Category: Weapons and Technology
“Potato Mashers” and “Christmas Crackers” — WW2 Soldiers Had More Than 20 Nicknames For Their Hand Grenades
By Gordon Rottman SOLDIERS OF ALL belligerent nations in World War Two had some form of nickname for most of their weapons. Hand grenades were not excluded from this practice. Grenades were the infantryman’s “pocket artillery” and…
The Guns of Gettysburg — Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Artillery at the Civil War’s Most Famous Battle
Sponsored Content Rowan Technology, the studio behind the ever-expanding West Point History of Warfare series of digital apps returns to MilitaryHistoryNow.com with this fascinating and interactive look at the role artillery played in the pivotal…
P-47 Thunderbolt – 11 Fast Facts About Republic’s Rugged Fighter Plane
“More than 15,600 Thunderbolts were manufactured between 1941 and 1945 and they served in every theatre of the war.” WITH ITS SLEEK LINES, nimble handling and lightning-fast speed, the North American P-51 quickly became a…
Instant Arsenal – Six Bizarre Impromptu Weapons of Britain’s WW2 Home Guard
“Although Germany would eventually abandon all plans of landing troops on British soil, the Home Guard (and its oddball arsenal) continued to hold the line until the very end of the war.” AS THE RAF and the…
April Fools – Eight Classic Deceptions From Military History
“’All warfare is based on deception,’ wrote Sun Tzu in his seminal work The Art of War and he was right.” NORTH KOREA MADE HEADLINES in April of 2013 when it was discovered that a photograph…
Tank Clash – The German Panther vs. the Soviet T-34-85
By Ben Hollingum, GermanWarMachine.com WHEN THE PANTHER TANK first appeared on the battlefields of the Eastern Front, the Soviets did not have an effective weapon to counter it. They had a new medium tank in development (the…
