My sense is that Cooper didn’t espouse the Scout rifle concept merely to elicit responses, create dogma and raise up a following—not that all those things didn’t result anyway. He simply wanted to advance “the art of the rifle,…
The Italian army has uncovered a tranche of ordnance dating back to the White War of the First World War Hundreds of World War I-era bombs, grenades and artillery shells have been uncovered by the melting of ice in Italy’s…
He tried to escape from the Germans seven times in 136 days. The post One of the first Americans to survive a submarine attack led a daring POW escape appeared first on We Are The Mighty. Get We Are The Mighty’s…
Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings A significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the Italian army…
You’ve likely heard of the Welrod, the integrally suppressed, bolt-action pistol used by both SOE and OSS operatives during the Second World War. The Welwand was a similar idea. It’s called a wand because it’s a straight piece of pipe…
As a result, Iraqi-made AKs are nearly exact copies of Yugoslavian pattern AKs, including barrels that did not have their bores and chambers chromium-plated. The primary Iraqi arms factory was located east of Bi’r Musammad, Babil, Iraq, and the facility…
As a young society gripped in a pioneering spirit, however, the rebels possessed an explosive vitality and ability to innovate. How they defied the impossible and drew upon this “new world energy” to successfully equip their spawning armies is one…
The post said the commandos were “making an entrance the commando way” and had boarded the vessel “sharpening their skills alongside NATO allies”, adding: “Training together to defend together.” ⚓ Making an entrance the commando way@RoyalMarines boarded German warship FGS…
New Ulm residents rallied in 1917 against the United States’ impending intervention in World War I. Leaders in the southern Minnesota city, founded by German immigrants, urged peace with Germany at the March 30 event. The U.S. declared war on Imperial Germany…
The Browning.30-cal. M1919A4 light machine gun was used to great effect in all theaters during World War II. A U.S. Army soldier (above) crews an M1919A4 during operations on Jan. 16, 1945, in northwest Europe. In 1919, the “Model of 1919” air-cooled.30-cal. Browning machine gun was…
1914–1918: fronts, alliances, and post‑war settlements.
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