Modern militaries constantly pursue lighter materials, smarter optics, and advanced electronics, but combat has a way of ...
Rifles are the backbone of any military. Infantry carries them, taking objectives and seizing goals. They’ve been the crux of ...
The weapons U.S. forces trust most weren’t chosen for novelty or hype. They earned their reputations the hard way, through repeated use in real combat across multiple conflicts and environments. From ...
By 1944, Germany’s 88mm gun was no longer just a flak weapon—it had evolved into a precision tool for destroying tanks. Its ...
With Schab's passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops ...
Eighty years since the end of World War II, the British are recalling many battles fought on the path to victory. Yet one ...
In the 1920s, the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation sought to replace the military’s venerable Mosin-Nagant. Its attempts to ...
A former schoolteacher armed with a radio and a force of Solomon Islander scouts became one of World War II's most legendary ...
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