October 30, 2018
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Bruce helps a Texan millionaire who wants to collect memorabilia from the Battle of Normandy. He visits farmhouses and museums to find rare items like a 1942 Luger.
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S04E07 SAS
- November 6, 2018
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A Hollywood blockbuster needs an authentic WWII SAS jeep within two weeks. It’s a tight deadline but Bruce is determined to meet it, as the wartime SAS is a passion of his.
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S04E08 Cold War
- November 13, 2018
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Bruce heads to a cold war underground bunker that has been converted to a museum. The curator is looking for some Soviet era equipment to tell the other side of the story.
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S04E09 Battle of Berlin
- November 27, 2018
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A Russian client seeks artefacts from the fall of Berlin. Bruce Crompton sees an opportunity to offload a German 88mm anti-tank weapon that was used in the battle.
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S04E10 Arnhem
- October 30, 2018
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Bruce hears about some second world war British airborne division gear from the battle of Arnhem for sale, which is of big interest to ex-paratroopers like him and Freddie.
Season 5 - Combat Dealers: Reloaded
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S05E01 VE Day Special
- May 8, 2020
Bruce Crompton marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, sending rare German halftrack vehicles to partake in a battle re-enactment. In France, he seeks VE Day relics.
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S05E02 Paras
- January 24, 2021
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S05E03 Tanks
- January 31, 2021
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S05E04
- February 7, 2021
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S05E05 Dressed to Kill
- February 14, 2021
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S05E06 Allies Vs Nazis
- February 21, 2021
Charismatic Bruce Crompton and his team, buy, repair and sell World War II military gear, travelling the world in search of rare artefacts to restore and sell.
