Category: Weapons and Technology
The F4U Corsair – A Brief History of America’s Legendary Gull-Winged Fighter
“By 1944, the Corsair was being deployed in the Pacific in ever-increasing numbers. Japanese pilots quickly learned to fear it.” By Marc Liebman BETWEEN Grumman and Vought Aircraft, the United States produced two of the…
Floyd Smith – Meet the Maverick Inventor Behind the U.S. Military’s Parachutes of WW2
“By 1942, Smith’s company became the largest producer of nylon parachutes in the world, producing 300 parachutes each day for the U.S. military.” By Aaron Bennett MILITARY AVIATION buffs might not know the name Floyd…
HMS Victorious – Meet the British Aircraft Carrier That Joined the U.S. Navy in WW2
“Without extra carriers, the U.S. Navy would have to stop or postpone offensive operations in the Pacific in 1943. Finding more would be crucial if the Allies hoped to hold on to the initiative in…
Dutch Weapons and American Independence – How the United Provinces Made a Fortune Supplying Muskets in the Revolutionary War
“Until the Netherlands was drawn into war with Britain on the side of France and Spain, the carefully neutral Dutch Republic was better known for its weapons than its tulips.” By John Danielski PRIOR TO…
USS Ranger – Meet the Only Original U.S. Fleet Carrier to Fight in the Atlantic in WW2
“Ranger would go down in history as the only one of the U.S. Navy’s original pre-war carriers not to see action against the Japanese.” By Marc Liebman WHEN CONSIDERING U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations of…
Crossing the Red Line — 12 World Powers That Used Chemical Weapons Since the First World War
“The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1992 achieved a near-universal rejection of poison gas.” FOLLOWING THE introduction of chemical weapons during in the First World War, global opinion has largely condemned the use of poison gas….
