WWII weapons persist in modern conflicts because they are rugged, affordable and easy to repair in low-resource environments. The Browning M2 heavy machine gun has remained in frontline service since ...
During World War II, American scientists created a weapon that made anti-aircraft fire several times more deadly. The ...
During World War II, Allied forces faced a brutal reality: anti-aircraft guns could fire thousands of shells and still fail to stop incoming aircraft. This story follows the secret development of the ...
Often failures can be attributed to a few determining factors. Not every good idea that leaves the drawing board is going to be practical on the battlefield. You can even see this with the earliest ...