Category: Weapons and Technology
The U.S. Civil War – A Window Into the Apocalypse of World War One
“The slaughter on the Western Front was the culmination of a ‘tactical evolution’ that could be traced back as far as the American Civil War. Yet few, if any, took the time to digest those…
Project Eldest Son – The Top Secret U.S. Scheme to Sabotage the Enemy’s Own Rifles in Vietnam
“The objective of the plan was two fold — thin the enemy’s ranks, while at the same time sapping his confidence in his own equipment.” THE U.S. MILITARY’S Studies and Observations Group might sound like a dull Washington policy think thank,…
The TT Pistol – The Soviet Wartime Relic That’s Loved and Feared the World Over
“A senior staff member of Russia’s Museum of the Armed Forces, Sergei Plotnikov, calls the TT ‘one of the best pistols ever.’” Story By Surplus Store IN THE EARLY 1920s, following the end of the…
Driven — Britain’s Campaign to Build a Mechanized Fighting Force to Match Hitler’s Panzers
“The British government, alarmed by Berlin’s rapid rearmament program, authorized the creation of a centre for army mechanization.” Napoleon once wrote that amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. This was certainly not a lesson lost…
Great Lakes Aircraft Carriers – Meet the U.S. Navy’s Forgotten Fresh-Water Flattops
“Despite their importance, the Wolverine and Sable have become little more than two curious footnotes to the larger history of the Second World War.” ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES commissioned a staggering 151 aircraft carriers during World War Two,…
Far East Flying Fortresses — How the B-17 Made a Splash in the Pacific
“When the United States entered the war, the European Theater was deemed priority one — only a small number of B-17s were allocated to the Pacific.” MOST KNOW ABOUT the swarms of B-17s the U.S….
